Album Review: TEMPERANCE – Arcani Napalm Records – October 16th, 2026 Reviewer – Jason Hopper Despite being around since 2013 and releasing seven albums, I have never come across the music of TEMPERANCE. I decided to go in cold for this review, with that decision based off one song: ‘Sin, Sin, Sin‘. This track showed up as […]
Seven Witches to release career-spanning collection ‘Best of the Witch‘ on October 30th through Deko Entertainment. New single/video’The Burning‘ featuring Jon Oliva is now streaming on all platforms. Seven Witches, the acclaimed American heavy metal and power metal band founded in 1998 by guitarist Jack Frost (Savatage, Lizzy Borden, Aldo Nova) and vocalist Bobby Lucas, […]
Barcelona-based melodic power metal force KILMARA has released an official visualizer clip for ‘Alliance of the Free‘, one of the standout tracks from their latest studio album, ‘Journey to the Sun‘, released via ROAR. Taking the band’s retro-futuristic universe into full animation, the new visualizer marks the final chapter of the ‘Journey to the Sun‘ concept. […]
Just a few days ahead of their upcoming tour with TUNGSTEN and KILMARA, INDUCTION are back with a very special release: The modern power metal outfit led by guitarist Tim Hansen has unleashed a video clip for the brand-new version of their epic anthem ‘Gods Of Steel‘, featuring none other than Kai Hansen (Helloween, Gamma Ray) on guest […]
Album Review: Frozen Crown – The Legend Of The Six Kings Napalm Records – October 2nd, 2026 Reviewer – Jason Hopper I was fortunate to catch Frozen Crown just a few days ago on their first North American tour opening up for Kamelot and Visions of Atlantis. While it was a short seven song set, the […]
Fortune Teller return with ‘Familiar‘, a powerful melodic metal track about breaking free from a bond that has become a prison and choosing freedom over the comfort of what is known. Inspired by the image of a witch’s familiar – a bound creature forced into servitude – the song follows a similar figure finally breaking […]
Continuing a banner year, the Swedish masters of heavy metal Sabaton re-up their 2025 hit ‘Templars‘ with a brand-new version featuring Leigh Kakaty of Platinum-certified, chart-topping rock powerhouse Pop Evil. The song is now available on all DSPs and digital download providers via Better Noise Music. Listen to ‘Templars‘ (Feat. Pop Evil) – here. It’s a collision of two […]
BraveWords Records has announced the Bandcamp digital release of Australian (Newcastle, New South Wales) fantasy power metallers Ilium‘s 2026 album, ‘Scythe Ballet‘. The band states: “The response to the physical release has been fantastic, and so we are happy to announce that from today, the album is available digitally via Bandcamp through BraveWords Records. Other digital […]
Swedish modern melodic metal frontrunners METALITE have unleashed a visualizer video for their brand-new single ‘The Metal Elite‘, another electrifying taste of their highly anticipated studio album ‘Discovery‘ (review here), set for release on September 25th via PERCEPTION – Powered by Reigning Phoenix Music. Stream ‘The Metal Elite‘ – here The new single captures METALITE […]
Review: Stonedead Festival 2026 Newark Showground (August 29th, 2025) Reviewer / photographer – Dan Mann I swear Stonedead is in fact every seven months, before you know it, it’s time to take the trip to Newark Showground! Alas, the God of rain decided that this year was their chance to see the bands too. But, […]
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