Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2010 Rating: 2.5/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly dissimilar and…
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LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA- LMO-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Eleven (April 11, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2013, Nuclear Blast Rating: 3/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly…
Rage – From The Cradle To The Stage (DVD Review)
Rage – From The Cradle To The Stage (DVD) Label: SPV Released: 2004 Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP As odd as it may seem to review the 20thAnniversary Rage Double DVD, FROM THE CRADLE TO THE STAGE in 2019, 15 years after it was released, it makes sense in my blackened…
VENOM – Dante, Cronos and Rage discuss the new album FROM THE VERY DEPTH and the past, present and future of Venom.
Interview by Arto Lehtinen & Marko Syrjala WELCOME TO HELL, BLACK METAL, and AT WAR WITH SATAN are iconic black metal albums that have had a massive impact on the metal genre. Even though Venom has faced up and downs during its long career, the band is still pushing boundaries.…
GERMAN METAL STALWARTS RAGE TO RELEASE 22ND STUDIO ALBUM THIS SUMMER
The Devil Strikes Again is the name of the new album by the German metal institution RAGE. With this record and a new line-up, consisting of the native Venezoelan, Belgian-by-choice guitarist Marcos Rodriguez and the German-Greek, ex-drum tech and best friend of his predecessor Chris Efthimiadis, Vassilios ‘Lucky’ Maniatopoulos on…
Helloween + Rage + Crimes of Passion @ The Forum, London
Helloween + Rage + Crimes of Passion @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London 3rd February 2016 Review by Oliver M. Photography by Graham Hilling
Helloween + Rage live at the Circus, Helsinki
THE CIRCUS, HELSINKI 14.02 2016 REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA When two German power metal legends join forces to tour, it is always positive for the fans. Helloween is one of the most popular bands in their genre, and the band released its 16’th studio album, MY GOD GIVEN…
Swedenrock 2015 – Sölvesborg Sweden
Sweden Rock 2015 REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY ARTO LEHTINEN, MARKO SYRJALA AND PATRICK CLEMENT The Finnish Metal-Rules.com commando team made their annual road trip to Sweden Rock. Metal-Rules.com has covered Sweden Rock since 2001. The 2015 line up presented a wide range of metal and hard rock. Over 70 bands offered one…
PEAVY WAGNER – discusses the state of Rage and the formation of Refuge
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA Peavy Wagner is a German heavy metal musician best known as the lead singer and bassist of the band Rage, which he founded in 1984. The band is an important part of the German metal/power metal scene and names such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind…
PHILIP LAWVERE’s Pleasure To Kill! Legendary KREATOR, CELTIC FROST, RAGE Cover Artist Opens Up To BraveWords
You may not recognize the name, but his iconic covers are etched in the metalhead minds of millions. He was born May 19th, 1962 and has roots in Berkeley, Halifax, Manhattan, Boston, Greece and Berlin where his hardened vision caught the eyes of a young Karl Walterbach of Noise Records…
World Premiere at Sea of new material by RAGE and LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA on 70000TONS OF METAL 2013
70000TONS OF METAL, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise will leave for round 3 from Miami, Florida to the beautiful, ever warm Caribbean in 199 days from today. While they are currently steaming across the Atlantic, their German Scouts have to announce a World Premiere at Sea of new material…
RAGE – Release new video for ‘Twenty One’
Long-running German metallers RAGE will release their new album, 21, on February 24th via Nuclear Blast. The band recently shot a video for the track, ‘Twenty One’, at a casino in the Czech Republic. Check out the premiere below: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArZqdKjQoo&hd=1[/youtube] The material for 21 was recorded with Charlie Bauerfeind…
RAGE Frontman Comments On 70,000 Tons Of Metal Experience
German metal trio RAGE were one of the many bands to successfully blow fans away on the first ever 70,000 Tons Of Metal in January, as dozens of bands and over 2100 fans rocked the Gulf Of Mexico on a massive cruise ship for three days. RAGE tore the place…
Best of 2010
Best of 2010 As always, the top albums are for releases from 2010 that are full albums (no EP’s or demos). They also have to be new studio albums for 2010, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live material. Below the combined TOP 30 are links to each staff members…
RAGE Guitarist To Appear On RALF SCHEEPERS (Primal Fear) Solo Album
PRIMAL FEAR vocalist RALF SCHEEPERS is working on his first solo album. An update from Primal Fear states: “Today, two fantastic lead guitar solos from none other than Victor Smolski (RAGE) arrived in the recording studio for Ralf’s solo album – thx Victor, killer job! Achim Koehler has already started…