Frontiers/BAM Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen rose to fame as vocalist of TOTO, and has cemented his position with bands and projects like TRILLION, LEROUX, FREDERIKSEN/PHILIPS, MECCA, FREDERIKSEN/DENANDER etc. This is a special album, being made during a period when Fergie was diagnosed and in therapy for cancer. In 2011 he was cured, and had a new…

Cyclone Empire/Sound Pollution Hailing back to 1994 (as TERMINAL GRIP) PAGANIZER are slowly moving towards their 20th Anniversary. They might even hit 20 with their tenth album since this is their 8th. No fussing about with trends or infusions of other genres they wave the banner of old school death metal. Main man vocalist/guitarist Rogga…

Napalm/Sound Pollution FORLORN was formed in 1990, and eventually morphed into ISOLE in 2003 to avoid mix-ups with another band. The reborn band released three albums in two years, with the debut “Forevermore” in 2006 and both “The Beyond” and “Throne of Void” in 2008. Moving to Napalm Records they released “Silent Ruins” in 2009,…

”Under the grey banner” is the latest album from Swedish symphonic power metal band, Dragonland. It’s been a long wait for their fans with their last album (Astronomy)having been released. The new album is a concept album relating to mythology and fantasy. In the words of Olof Mörck: ”After ’Astronomy’, we knew we needed to…

Grand Illusion are a Swedish band that were originally called ”Promotion” in the late 80’s and 90’s before splitting up. They then reformed and changed the name to Grand Illusion. Since then they have released six albums including this one, Prince of Paupers. On this latest album, ”Prince of Paupers” the band have a number…

Escape/Sound Pollution CHRIS OUSEY is the voice sprung from MONROE, Jason Bonham´s band VIRGINIA WOLF, HEARTLAND and his solo work of cause. He did sell a load of albums in the 80´s/90´s but we´re talking about 2011 now. As of late Chris has been busy with 10 releases with HEARTLAND but as time occurred this…

Roadruner/Warner So MEGADETH has reached thirteen. Band leader Dave Mustaine still remains, almost always accompanied by Dave Ellefson on bass, who has returned to the fold in 2010 for the “Rust in Peace 20th Anniversary Tour” and stays on. The rest of the band is drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick. 22 musicians have…

Deathstars släpper sin första samlingsskiva och får till en bra blandning av materialet. Det finns tre skivor att välja bland, och nästan alla mina favoriter finns med. Skönt att se att ”Synthetic Generation” från 2003 är ordentligt representerad. Man kan fråga sig om inte samlingsskivan har spelat ut sin roll i dagens musikkonsumtion, när alla…

Tracer are a rock band from Australia. If you’re already thinking they’ll sound like ACDC, Airbourne and Rose Tattoo, Australia’s best known rock exports then you’re completely wrong I’m afraid. Tracer blend 90’s stoner rock with 70s hard rock to produce some great music. The band formed in 2004 after the collapse of The Brown…

Massacre/Sound Pollution ARVEN are a five-piece predominantly female band from Germany. They play epic melodic folky something. Not sure if metal is the right denotation here, since their drummer and some occasional guitar riffs are the main harder ingredients. They want to be compared to BLIND GUARDIAN, SONATA ARCTICA or EPICA, or even LEAVES EYES….

Ett öppet brev till Metallica; ”Världens största Metalband! Vad var det som hände? Blev ni alldeles för självsäkra efter Black Album? Vi kunde förlåta er för Load och Reload där ni helt ändrade om erat sound. Vi kunde även förlåta er när ni släppte St. Anger där ni äntligen hade funnit en ny energi men…

I first heard of Lionsex when I saw them support Black Spiders in Milton Keynes in May of this year, and to be honest despite them being the opening band and having a very short set they were the most impressive band on the night for me, so I’ve been looking forwards to them releasing…