London band Devilish Presley are singer/guitarist Jacqui Vixen and guitarist Johnny Navarro. Devilish Presley are a hard band to categorise easily. There is a strong punk feel, but there are also gothic influences, as well as glam rock and metal. Gothic Punk is probably the best fit, but really what genre they are isn’t that…
Festivalphoto: You and Drew played together in Feline, then after the band split you recruited Al and played as Ultraviolet. Is that right? Grog: Yeah that’s true. That Ultraviolet period is probably a bit more public knowledge than we really intended because it was a kind of experimental time when we were finding ourselves again…
This is Solsikk’s debut album. If you’ve seen that they have a female singer, you might be assuming that this is going to be symphonic rock/metal. Well if you are then you’ve got it totally wrong – this is proper powerful heavy metal, with perhaps a hint of punk thrown in. Solsikk are Vykki Turner…
”A farewell to arms” is the latest album from Norwegian rockers, TNT (although in the USA and Scandinavia it has been titled as ”Engine” for reasons best known to record companies. Since forming in 1982 the band have been through many lineup changes, and the current lineup includes two members from the 1982 lineup –…
”Light up the dark” is the fifth studio album from Swiss band China, but only the first album from the band since they reformed in 2007. The last album from the band was way back in 1995. On this new album, China have worked with two different producers from Los Angeles on the album –…
Festivalphoto: Call to arms is your 19th studio album. How do you feel it compares to other albums you’ve released? Nigel: I think musically it’s a natural progression but we did make the decision to make it less euro-metal than the last couple of albums – there are no fast double kick drum tracks on…
Leatherhead is the first single to be taken from the new U.D.O. album – Rev-Raptor. U.D.O. is of course the band lead by former Accept singer, the hardworking Udo Dirkschneider, who since leaving Accept has continued to make great music. Accept have produced one album in the last 15 years, but in that same time…
Skindred are a band with a unique sound. Its a bizarre sounding idea, a mix of heavy metal, punk and reggae – what the band have dubbed ”Ragga metal”. It sounds like something that shouldnt work, but somehow it does and it sounds great. The band are famous for their energetic live shows, but to…
”Doctor faith” is Christopher Cross’s first album of new material for 12 years. Christopher Cross is a singer-songwriter from Texas with a career spaning over thirty years. He is best known for his top ten hits ”Sailing”, ”Ride like the wind”, and the theme from the movie Arthur (the original starring Dudley Moore), ”Arthurs theme…
”Road dog” is the second album from Glasgow rockers, Attica Rage. Their brand of heavy uncompromising old-school hard rock is refreshing – straight to the point music you can enjoy rocking out to. After self releasing their first album, this is their first release since signing with Rocksector records. The album kicks off with ”36…
After loading up the disc, if you have the Blu-Ray, and have 5.1 surround sound then the first thing you need to do is go to the Settings option on the menu and select that for the option to turn 5.1 sound on (standard stereo is enabled as the default). I thought this was rather…
”Call to arms” is the 19th studio album from legendary British metal band Saxon and is due for release on 23rd May 2011. The opening track is ”Hammer of the gods”. Opening with some excellent guitar work it gets off to a great start then really kicks off when Biff starts singing. With a combination…