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We spoke with Jimmy Lozano of Jet Jaguar about Severance, the band’s raw and unflinching new record born from near-fatal accidents, lineup changes, and years...

With Psychedelic Enigma coming out on October 24th via Steamhammer/SPV, THEM take their dark, cinematic sound to the next level – mixing power, prog, and...

Welcome to this week’s global shitshow. Wall Street’s jerking everyone around like a drunk at a blackjack table, Congress can’t get off its ass long...

Hi Geoff! The Devil’s Asylum is a striking title — what’s the idea behind it, and what does it represent to you? The Devil’s Asylum...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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)....

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...

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....

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...

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...