Twelve years. One man. An unbroken torrent of blackened speed metal fury. And now, for the first time, the full weight of Century Media Records behind him — James McBain arrives at his fourth Hellripper album with something profound to say, and Coronach is the most complete and most ambitious statement he has yet committed to record.
20 Years, Two Decades of atmospheric fury but now with something to prove — Winterfylleth have arrived at their landmark anniversary with their ninth album, but The Unyielding Season is not a celebration.
I like to say that Zakk and I go way back. He doesn’t know that, of course. I’ve only ever seen him from the crowd, so “met” might be a stretch.
The discography of Rush can be categorised in 3 parts. The 1970’s sound, guitar heavy with progressive nuances, the synth influenced era of the 1980’s before returning to more guitar orientated sounds thereafter.
Album number six for Tyketto and it has taken some time to get here but Closer to the Sun is more than worth waiting for.
Barring the Young brothers Malcolm and Angus in AC/DC, rock is littered with tales of warring siblings at odds in successful bands, the friction often ripping those bands apart.
Sometimes a band just passes you by and when they finally come to your attention, it is a WOW moment and honestly that one of the best feelings you can get from music...discovering a band that you instantly fall in love with.
Forty years on and the seismic shift that was 5150 — Van Halen’s first album with Sammy Hagar replacing David Lee Roth and also my first introduction to the band still detonates with a force that few records in the hard rock canon can match.
f you love Eighties AOR then Asia will be familiar to many. Originally formed in 1981, this supergroup comprising John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes and Carl Palmer took the US charts by storm with their self-titled debut album which contains several hit tracks including `Heat Of The Moment’ in 1982.
27 March sees the release of Reckless, the third album from Welsh Melodic Rock siren Chez Kane on Frontiers Music S.R.L. Once again, she has worked with Danny Rexon from the band Crazy Lixx, who has overseen the project, bringing his encyclopaedic knowledge of 80s Melodic Hard Rock back to the table.
From their underground origins as Burn the Priest to five Grammy nominations and over two million albums sold, the Grammy-nominated Richmond groove-metal titans Lamb of God are back with album number 10 – Into Oblivion
It’s evident from the opening chords of 3111 that the 2026 version Exodus mean business. A ferocious start to their 12th studio album, it’s as much a statement of defiance as anything else. A real fuck you to the haters, the doubters, the naysayers, all who sneer at thrash metal.
Willie and the Bandits release their most diverse record to date and Salt Roots is 10 tracks long with 10 very different stories and styles.
Bands with a decades long career and substantial discographies often have that one album that is considered their pivotable, magnum opus.
Rob Zombie has been building his singular, fevered universe since the late 1980s. From the grimy, industrialised swamplands of White Zombie's early New York days through to the chrome-plated, B-movie pandemonium of his solo career.
Melodic, powerful, and proudly German. A rising metal band sharpening their identity with confidence and craft.