Interview by Robert Cavuoto Danish vocalist Ronnie Atkins of Pretty Maids and Nordic Union will be releasing his new solo album, One Shot, on March 12, 2021, via Frontiers Music. After being diagnosed with Stage IV cancer which was incurable, Ronnie decided not to let his unfulfilled goals slip away.…
Åge Sten Nilsen and Trond Holter of Wig Wam on New CD Never Say Die – We Made Rock & Roll Fun Again!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Norway’s Wig Wam have reunited and released the perfect hard rock CD, Never Say Die, via Frontier Music s.r.l. Wig Wam formed in 2001 and released their debut album, 667 … The Neighbour Of The Beast in 2004 and never looked back. That same year they…
Best of 2020
Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020 As always, the top albums of the year are for full albums (no EP’s or demos) released in 2020. They are new studio albums for the year, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live albums. Below the combined top 20 you will find links…
Wings of Destiny – Ballads
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, WormHoleDeath Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Wings of Destiny is, to me, the most amazing power metal band you could ever hear. They come from Costa Rica and since 2015 it has released four studio albums, BALLADS (2020) is the latest one. We can say…
1945 – Live in Pandemia
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020 Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres 1945 is a band from Salamanca, Spain born in 2016. In mid-September the group presented Live In Pandemia, a concert recorded at the Center for Performing Arts and Music in their city, taking advantage of the fact that the local…
Wail – Civilization Maximus
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, WormHoleDeath Rating: 4.5 of 5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Wail is not only some kind of a hard rock band but also a very hard working band from Lillehammer, Norway; released its debut album called RESILIENT back in 2018 and a couple weeks ago presented its…
Arduinna’s Dawn – Saturnine Moon
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Arduinna’s Dawn is a Luxembourg band born in 2016, after dealing with some changes in their line-up, finally in 2018 they achieved a good enough stability to make themselves known on the scene of their country; they came to participate…
Veritas – Threads of Fatality
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, Veritas Rocks LLC Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Veritas is a band from Kansas led by Greg Wenk, who since the distant year of 2012 has been breaking stone to achieve what he finally presented at the end of August, his debut album entitled: THREADS…
Angeles – Celebrate (Single)
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, Dark Star Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Angeles is a cult band from Los Angeles, California. In more than 35 years of career, the group has released a staggering twelve albums. It is surprising that none of them have had enough transcendence to reach…
Synthetic – Clepsydra: Time Against Infinity
Review Date: October 2020 Released: 2020, Rock of Angels Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: RC2000 From Cambridge, UK, Synthetic are back with their second full-length album entitled CLEPSYDRA: TIME AGAINST INFINITY. Four years have passed since their debut album Here Lies The Truth was released, and the band have been working…
Communic – HIDING FROM THE WORLD
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, AFM Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Communic is a progressive metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. It was born in 2003 and has since released five albums, incredibly maintaining the same lineup. It is surprising that Communic is a trio, it consists of Erik Mortensen…
After Earth – Before It Awakes (EP)
Review Date: November 2020 Released: 2020, Independent Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: RC2000 Formed in 2017-18 in Skovde, Sweden, After Earth have independently released their new EP entitled BEFORE IT AWAKES. The quintet hails from Skovde, Sweden, and they’ve used the Covid-19-era downtime to put out some melodic death metal. After the…
DORO On Her New CD, Magic Diamonds – Best Of Rock, Ballads & Rare Treasures – We Have Been Working For 5 Months To Get This CD Ready For Release!
Interviewed by Robert Cavuoto Doro will be releasing her long-awaited best-of album Magic Diamonds – Best Of Rock, Ballads & Rare Treasures on November 13th via her own label, Rare Diamonds Productions. It encompasses a career spanning 56 songs on three CDs, a total of almost four hours of playing…
Lyonen – Interview with Tato Rivas
Interview by Cristóbal Torres Lyonen is the project of Tato Rivas, a Venezuelan musician who took advantage of the confinement caused by the pandemic to finally crystallize the dream he has had since his early youth: to record an album with his own music. The result is THIS IS LYONEN…
Inner Circles – Inner Circles
Reviewed: August, 2020 Released: 2020, Independent Rating: 3.5 / 5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Inner Circles is a very interesting one man project led by John O’Kelly. He took care of guitars, bass, keys and programming. Recently in August released a self titled EP with 5 tracks developing a very atmospheric…