Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2021 Catton Park, Derbyshire 11th – 15th August 2021 Review by Jack Merry Photography by Rebecca Bush
Kreator
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…
KREATOR Announce UNDER THE GUILLOTINE
The story of Kreator’s meteoric rise to the global elite of thrash metal bands from their humble beginnings in Essen Germany, began under their first name of Tormentor in the early 80’s. It was their ‘Blitzkreig’ and ‘End Of The World’ demos changing hands in the era’s bustling underground…
FORE; punk band featuring ex-KREATOR bassist and VENOM INC, MASSACRE members release two new songs!
FORE, the punk band featuring Christian “Speesy” Giesler (ex-KREATOR), Jeramie Kling (VENOM INC, MASSACRE, THE ABSENCE), Taylor Nordberg (MASSACRE, THE ABSENCE) and Brian Stephenson (OLD JAMES, SKULL FIST), have released two new songs, “Song For A Friend” and “Pet” on the band’s Bandcamp page. The group previously released their debut…
Avantasia – Moonglow
Avantasia – Moonglow Label: Nuclear Blast Released: 2019 Reviewer: Brat Rating: 4.5/5 Have your ears ready as soon as you press play otherwise you could miss the start of the first, lengthy song which consists of a number of movements. “Ghost in the Moon” doesn’t waste time with overtures or…
Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, Hatebreed & Bloodbath @ The Roundhouse, London
Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, Hatebreed & Bloodbath The Roundhouse, London 16th December 2018 Review & Photography: Graham Hilling
Copenhell Festival 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhell Festival 2018 Refshaleoen Copenhagen Denmark 20-23/6 – 2018 Live review and live pictures: Anders Sandvall Guest contributor: Ulrika Henriksson And so was it time for another round of the infamous Copenhell Festival; the ninth one so far. The first bookings were revealed back in November 2017;…
SODOM – Tom Angelripper, Frank Blackfire and Husky
The unholy triangle of the German thrash metal is completed by the interview with three members of Sodom here in Metal-Rules.Com. Sodom went a real turmoil in the line-up changes when a couple of previous members were let go and replaced by three new/old guys. Above all, Frank Blackfire’s return…
Tuska 2018 – Suvilahti Helsinki Finland
ARTICLE BY FINNISH METAL-RULES.COM TREAM Here we go again! The traditional Tuska weekend with several great bands. The line-up for this year was quite diverse covering a wide range of metal and hard rock. Europe seemed to entertain the older hard rock generation, whereas Parkway Drive made the younger generation go…
SWEDEN ROCK 2018 Festival
The Finnish Metal-Rules.com made their annual visit to Sweden Rock. Metal-Rules.com has covered Sweden Rock since 2001. The 2018 line up once again presented a wide range of metal and hard rock. Over 70 bands offered one hell of an experience for the attendees during the four day festival. Sweden Rock has been successful during…
Sabaton / Kreator
Sabaton w. Kreator and Cyhra The Palace Calgary, Alberta Feb 17th, 2018 by JP Photos by Jeff In some sense this is going to be a bit of a non-review. Metal-Rules.com has interviewed and review Sabaton and Kreator many, many times over the years often on the same tour! Sometimes…
KREATOR Reissue Four Classic 90’s Era Albums
The U.S release dates for Coma Of Souls and Renewal will be Friday, March 2nd, 2018 and Cause For Conflict and Outcast will be released on Friday, March 9th, 2018. North American tour dates confirmed for mid February to mid March 2018. Formed in Essen, Germany in 1984, Kreator are arguably the most influential and successful European thrash…
SABATON & KREATOR kick off their 2018 North American co-headlining tour this Thursday, February 8!
Mark your calendars! Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON are uniting with German thrash titans and label mates Kreator for the ultimate North American co-headlining trek kicking off this coming Thursday, February 8! The 24-date tour will make stops in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Philadelphia before concluding at Jannus Landing in Tampa, Florida on March 10. SABATON will…
Anders Sandvall – Best of 2017
Best of year list 2017 1. Astral Doors “Black Eyed Children” Singer Nils Patrik Johansson and the band gives us well executed 70’s influenced heavy metal tunes. The entire album contains nothing but well played music and the band got something most bands don’t have in the singer Nils Patrik…
Metal-Rules.com: Best of 2017
As always, the top albums of the year are for full albums (no EP’s or demos) released in 2017. They are new studio albums for the year, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live albums. Below the combined TOP 30 are links to each individual staff members’ personal “best of”…