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Review: Kiss The Vyper – Hope You Like It Metalapolis Records (June 24th, 2022) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Kiss The Vyper is the brainchild of Australian multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, engineer and producer Bobby Miller. They are back with their second album Hope You Like It.  Since this band was new to me, I decided to check […]

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Review: Black Diamonds – Floor 13 Metalapolis Records (February 25th, 2022) Reviewer: Jason Hopper If I could augment any of my past reviews from this year, it would be my review of the Black Diamonds’ ‘No-Tell Hotel’ album. I gave the album a favorable review, but throughout the year, I found the album had grown on […]

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Review: Hunter – The Return Metalapolis Records (August 6th 2021) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Hunter, a band that released two albums in the 1980s to middling success in Germany, decide to give it another go with their new album, appropriately titled ‘The Return’. Not knowing much about the band, their bio states that they were heavily […]

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Review: Mother Road – Drive (remastered) Metalapolis Records (April 23rd 2021) Reviewer: Dan Mann It doesn’t seem seven years since ‘Drive‘ was originally released, that’s time that has truely flown by. But here’s some great news for those of you who missed out buying Mother Road‘s debut, as it is being re-released, having also been remastered […]

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TwentyDarkSeven, the Hard’n Heavy rockers from southern Germany have just released their second single from their upcoming, third album ‘Catch A Fire’, which will be released in late summer 2021 via Metalapolis Records. ‘Broken’ is a straight rocker with all the typical band trademarks. Line-up: Marcus Jürgens – vocals (ex-BRAINSTORM, ex-PUMP, ex-KASHMYR) Selly Bernhard – guitar (ex-PUMP, ex-MIRACLE MASTER) Christoph Renner – bass (ex-NASTY BULLETZ) Vitali Schogenov […]

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Review: El Pistolero – Mexican Standoff Metalapolis Records (March 19th 2021) Reviewer :Grant Foster El Pistolero. Sounds Spanish doesn’t it? Or possibly South American? But the truth is that the band were formed in Mannheim, Germany in 2012. This release is their debut for Metalapolis Records. Let’s get straight to the point. These lads are […]

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Review: Maverick – Ethereality Metalapolis Records (April 1st, 2021) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Full disclosure, I’m going in cold here. The band Maverick has been a named praised by many who listen to Euro Hard Rock, but in briefly checking out a few songs a few years ago, nothing seemed to grab me about the band […]