Tag Archives: power metal

Artist: Sorcerer Album Title: The Crowning of the Fire King Label: Metal Blade Records Date Of Release: 20 October 2017 The very first incarnation under the Sorcerer banner dates as far back as 1988, to when I was just a small chap in short trousers. In 1992, after releasing a couple of well-received demos, the  Continue Reading »

Artist: Power Quest Album Title: Sixth Dimension Label: Inner Wound Recordings Release date: 13 October 2017 I feel a bit of a fraud reviewing this record, because until now, I had never really given UK power metal band Power Quest the time of day. I knew the name, I had heard the odd track but  Continue Reading »

Artist: Jag Panzer Album Title: The Deviant Chord Label: Steamhammer / SPV Date Of Release: 29 September 2017 Jag Panzer and I have had a turbulent relationship. Many regard them as a heavy metal institution, pointing towards the likes of their debut, ‘Ample Destruction’, as examples of the very best that US power metal has  Continue Reading »

Artist: Anubis Gate Album Title: Covered In Black Label: Nightmare Records Date of Release: 1 September 2017 Whenever I review an album, I always do my very best to avoid the thoughts and opinions of others so that my write-ups are as unbiased as possible and unaffected by third party influence. Unfortunately, it proved exceedingly  Continue Reading »

Artist: Nocturnal Rites Album Title: Phoenix Label: AFM Records Date Of Release: 29 September 2017 A good decade ago, Swedish melodic power metal band Nocturnal Rites released the eighth album of their career, ‘The 8th Sin’. It received generally very positive reviews and I certainly enjoyed the content. What I didn’t realise then was that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Adagio Album Title: Life Label: Zeta Nemesis Records Date Of Release: 26 July 2017 It has taken a while to get around to reviewing this record, but for those of you who are eager to hear my thoughts about it, here you go. One of the main reasons why this review is being published  Continue Reading »

Artist: Serious Black Album Title: Magic Label: AFM Records Date Of Release: 25 August 2017 What do you get if you put together vocalist Urban Breed (Pyramaze, Tad Morose, Bloodbound) , guitarists Bob Katsionis (Firewind) and Dominik Sebastian (Edenbridge), bassist Mario Lochert (ex-Visions Of Atlantis), keyboardist Jan Vacik (ex-Dreamscape) and drummer Alex Holzwarth (ex-Rhapsody of  Continue Reading »

Well, while I’m on a roll, I may as well continue. And while so many bands are also on a roll of late it seems, I owe it to them to keep the news flowing. If you’ve missed any of my other posts in this series, links to all of them can be found at  Continue Reading »

Welcome to my third instalment of this series, where I dust off my crystal ball – or just trawl the internet obsessively – to bring you the pick of the releases that are still to come in the rock and metal world during the second half of 2017. If you missed the previous two posts  Continue Reading »

Artist: Anthriel Album Title: Transcendence Label: Lion Music Date Of Release: 15 June 2017 I don’t think I have ever been bullied so relentlessly by a reader in the quest for me to publish a review. But I’m nothing if not willing to please my loyal followers, so here I am with some considered thoughts  Continue Reading »