This year Rage celebrates the band’s 40 years anniversary. 40 years! Such numbers still impress me, while Judas Priest celebrated 50 years. Also considering an amount of Rage ...
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Hi Tom! “1982” EP captures the essence of Sodom‘s early days. Can you share more about the significance of this EP and why you chose to revisit these ...
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The last day of September was a turning point for British iconic heavy metal band Raven, on that very day was released their compilation of best songs from ...
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After one year of relative silence legendary German speed/power/heavy metal quartet Rage has returned with a teasing new EP Spreading the Plague, once again in collaboration with Steamhammer, ...
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German Thrash Metal legends SODOM will release their new single and video for the song “After The Deluge” today. The song is taken from the 40th anniversary album ...
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Here’s a first for me: how do you review a cover album? Do you review how the music stands on its own, or how it compares to the ...
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In the middle of 2020 Rage declared another line-up change: two guitarists, Stefan Weber (ex-Axxis) and Jean Bormann (Angel Inc, Rage & Ruins) replaced Marcos Rodriguez. Thus, for ...
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German Thrash Metal icon Sodom will celebrate its 40 years anniversary soon. In this regard (and to show a sign of life to the fans) the band released ...
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In November 2019 after some radical line-up changes, Sodom releases EP Out Of The Frontline Trench – to show “a sign of life for the fans” and generate ...
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The history of Evildead is quite similar to the history of Possessed, except the tragic incident, of course: Evildead was also formed in the middle of 80s, released ...
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Unlike Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, Raven are not quite considered as Heavy Metal and NWOBHM icons, though there were all conditions for it: Raven was formed more ...
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Despite their long history, Outlaws somehow were if not in the shadow of Southern Rock scene, than on the sidelines (for European fans at least). But I must ...
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For the 35 years of existence Rage have been through many things: rises and falls, line-up changes and sound experiments – I think there is no sense to ...
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Seems that Uncle Tom Angelripper isn’t going to stop the war machine named Sodom. After another line-up change the band works on their new album. Drumming up an ...
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Heavy, Power and almost forgotten Speed Metal miraculously exist even nowadays. Not so bright as it was, let’s say, 30 years ago, but this genre can be hardly ...
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The German-American Power/Thrash Metal band THEM release their second single and video for the song “Circuitous” today. The song is taken from the new album Manor Of The Se7en ...
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The fashion for 80s is back: it’s in clothes, in movies and of course in the music. This gain an interest for the bands, which developed Hard’N’Heavy and ...
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MAGNUM “Lost On The Road To Eternity” Steamhammer / SPV My love affair with Magnum started back in 1982, as a 15 year old kid, hearing them for ...
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NIGHT DEMON “Darkness Remains” Steamhammer / SPV This album was reviewed last year by Droll, and it’s because of that review, I became a fan of Night Demon. ...
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APPICE “Sinister” Steamhammer / SPV Appice is the first studio album to feature both Appice brothers, Carmine and Vinnie, working together with a bunch of other musicians. I ...
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