The Finnish hard rock band Temple Balls released their high octane third album last year with Pyromide being a thrill a minute rock album of typically friendly Scandinavian melodic rock and roll. Chocked full of great tunes and delivered with fantastic spirit and with a great sense of fun too, the band was due to..
Novena – The Stopped Clock EP (Frontiers Music)
It was only a year ago that the British progressive rock band Novena released their debut album, the absolutely genius Eleventh Hour and this is a record that any self-respecting music fan should have in their collection. The band formed in 2013 and made plenty of people sit up and take notice with their monumental..
Sinner’s Blood – Inside The Mirror – Live At Orange Studios EP (Frontiers Music)
You may recall that last year the band Sinner's Blood released their superb heavy metal debut album, The Mirror Star. A truly exception and mature record, it showed just how strong South American music is at the moment with the band hailing from Chile and featuring the vocal talents of James Robledo; another stunning singer..
Ronnie Atkins – 4 More Shots (The Acoustics) EP (Frontiers Music)
Ronnie Atkins is the lead vocalist with the hard rock band Pretty Maids which has to be one of the greatest exports ever from the wonderful country that is Denmark. If you do not know the band then investigate them immediately as they are a truly premier class metal band that always, and I mean..
Beast In Black – Dark Connection (Nuclear Blast)
If you are looking for subtlety, refinement and a relaxing time then look elsewhere as this is Beast In Black; a band that only knows how to play one way and that is loud, fast and furious. In truth, this band offers everything that is good about power metal in that they truly rock big..
Kent Hilli – Vital 4 – EP (Frontiers Music)
It was only a few months ago that Kent Hilli released his debut solo album, The Rumble, on which the mellifluous voiced Swede showed just what a class act he is when it comes to sophisticated melodic rock. Hilli, you may recall, is the singer with Master Plan which is a quite superb and superior..
We Butter The Bread With Butter – Das Album (AFM Records)
I always loved the name, We Butter The Bread With Butter or WBTBWB if you are short of time finally return with album number five, the long overdue Das Album which arrives some six years after the previous release, Wieder Geil! A lot has happened in those years with wholescale changes in personnel as the..
Edge Of Forever – Live Studio Session (Frontiers Music)
The Italian melodic/hard rock band Edge Of Forever is currently working on album number five which will be the follow up to 2019's well received Native Soul and is expected to be out sometime early in 2022. In the meantime, the revised version of the band has been in the studio to record a special..
MC Roads – No Nostalgia (Golden Robot Records)
MC Roads is the new rock vehicle for guitarist Mike Cross out of Detroit, Michigan and you may already know of him as one of the founding members of the American rock band Sponge. He left the group after three albums due to the usual 'creative differences' and had a short period of time out..
AFM – 25 Years Metal Addiction – The Rare & The Unreleased (AFM Records)
Top row: U.D.O. & Herman Frank; middle row: Lordi & Metalite and bottom row Flotsam and Jetsam & Orden Ogan AFM Records has been releasing quality heavy rock music now for 25-years and the label has found an excellent way to celebrate and reflect upon those years and the very many fine metal bands that..