Avenue of Allies/Sound Pollution Back in 1989 things were getting interesting in AOR. Bruce Gaitsch was involved with Alan Kovac, RICHARD MARX´s then manager. A support slot for a forthcoming tour was in the cards. Due to inactivity in NIGHT RANGER Kelly Keagy was available for drums and vocal duties. George Hawkins Jr. joined on…

Hype Records/Warner 2001 bildade Ville Laihiala, sång/gitarr (ex. SENTENCED), POISONBLACK, ett band han beskriver som sitt huvudband. Övriga i bandet heter; Antti Remes, bas, Marco Sneck, keyboards, och Tarmo Kanerva, trummor. DE är inne på femte skivan, och beskrivs som något annat än ett vanligt finskt gotband, eftersom de anses ha lämnat genren redan efter…

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…

Escape/Border ELECTRIC BOYS started as a duo of Conny Bloom, guitars/vocals, and Andy Christell, bass. They scored a direct hit with “All Lips N´ Hips”, and immediately recruited Franco Santunione on guitar and drummer Niclas Sigevall. The mix of grooves, BEATLES- psychedelica and heavy guitar riffs helped them get their debut “Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride” out…

Napalm/Sound Pollution Norwegian-German band LEAVES´ EYES releases their long awaited fourth album. According to the info, everything falls in place; Alexander Krull´s production, the epic of “Njord”, the direct approach of “Vinland Saga” and the folk touches of “Lovelorn”. As always vocalist Liv Kristine is backed by ATROCITY (Sander van der Meer, guitars, Thorsten Bauer,…

Napalm/Sound Pollution The German-Norwegian sextet seems to have made a career in the fast lane in Nordic Gothic metal. They have played several of the genre´s most important festivals, and have released their third album. Charming songs with heavy riffs and thundering drums meet emotional vocals and dream-like interludes according to the info. The pompy…

”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 –…

Magna Carta/Border “…A celestial blend of enigmatic lyrical threads and layered neoclassical metal”, that is a quote from the info sheet. You need a university degree in English to come up with that phrase I believe. X OPUS is a band that is said to mix JIMI HENDRIX with SYMPHONY X and JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH!…

Sacred Legacy The Maldives; sun, sandy beaches, vacations, picturesque, and now also death/thrash metal! SACRED HEART has been an ongoing concern since 2006, with Ahmed Shahyd as the guitarist and founder. Inspiration comes from thrash, but also from melodic and progressive metal, plus Japanese Anime soundtracks! This is the band´s second album, originally released in…

”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 –…