Month: March 2021

It is hard melodic rock music, which is sometimes more “rock” and sometimes goes more clearly in the direction of “metal”. The band shapes its own style, takes the liberty to elaborate its songs in detail. In doing so, Poverty’s No Crime show a consistent flair for catchy melodies and they always know how to put their skills on the instruments in the service of the song. “A Secret To Hide” impresses with many details, precisely worked out instrumental passages and conclusive, crisp hooklines.

01 Supernatural
02 Hollow Phrases
03 Flesh And Bone
04 Grey To Green
05 Within The Veil
06 The Great Escape
07 Schizophrenic
08 In The Shade

“Winterbane” is Frozen Crown’s new album. It comes two years after the extremely successful “Crowned in Frost”, which gave the band great media exposure – a total of over 18 million views on YouTube for their singles – and allowed the band to be a special guest on the DragonForce European Tour 2020, among many other achievements! With “Winterbane” Frozen Crown strengthen the classic heavy and power metal components of their sound and further tone down the symphonic influences. The result is an aggressive and monolithic album, thanks to the tasteful riffs and guitar leads of mastermind and songwriter Federico Mondelli and the amazing vocals o talented singer Giada “Jade” Etro.

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British metal artist Blaze Bayley releases his 11th studio recording, moving forward from the success of his ‘Infinite Entanglement’ trilogy released in consecutive years 2016-2018. The 10 brand new songs, co-written with guitarist Christopher Appleton, draw influences from Blaze’s experience as singer with British metal goliaths Iron Maiden (1994-1999), plus his extensive solo career which started with his legendary ‘Silicon Messiah’ album in year 2000.

01 War Within Me
02 303
03 Warrior
04 Pull Yourself Up
05 Witches Night
06 18 Flights
07 The Dream Of Alan Turing
08 The Power Of Nikola Tesla
09 The Unstoppable Stephen Hawking
10 Every Storm Ends

220 Volt released their masterpiece with “Eye To Eye” in 1988. Producer Max Norman does such artistic justice to this Swedish powerhouse. The songs on this fourth album are incredibly good on the whole record. Jocke Lundholm is phenomenal with his unique voice; powerful and dynamic with an impressive range that leads the band from one great song to the other.

01 The Harder They Come
02 I’m On Fire
03 Beat Of A Heart
04 Eye To Eye
05 Love Is All You Need
06 Live It Up
07 Money Talks
08 Dangerous
09 Still In Love
10 Dog Eat Dog
11 On The Other Side

Recorded in LA with producer and longtime collaborator Tony Hoffer (Beck, Phoenix, Supergrass), “Half Drunk Under A Full Moon” is a kaleidoscopic delight that screams from the rooftops and exudes joy.

01 Half Drunk Under A Full Moon
02 Need A Little Love
03 Lay Your Body Down
04 The Last Songbird
05 Strangers In The Street
06 Living In The Dark
07 Action Replay
08 Six Days In June
09 Oh Roxy
10 Hello Stranger

Hard times call for big riffs! Motorpsycho are already a year after the release of ‘The All isOne’ and the completion of their “Gullvåg Trilogy” back with a new studio album, which was again completed in Black BoxStudio (France) and in the home Trondheim.
Some musicians have become more introverted and melancholic with their albums and new productions in the Corona era, Motorpsycho counter the freedom restrictions of the virus with their most riff- and metal-heavy album to date since HEAVY METAL FRUIT.

01 The Waning (pt.1 & 2)
02 Kingdom Of Oblivion
03 Lady May
04 The United Debased
05 The Watcher Feat. The Crimson Eye
06 Dreamkiller
07 Atet
08 At Empire’s End
09 The Hunt
10 Aft