When I saw that Avantasia was promoting a Moonglow world tour, I was expecting Australia to be added to the itinerary. After all, you can’t call it a world tour unless every continent has been included. Plus, after a couple of successful tours in Australia with Edguy, Tobias Sammet would…
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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…
HELLOWEEN – Vocalist Andi Deris
HELLOWEEN – Vocalist Andi Deris INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA Helloween is a German band founded in 1984 in Hamburg. The band is one of the pioneers of the power metal genre and their albums KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS I & II, MASTER OF THE RINGS and THE TIME OF THE…
SWEDENROCK 2014 – Solvesborg Sweden
Article and pictures by Arto Lehtinen, Marko Syrjala, and Patrick Clement Hell yeah! It’s time to enter the mighty Swedenrock Festival. A fantastic and the most enjoyable rock and metal festival on earth. It has to be pointed out that Metal Rules has covered Sweden Rock since 2001! Therefore, it…
MASTERPLAN: “Novum Initium” album trailer available!
The official trailer for MASTERPLAN’s brand new album „Novum Initium“ (released on June 14th in Europe / June 18th USA) is available now. It includes excerpts of all regular album tracks. Please follow and like us:
MASTERPLAN announce new vocalist and bassist
Melodic Metal heroes MASTERPLAN are back with new line-up and big plans! The new members are well known: Swedish vocalist Rick Altzi (At Vance, Thunderstone) is the one to replace Jorn Lande. Altzi enjoys a fabulous reputation throught his works with numerous projects and bands. MASTERPLAN’s new bass player is…
HELLOWEEN – bassist Markus Grosskopf
INTERVIEW AND LIVE PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by Kai Hansen on vocals and guitar, Michael Weikath on guitar, Markus Grosskopf on bass and Ingo Schwichtenberg on drums. Helloween were one of the pioneering and also most important bands…
Masterplan and Hellfueled live at KB in Malmö Sweden
MasterplanSpecial Guest to SaxonHellfueledSupport act KulturbolagetMalmoeSweden11/5 – 2007 Reviewed and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Please follow and like us:
Russell Allen of Allen/Lande
RUSSELL ALLEN Here is a short interview that I’ve done with Russell Allen. He, together with Jorn Lande, has recently released the album THE BATTLE on Frontiers Records and I was interested in what two singers of such an excellent caliber had to offer the listener. So here’s what…