Month: October 2020

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