Blaze, not be confused with the once Wolfsbane, Iron Maiden, and Blaze main man Blaze Bayley, no sir no, these 4 youngsters hail from Japan, and with the EP the rock dinosaur they provide us a really good slab of very old school hard rock/ Metal, in this case not so much influenced by the known NWOBHM stars of the early 80 ear like Maiden, Saxon or Priest, but rather influenced by UFO, old scorpions and MSG.
Adramelech are (were) a far-underestimated band from Finland, with members also known from their co-operation with, for example, Demigod, Torture Killer and Impious Havoc, a. o. The album Psychostasia was some kind of ‘break-though’ within the (European / international) Death Metal scene, if only it were because of the eccentric, characterising approach courtesy of bands from the Land of a Thousand Lakes. It originally saw the light in 1996 via major Extreme Metal label Relapse Records.
Hailing from the West Midlands British town of Kidderminster (which is situated some 26 km from Birmingham in SW direction), this band was formed in early 2008 by (lead) guitarist/ singer Hannah Fieldhouse (formerly of Oxzide and Stream Of Sound, and also running an own acoustic project on vocals & guitar under her own name), and guitarist Wayne Taylor (whom was singer and founding member of local Metal outfit Forge Chaos, at at the time of Winter Storm's formation looking for a chance
We Are The In Crowd is an American pop/rock (punk) band from Poughkeepsie, NY formed in 2009. The current members are Taylor "Tay" Jardine (vocals, keyboards), Jordan Eckes (rhythm guitar, vocals), Cameron Hurley (lead guitar, backing vocals), Mike Ferri (bass) and Robert "Rob" Chianelli (drums).
Atlanta based Volume IV, featuring Joe Carpenter of Nihilist, has just announced the release of their Ripple Music debut album, Long In The Tooth, which will be coming out in the US on March 11th, and is scheduled to hit the European stores on March 14th of 2014!
Line-up:
Vocals: Anna Savage
Guitar: Traci Trexx
Bass: Pete Ash
Drums: Gebb
The Swedish Lita Ford is born under the name ‘Anna Savage’.
A new Vanden Plas album is always something to look forward to. They’ve never failed to amaze me with their fantastic albums. Four years have passed since their last album ‘The Seraphic Clockwork’. But it has definitely been worth the waiting .
I was philosophising ‘bout a right introduction to this project, but I really do not know how to start. Reason: my eternal gratitude, devotion, passion for Californian act Twilight, one of the most eccentric, mysterious and unique existences ever…
You know, I would've sworn I'd had to review a Transatlantic album before, but a short check proved me wrong in that respect. Of course, I hàve come across bands of the individual members.
It's been 3 ½ years since this Belgian Bluesey Rock band released its self-titled full-length album, of which a review by ours truly was posted on Oct. 7th of 2010. So what has happened with the band since that review (which I still recommend as a reference for the band's history up to that date)?
