Jari Mäenpää has never been one without controversy, and amidst the constant speculations of when we would ever hear Wintersun’s infamous ‘Time II’, Jari was off cooking something entirely different – thus leaving us with ‘The Forest Seasons’....

For years Alestorm has graced the world with something they didn’t realise they needed – pirate metal. Now onto their fifth release titled ‘No Grave but the Sea’, Alestorm brings a mix of power metal, infused with...

It’s essentially impossible to make the perfect album; especially in this day and age when the rock/metal scene spans across a multitude of genres. In saying that, Atlanta’s own Royal Thunder has made their perfect album. Theirs...

Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll – it’s an almighty combination that has been around for hundreds of years, but when it comes to American glam rockers Steel Panther, it’s always been the basis of their entire...

Since their debut album ‘Sorrow and Extinction’ in 2012, Arkansas doom metal band Pallbearer have proved that they can do no wrong – 5 years later and with their third full-length album on the horizon, they have...

It seems to be a common occurrence these days for bands to alter their sound, whether it be a different feel for each album, or even delving into new genres. More often than not when this occurs,...

I’ll admit part of me has always had an issue with power metal bands, simply due to the obscene similarities between every vocalist within the genre – however there is something different about Battle Beast. They have...

Spanning a career of over 40 years, Swiss Heavy Metal outfit Krokus have seemingly done it all; now onto their 18th effort they bring us an album consisting entirely of cover songs titled ‘Big Rocks’. The albums...

It seems music has always carried the ability to transcend us to alternate places, both mentally and emotionally. Swedish hard rockers Horisont take that one step further, by possessing the ability to take us back in time....