Interview with Oscar Carlquist (Ram)

Ram were one of the bands which spearheaded the NWOTHM movement quarter of a century ago and their long-awaited new studio album Against proves that they are still as relevant as ever, doing what they love. This is a nice opportunity to catch-up with band front man Oscar Carlquist to talk about what the true..

ADX – 13ème Choc (Verycords)

The new album of French heavy/ speed metal legends ADX is actually their eleventh with new studio material, excluding two releases with re-recorded material. The band was formed 44 years ago in Paris and has soldiered on with new material with only two periods in the mid-Nineties and at the start of the new millennium..

WINTER IN EDEN – Never Untold (E.R.M)

You like metal? You like prog? You like a great female vocal melody riding the dragon of a full-tilt heavy rock band? Any or all of these, and odds-on you're going to like this. So, Never Untold is the fifth album release by Winter In Eden, the prog-metal outfit hailing from the north-east of England,..

Anthrax – Cursum Perficio (Nuclear Blast)

Well, as sad as this is sometimes, our heroes from the Eighties are releasing new material at longer and longer intervals. Five, seven, eight years.... and in the case of New York thrashers Anthrax – it has taken more than ten long years to see the successor of the excellent For All Kings. Still, for..

HAKEN – In a Fever Dream EP (InsideOut Music)

UK progressive, alternative metal band HAKEN have thrown me a bit on this one! This EP, In a Fever Dream, was released digitally via InsideOut Music in July, and now physically as CD and vinyl, but also a deluxe digital edition "now featuring instrumental versions of all tracks" - so depending on your tastes make..

Haunt – Setting Course (Church Recordings)

Who would have thought that nine years after their inception, US trad metallers Haunt would be on the verge of their tenth full length album of new studio material? One of the most prolific bands in the business, the squad around band leader Trevor Church return with Setting Course, less than 15 months after their..

Interview with Toschie (Audrey Horne)

Norway is a country we most of the time associate with the extreme spectrum of metal, but there are some hidden treasures to be found in completely different styles as well. One such example are hard rockers Audrey Horne, who’ve been putting out high quality music since almost a quarter of a century now. Their..