Midnight Rider is an interesting phenomenon in metal. It is a fact that hundreds and hundreds of bands worship on the altar of classic heavy metal from the golden eighties and especially try to conjure the spirit of classic Accept or Judas Priest. However, when I first heard the band from Koblenz with their debut..

Firewing- Resurrection (Massacre Records)
Firewing is a new power/symphonic metal band from the United States with Resurrection being their very grand and certainly most impressive first album. For a debut, this a most assured release from a group of musicians who know exactly what they want and have to skills to back it all up. Very much a pleasing..

Thrash vets Assassin with a new album in February
German thrashers Assassin will be back with their sixth full-length album next February. Bestia Immundis will be released by Massacre Records, with the first single coming up on January 7th. According to the press release, “the upcoming album promises to be aggressive, powerful and heavy but also varied, and offers a nice mix of speed..