Another album and another new vocalist from Vicious Rumors. Sounds familiar? Well, for better or worse, almost every new album since the tragic loss of Carl Albert thirty years ago, has been recorded with a different front-man. The good news this time is that despite a brief absence, Geoff Thorpe’s long-time partner behind the drums..
Sodom – The Arsonist (Steamhammer/ SPV)
Oopff, this will be a hard one to put down. The sixteenth studio album of German thrash legends Sodom is coming out almost five years after Genesis XIX, which marked the long-awaited studio return of Frank Blackfire. The line-up remains the same, with band leader Tom Angelripper also joined by Yorck Segatz on guitar and..
Steamhammer – Wailing Again (Mig-music)
Steamhammer are back! Admittedly, not everyone will remember the hard-hitting UK blues-fusion rockers from their original incarnation, as they split close to 50 years ago, but this new line-up includes guitarist and founder member Martin Pugh, and the original band’s third and final drummer John Lingwood. Joining them is bassist Pete Sears, who actually played..
Sodom – Genesis XIX (Steamhammer)
The past four years have been a challenge for both Sodom and their fans. After the excellent Decision Day (2016), guitarist Bernemann, who has been in the band for 22 years (!), was surprisingly replaced by not one, but, for the first time in band history – two guitar players – the legendary Frank Blackfire..
Mad Max – Stormchild Rising (SPV/Steamhammer)
It many respects Germany can be considered the real home of heavy metal given how many fine bands come from those shores. Virtually all are exceptional bands producing every genre of hard rock and heavy metal and all at the highest order with Mad Max being yet another of the brilliant bands delivering exceptional music...
Vicious Rumors – Celebration Decay (Steamhammer)
What a nice surprise we have here. US power metal veterans Vicious Rumors are back with their 13th studio album, which will be released this coming Friday, August 21st. Formed 41 years ago by the only original remaining band member – guitarist Geoff Thorpe, these Californians have always been waving the flag of guitar-driven heavy..
ACE FREHLEY – ‘ORIGINS VOL. 2’ COVERS ALBUM RELEASED SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2020 ON eOne/SPV
Ace Frehley, KISS co-founder and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, continues his reflections on a lifetime in music with the release of Origins Vol. 2, a thoughtful and exciting collection of new covers, on September 18th on eOne/SPV as a DigiPak CD (plus bonus track), double gatefold 180 gram blue vinyl LP..
Photo: Heike Saß
Legendary US melodic power metal band Vicious Rumors new ‘Celebration Decay’ Studio Album Released August 21st 2020 on Steamhammer/SPV
Seminal US Bay Area melodic power metal band Vicious Rumors are set to unleash their searing new studio album Celebration Decay on August 21st, 2020 as a Digi-Pak CD, double gatefold red vinyl LP with printed inner sleeves, download and stream. The follow-up to 2016’s highly acclaimed Concussion Protocol offering, Celebration Decay, Vicious Rumors’ thirteenth..
Photo: Sebastian Stumpe
German Melodic rockers Mad Max release new album ‘Stormchild Rising’ on August 21st 2020
Magnificent German classic melodic hard rockers Mad Max, who formed nigh on forty years ago, have confirmed the release of their stonking new studio album Stormchild Rising on August 21st, 2020 on Steamhammer/SPV as a Digi-Pak CD (+ bonus track), limited edition (500) blue vinyl LP (with printed inner sleeve + bonus track), download and..
SODOM TO RELEASE A NEW EP THIS NOVEMBER
One of Germany’s big 4 of Thrash – Sodom, will present some new music on November 22nd. Steamhammer will release the 12" EP, entitled “Out of the Frontline Trench” in various formats. Sodom return with three new songs and two classics (one of them re-recorded and one recorded live during their recent live-endeavors). A new..