Day: October 17, 2020

RICKY WARWICK (BLACK STAR RIDERS, THIN LIZZY, THE ALMIGHTY) has announced today that he will be releasing a brand new studio album, his first since 2015. The new album is titled ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ and will be released on the 19th February through Nuclear Blast.

Ricky comments: “Fighting Heart is a celebration of how music, literature, art and movies can inspire and motivate us on a daily basis. Can these things change the world? Who knows for sure. But I believe that loud guitars and rock n roll can save a little piece of us all”

For the process of recording the album, Ricky was joined by Robert Crane (Bass), Xavier Muriel (Drums) and Keith Nelson (Guitar) as well as a number of special guests including DEF LEPPARD’s

The BURNING WITCHES comment: “Due to a high demand of the fans, we are luckily able to release these special songs. The musical products of the current circumstances, are now available together on one vinyl EP. We love the fact that our devotees and the label still supports those unique vinyl releases! In these digitalized times, it is more important than ever!”

‘The Circle of Five’ Tracklist
Side A
1. The Circle Of Five
2. We Eat Your Children (live)
Side B
1. Dance With The Devil (live)
2. Black Magic (live)

On November 6th Surma will release their debut longplayer The Light Within via Metal Blade Records. Moving, uplifting, dramatic: The Light Within presents Surma as one of the most moving symphonic metal bands in the current scene.
The 13 tracks of the 47-minute album sound as if they are one piece, while epic, confident stories unfold in music that is correspondingly expansive, but has been cast in relatively compact songs. “Our main message on this record is to give hope to all, no matter what he or she is struggling with” explains singer Viktorie Surmøvá, who is probably best known for her contribution to Bohemian Metal Rhapsody

1.Rendition
2.Reveal the Light Within 04:22
3.Like the River Flows
4.Fire and Wind
5.Desire
6.The City of Winds

After performing hundreds of shows across Europe and sharing the stage with bands like Epica, Moonspell and Delain, it was time to get back into the studio to record their second album. Moving into brand new territory, this album transcends from mesmerising verses to explosive choruses.It showcases Maxi’s electrifying vocals in combination with dynamic arrangements and unique songwriting that is reminiscent of old-school metal with a modern edge.

01 Female Fronted
02 Breathing Fire
03 A Pain All Mine
04 Maybe
05 Adrian
06 Children Of Chaos
07 Rise Up
08 We’re The Heroes (a Song For Us)
09 Vertigo
10 Higher Than Love

The Norwegians seem to be slowly getting ready to challenge the Swedes’ position in Northern Europe with regard to retroprog. Analog purists Ring Van Möbius are known to be true to the original progressive rock philosophy by combining instruments from the 70s with the ancient art of tape recording. The Norwegian trio deliver their second album “The 3rd Majesty” – a progressive gem that could just as well have been released in 1971, with instruments such as tubular bells, theremin, a string quartet, timpani and a modular synthesizer, in addition to the raw power of the Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, drums and electric bass guitar. A very entertaining, nostalgic pleasure for fans of Van der Graaf Generator, King Crimson or Camel.

01 The Seven Movements Of T

The third album from Lancashire medieval metallers WYTCH HAZEL! For fans of Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, AC/DC and early Scorpions. Rich, sumptuous, anthemic late-night drivetime vibes, passionately embracing the most high-end smash-hit classic rock and metal circa late 1970s. Over the past near-decade, Lancashire’s medieval metal phenomenon Wytch Hazel have been honing an uncommonly wholesome, rustic and devotional brand of timewarped hard rock that’s all their own, with 2016’s Prelude and 2018’s II: Sojourn albums.

01 He Is The Fight
02 Spirit And Fire
03 I Am Redeemed
04 Archangel
05 Dry Bones
06 Sonata
07 I Will Not
08 Reap The Harvest
09 The Crown
10 Ancient Of Days

SÓLSTAFIR have always been an extraordinary band. This is not only because of their mystical Icelandic homeland in whose language they mainly write their lyrics or because they have developed from a Black Metal band to a very variable (post) Rock band, it is much more because of the overall concept that SÓLSTAFIR presents with every release, always surprising and slightly different from the previous one. For many, the band has something magical about it – an aura that is difficult to describe – for this you have to listen to and understand their music. In the musical cosmos of SÓLSTAFIR, artists as different as the Beatles, Kraftwerk, Darkthrone, Ennio Morricone and Billy Corgan whirl around and seep unmistakably into the songwriting. The cover for the new album, “Endless Twilight o

On November 6th Fates Warning will release their new album Long Day Good Night via Metal Blade Records. The new single “Scars” offers a first taste of the album. Fates Warning have been a constant authority on progressive metal for over 35 years. The band has had a significant influence on the style and has developed it further without compromising its integrity or losing its significance.

Now, in 2020, they present the most extensive, longest album of their eventful career in the form of Long Day Good Night. “Stylistically, the music we’ve written for it is different from the rest of our repertoire,” explains vocalist Ray Alder. “Some songs contain electronic elements, others feel pleasantly weightless, and some groove relatively straightforward even by our s

Originally recorded in 1993, Stormbringer’s “Stealer of Souls” is a cult epic power metal obscurity, previously available only in a limited edition 10-song tape. This is one of the most wanted underground US metal releases, available for the first time.

01 Vengeance
02 Stormbringer
03 Neurotic Emperor
04 Tanelorn
05 Evil Crusader
06 Silence
07 Temples Of The Slain
08 Ambush
09 Vanishing Tower
10 Pit Fiend
11 Escape
12 Sweet Dreams
13 Tales Of The White Wolf

-Formed in ’87, Denmark’s SATERIAstood out amongst that country’s metal militia, as acts like M.Fate and Pretty Maids ruled the roost. Put togetherby vocalist Martie Peters(Push, MPG)and guitarist René Shades (nowPretty Maidsbass-player), they quickly conquered the Danish Hard-Rock scene, headlining many clubs in Copenhagen and opening for various big acts, from Little Angels to Europe, to critical acclaim.

-A distillation of acts like Poison, Motley Crue and White Lion, Sateria were heavily influenced by LA’s Sunset Strip, then home to the burgeoning Hair Metal scene that had taken hold of the eighties, turning it into a decade of decadence.

-Tentatively signing to Polygram, they cut an album that would never see th

GLACIER is here! The album “The Passing of Time” is a powerful statement of how heavy/power metal should be composed and performed.

01 Eldest And Truest
02 Live For The Whip
03 Ride Out
04 Sands Of Time
05 Valor
06 Into The Night
07 Infidel
08 The Temple And The Tomb