Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Cold Knife Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter With the state of the world at present, is it any wonder that EMISSARY OF SUFFERING decided to name their debut release ‘Mournful Sights’? If ever there was a topic that was ripe for discussion, then the steady…
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden – Senjutsu
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 2021, Parlaphone Average Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: The Metal-Rules.com team Once in a while an album comes out that is so anticipated we here at Metal-Rules.com join forces to write a collective review. Naturally, Iron Maiden falls into this category. Please enjoy what our various staff…
AN EVENING WITH BRUCE DICKINSON – FEATURING Q&A; TWO DECEMBER 2021 DATES ADDED TO SPOKEN WORD UK TOUR
Photo credit: John McMurtrie LIVE NATION today announces two new additional dates on Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson’s first ever UK spoken word 2021 tour An Evening With Bruce Dickinson: Dec 9th – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Dec 10th – Usher Hall, Edinburgh Tickets go on sale Wednesday 29th September at…
Interview with Emissary Of Suffering
Emissary of Suffering Interview with Nils Groth (Drums & Vocals) and Mattias Rasmusson (Guitars) Interview by Lee Carter Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. Hey, thank you for giving us the opportunity to talk about our band. My name is…
LORD cover the brand new IRON MAIDEN song “Stratego”
The new Iron Maiden album Senjutsu is not even out (releases Sept. 3, 2021) and Aussie metalers LORD have released a crazy awesome cover for the song “Stratego”. Listen to it now: LORD are no strangers recording covers. They released 23 cover songs on their recent Undercovers Vol.1 album. The…
Iron Maiden release brand new single ‘Stratego’
‘STRATEGO’ NEW TRACK RELEASED LISTEN HERE SENJUTSU HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 3RD ‘Stratego’ is the second track from Maiden’s long-awaited, 17th studio album, Senjutsu which is being released globally on September 3rd. It’s one of two songs on the 10 track, 82 minutes long album written by guitarist Janick Gers…
Smith/Kotzen – Smith/Kotzen
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: March 2021, BMG Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Buddy H When I first heard that Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen were teaming up for an album, my knee-jerk reaction was, “Hmmm. I’m not sure how that’s going to work.” We all know Adrian Smith’s remarkable body of work…
Invicta “Killers” (by Iron Maiden) video premiere
The band says: We are so stoked to be finally releasing this video! We had a blast making it and we hope our fans and Iron Maiden fans have a blast watching it! Make sure to follow us and stay tuned for the release of this track and lots more…
Best of 2020: Anders Sandvall
01. Pyramaze “Epitaph” It has taken a very long time for this Denmark/USA/Norwegian band to follow up their last album but it was worth the wait! This is strong melodic metal with progressive influences that blows your mind. This is what melodic/progressive metal should sound like and I only…
Malamorte – God Needs Evil
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2021, Moribund Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Rossy Maguire MALAMORTE is the new band of Italian scene legend of Alessandro Nunziati and was born in 2009. Fans of Italian metal will recognize Alessandro’s name; this is a man full of talent and dark creativity! He’s a well-known…
Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: 2020, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite I don’t even know where to start with this one. An impressive force in progressive metal for over 35 years, Fates Warning return to the scene with their longest and most epic album yet: Long Day Good Night. Compared…
Various Artists-NWOBHM Thunder (Box-set)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Cherry Red / Hear No Evil Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP This is really cool. Have you ever wanted to dig a little deeper into the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal but can’t afford the outrageous prices for rare, out-of-print vinyl that is now already 35-40…
Popoff, Martin-Empire Of The Clouds (Book Review)
Reviewed: August, 2020 Published: 2020, PowerChord Press Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Most Iron Maiden observers will recognize the bands career has had roughly four distinct phases. These are the Di’ Anno years, the classic ‘height of power’ era, the dark Blaze years and the reformation. We can argue about deeper sub-phases…
VELKHANOS Interview
Interview with Fernando Salmerón (guitars) of VELKHANOS Interview by Kat Knite Facebook – Instagram – Twitter Pre-order ‘The Wrath’: Art Gates Records – Itunes – Google Play VELKHANOS are a five-piece band from Spain that blend Melodic Death Metal and Black Metal, combining extreme brutality with the emotion of heavy metal. They…
Spracklen, Kark Metal Music And The Re-Imagining Of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation (Book Review)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Published: 2020, Emerald Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The good people at Emerald Publishing continue to support the advancement of metal studies with another book in their series ‘Emerald Studies In Metal Music And Culture’. Metal Music And The Re-Imagining Of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation is…