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Finland's back in the house, with the new release of Shear, offering a decent bunch of progressive (power) metal fronted by a charming lady.

This Wiesbaden (Central Germany) based quintet was founded in 2009, and went through two bassists and two drummers before settling to the current line-up consisting of singer Johannes Schöbinger, guitarists Yannick Zobus and Jonas Römhild, bassist Markus Straussner, and drummer David Willmes (the latter two joining the band during 2013), each bring in his own background and personal taste to the final product.

Well, I'll be... I really can't remember the last time I read such a load of bollocks in picking up a label's info sheet about one of their bands!

If you need a good portion of True Heavy Metal Iron Knights will deliver you the goods. This is straight forwarded Metal that will be responsible for the pain in your neck after a few listens.

Bayside is an American punk/rock band from Queens NY formed somewhere in the winter of 2000. Current members are Anthony Raneri (Vocals, Guitar), Jack O’Shea (Lead Guitar), Nick Ghanbarian (Bass) and Chris Guglielmo (Drums).

Kyng a new band founded in Los Angeles in 2008. You can compare their sound with Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and The Sword, yes Heavy metal, Stoner Metal and hard Rock. Only three members counting band: Eddie Veliz (vocals/guitar), Pepe Clarke (drums) and Tony Castaneda (bass/backup vocals).

Line-up: Danny Cecati: Vocals, Con Papazoglou: Guitar, Zain Kimmie: Drums, Seb Schneider: Keyboard, Evan Harris: Bass

Fake Idols was formed from the union of three bands in the hard rock/metal genre (Raintime, Slowmotion Apocalypse and Jar Of Bones). They found each other in their search for new sounds and have decided to join forces for this new and young project, so you might have it a bit difficult finding any solid info about these chaps.

According  to the Bio  “Serpent”  is a  German band  built around  two individuals  also known as Vent & Tongue. Apparently it’s ther aim to rejoy the world with NWOBHM styled metal in the tradition of “Satan” and “ Blitzkrieg” and is “Possessed by night” an enhanced re-release of their demo. Well actually it reads better then it sounds…….

Magnum is a British progressice rock band founded in 1972 Birmingham, England. Yes from 1972 maybe your parents remember this band made more than thirty albums (Studio, Live and Compilation). The Current members are: Tony Clarkin from 1972 (guitars), Bob Catley from 1972 (vocals), Mark Stanway from 1980 (keyboards), Al Barrow from 2001(bass) and Harry James from 2001(drums).