April 8, 2022 will see Finland’s melodic death metal machine, MORS PRINCIPIUM EST release their upcoming album, Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity, through AFM Records. For Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity, vocalist Ville Viljanan brought together the original line-up, guitar players and MORSPRINCIPIUM EST co-founders Jori Haukio and Jarko Kokkoo, as well as bass player Teemu Heinola rejoining the band. Together with new drummer Marko..
Stahlmann – Quarz (AFM Records)
The triumphant and seemingly unstoppable movement that is known as Neue Deutsche Härte (New German Hardness or NDH for short) continues with the latest album to add to the momentum being Quarz from Stahlmann, a band formed in 2008 with the latest release now being album number seven. Photo: Tom Row For many of us, the..
GUS G. releases “Night Driver” music video from latest solo album ‘Quantum Leap’, out on AFM Records
October last year saw Firewind mastermind and guitar icon, Gus G., release his critically acclaimed new solo affair Quantum Leap via AFM Records. Following an impressive music career of more than 20 years, nine record releases with Firewind, as well as recording and touring with acts such Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil and Ozzy Osbourne, Quantum Leap is Gus..
Victory – Gods Of Tomorrow (AFM Records)
A real blast from the past now with the re-emergence of Victory, one time German metal titans of the '80s, and a band seemingly destined to be a fondly remembered act from yesterday but the release of Gods Of Tomorrow has changed everything. Originally formed in 1984, Victory quickly built up a very solid reputation based on..
Lordi – Lordiversity (AFM Records)
Lordi is one of those bands that will always divide opinions but no one could ever deny the group its place in the rock universe and the sheer versatility that it has brought into our lives. I'm not sure if Mr Lordi, singer, songwriter and designer, actually knew his destination when he formed the band..
SERIOUS BLACK release their new album ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ on 25th February, out on AFM Records
One of the new songs on Serious Black’s upcoming studio album Vengeance Is Mine is called Album Of Our Life and hits the nail on the head in several respects. On the one hand, the international power metal band surrounding bassist and founder Mario Lochert has succeeded in creating what is probably the most powerful and..
RECKLESS LOVE release their new album ‘Turborider’ on 25th February, out on AFM Records
Finnish sleaze rockers RECKLESS LOVE return with their fifth studio album, Turborider. Following a 4-year hiatus and recently receiving gold awards for their first three albums in Finland, singer Olli Herman and his band are now gearing up for their next move: Turborider is high-energy, synth wave-infused rock with an undeniable '80s touch. Fun? Check! Uplifting? Check! Turborider will..
Rhapsody Of Fire – Glory For Salvation (AFM Records)
I have an image in my head where the full Rhapsody team is in the studio and the production team says something like, "well that's it boys, another fine album in the can" to which the musicians look at each other and say, "can we have a bit more in the sound?" "A bit more..
Burning Point – Arsonist Of The Soul (AFM Records)
The Finnish melodic power metal Burning Point was formed in 1999 and has now released eight albums of in your face heavy metal but, I think it fair to say, that the band has never really hit the heights achieved by the leading lights in melodic power metal. Of course, each album has seen some..
Schattenmann – Chaos (AFM Records)
Schattenmann is a German NDH (Neue Deutsche Härte) band which formed in 2016 with Chaos being the band's third album to date. The two previous albums, Licht An and Epidemie, showed the band to be brilliant innovators with their brand of industrial rock being an intoxicating mixture of alternative metal, industrial and techno. As such,..