Vratyas Vakyas strikes again with his one-man folk/black metal project Falkenbach. Since the formation in 1989 Falkenbach have released five studio albums and a bunch of demos previous to this new one entitled ‘Asa’. While his previous effort, ‘Tiurida’,...

Even though the title of the new Dawn Of Tears album can be a bit misleading, it is only their second studio album. This Spanish melodic death metal quintet was formed back in 1999, while their debut album ‘Decent’...

The multinational melodic metal act Eden’s Curse is back with their fourth studio album, introducing the new line-up featuring newcomers Nikola Mijic on vocals and former Dragonforce and Powerquest keyboarder Steve Williams alongside the three founding members Paul Logue,...

Over the past twenty years or so several great progressive metal band have emerged out of the Norwegian metal scene. In the early stages bands like Manitou, Trivial Act and Spiral Architect led the way and was later followed...

Michael Kiske is without doubt one of my all-time favorite singers with his charismatic and wide range voice. He’s got an amazing voice control and I’m not sure he would be able to sing out of pitch even if...

If you’re looking for quality death metal releases nowadays California based label Unique Leader Records is probably one of the best places to start. Pyrexia is another good example of just that. The band was formed in the early...

Frosttide is a relatively new band, formed in Juäskylä, Finland in 2009. They have released two EP´s ahead of ´Awakening´ which is their debut full length album. Frosttide likes to describe their style as melodic folk metal but...

Seventh Key is the project of Billy Greer (previously known from Kansas) and guitarist/producer Mike Slamer (Streets, Steelhouse Lane and City Boy). ‘I will survive’ is their third studio album, and their first in almost nine years. It follows...

After nine years of absence from the limelight Fates Warning are finally back with a brand new studio album. I first discovered Fates Warning when they released ´Awaken the guardian´ back in 1986 and I still enjoy their first...

Rocking Rolf and his Running Wild are back with what is their 15th studio album, and their second since the reunion. I must admit that I have never been a fan of Running Wild and, with the exception of...