Austin, TX heavy rockers, The Sword have released their rifftastic cover of the KISS classic ‘She’ today. The track is taken from Chronology 2006 – 2018 and Conquest of Kingdoms, the two career-spanning collections that will be released simultaneously, both showcasing the technically dazzling, riff-heavy and far-reaching metal that…
THE ROLLING STONES To Release “Extra Licks” – Streaming Worldwide Exclusively On YouTube
As part of YouTube’s #StayHome campaign, The Rolling Stones will launch a weekly series entitled “Extra Licks” on the band’s official YouTube channel, starting this Sunday May 3rd at 12pm PT / 3pm ET/ 8pm BST. Each featurette—available digitally for the first time—will appear as a YouTube Premiere, streaming…
MIKE TRAMP releases new album today
Today, ex-White Lion and Freak Of Nature singer MIKE TRAMP releases his new solos album, “Second Time Around”. With a career in his own name worthful of his rich past, Tramp is living one of the most creative moments of his life. “I often listen to my many previous solo…
Unmerciful – Wrath Encompassed
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Willowtip Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog In order to whet the appetite of any listener wanting to increase their intake of aural brutality, Kansas death metallers Unmerciful describe Wrath Encompassed as their “angriest and most destructive album to date.” It’s their third full length recording, and…
Blizzen – World In Chains
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Pure Steel Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog The resurgence of what is being referred to as the New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal has turned out to be one of metal music’s most triumphant comebacks. In a churning saga – that has, for over two…
Bonfire – Fistful Of Fire
Reviewed: May, 2020 Released: 2020, AFM Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog There’s an infectious sense of momentum in the Bonfire ranks at the moment. This is no small feat when you consider thirty four years, twenty band members and several full length albums that have passed since the band’s debut…
Stallion – Slaves Of Time
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: February 28th, 2020 / High Roller Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine We have another blast from the past for your metal hearts. That statement is about as played out as any these days. With the surge of traditional or classic metal sounds by…
Commando – Rites of Damnation
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, High Roller Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Commando have been about for a few years now, having previously released their first demo back in 2018 titled ‘Demo 2018’. Fast forward to now and the young Swedish group that hails from Arvika have produced their…
Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man
Reviewed: April 2020 Released: 2020, Epic Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Ozzy Osbourne is anything but an ordinary man, despite what the title of his latest effort would have you believe. He’s lived an extraordinary life since bursting onto the music scene with Black Sabbath, jumping from one extreme…
Raider – Guardian Of The Fire
May 2020 March 20th, 2020 / Self-Release Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine It is always a pretty cool thing when I come across a new band that I genuinely enjoy listening to. One that can blend genres I am privy to, and blend said styles in a…
In This Moment – Mother
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: March 27th 2020, Atlantic Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush In This Moment’s much anticipated 7th studio album has been unleashed and it is nothing short of breath-taking. ‘Mother’ is rich and beautiful, taking elements from 2017 release ‘Ritual’ and expanding on the imagery and symbolism…
Dark Fortress – Spectres From The Old World
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Century Media Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Spectres From The Old World is album number eight from the mighty melodic black metallers Dark Fortress. The band – formed in Landshut, Bavaria (Germany) – seem to lead a little more with their dark approach in terms…
Old Corpse Road – On Ghastly Shores lays the Wreckage of our Lore
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Trollzorn Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis British black metal institution Old Corpse Road have unleashed their third studio album, “On Ghastly Shores lays the Wreckage of our Lore,” which, as the title suggests, has a theme of coastal folklore and legends. OCR are not a…
Varas-Diaz, Nelson & Scott, Niall, (ed) – Heavy Metal Music and The Communal Experience (Book Review)
Reviewed: May, 2020 Released: 2016, Lexington Books Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP As regular readers of The Library Of Loudness may have noted, I enjoy reading and reviewing academic studies of Metal. HEAVY METAL MUSIC AND THE COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE was issued in an expensive hard cover back in 2016 and…
Mustasch – Killing it for Life
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Tritonus Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes The more album reviews I write, the more I see just how big Sweden’s hard rock movement is these days. It seems like every hard rock album that makes it to me is another Swedish band. This movement…