Bandleader / Singer Heidi Parviainen – Dark Sarah Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Emil Westerdahl at Inner Wound Recordings for setting up the interview. Thanks to Inner Wound Recordings for the promo pictures of the band. THE GOLDEN MOTH is the name of the third and latest episode of…
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Canadian singer, musician, songwriter LEAH
Leah Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Emil Westerdahl at Inner Wound Recordings for setting up the interview. Thanks to Inner Wound Recordings for the promo pictures of the band. From Canada comes singer/musician/songwriter Leah, who released her fourth album late in 2018, titled THE QUEST. The album follows her…
Nightwish & Beast in Black – Manchester Arena 11th December 2018
Nightwish & Beast in Black Manchester Arena 11th December 2018 Review by Gavin Lowrey
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;…
Melodic Rockfest Scandinavia 2018 at Slagthuset Malmo, Sweden
Melodic Rockfest Scandinavia 2018 Slagthuset Malmo, Sweden 31/5-2/6 – 2018 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall The first edition of the Swedish festival, Melodic Rockfest, announced the first bands to perform at the middle of October last year in the radio show Steve Price Rock Show and as the…
Celtic Metal Vocalist LEAH Reveals Powerful New Track, “Edge of Your Sword”, Featuring Members of Delain, Orphaned Land and Blind Guardian
New Symphonic Fantasy Metal Album, The Quest, out October 5, 2018 Pre-Order Here Symphonic/Celtic vocalist LEAH – described affectionately by her fans as “the metal Enya” – recently announced the release of her upcoming full-length album, The Quest, out Friday, October 5. The album features a stronger Celtic and Fantasy…
NORTHWARD SPEAK ABOUT THE BAND’S FOUNDATION IN FIRST TRAILER
NORTHWARD, the hard rock project from masterminds Floor Jansen and Jorn Viggo Lofstad, will release its powerful debut self-titled album on October 19th, 2018. After recently unveiling the first music video for their catchy new single ‘While Love Died’, the duo has now launched their first album trailer, in which…
Bloodstock 2018 @ Catton Hall
Bloodstock 2018 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Billy Edmunds Britain’s biggest and most prominent Metal festival, Bloodstock Open Air opened its doors to thousands upon thousands of metalheads this weekend. Having expanded in size and playing host to several new campsites to showcase its rise in popularity. Last year…
BLOODSTOCK announce more RAM Gallery exhibitors, including GOJIRA’s Mario Duplantier
BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce further details of 2018’s onsite RAM Gallery, one of the more unique elements that sets BLOODSTOCK apart from other festivals. Festival founder and globally renowned artist, Paul Raymond Gregory created the onsite RAM Gallery in 2014 and each year the purpose-built structure showcases not only…
Nightwish – Lahti Finland, July 21 2018
Nightwish is a somewhat rarely seen act on Finnish soil. However, the symphonic metallers usually do play a few gigs every year in Finland. Those shows are always totally packed. This specific gig, like their recent tour, was not focusing on a new album but one a wide range of career-spanning…
Share Your Favourite Bloodstock Video to Win Tickets
Want to win a pair of Bloodstock Open Air 2018 tickets? Then look no further! Just go to their YouTube channel and share your favourite Bloodstock video!
Ten Great Reasons to Visit Bloodstock 2018
With just 4 weeks to go until Bloodstock Festival opens its gates for 2018, Metal-Rules’s UK Team have compiled a list of 10 great reasons to pay the country’s biggest Metal fest a visit; other than the incredible lineup. Tickets are still on sale and can be purchased from the…
Just One Month To Go To Bloodstock 2018
With just a month to go, BLOODSTOCK has chosen the last of its New Blood bands, added some more to the Jagermeister stage, revamped entertainment both after hours on the Sophie Lancaster & New Blood stages and in VIP too, bought a Hawaiian shirt ready for Cannibal Corpse, and is…
Nightwish-Decades
Reviewed: April 2018 Released: 2018, Nuclear Blast Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: JP Stupefyingly unnecessary. Those are two words I’d use to characterize this release for Nightwish fans. This is the now the fifth Nightwish compilation CD on the market. Ostensibly released for the bands 20th anniversary, in 2016, this two CD…
Floor Jansen and Jorn Viggo Lofstad’s hard rock project, Northward, signs to Nuclear Blast and announces first album!
It was during the ‘All Star Jam’ at Progpower USA Festival in 2007, when current NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen and PAGAN’S MIND guitarist Jørn Viggo Lofstad spontaneously joined forces on stage for some cover songs and noticed the creative magic between them. Although the two musicians had never met before,…