Album Reviews
Lancer – Mastery
Swedish power metal combo Lancer signed a deal with Nuclear Blast records for the release of their third album. I can hear why NB is very interested in this band. The quality of the music [Read »]
Album Reviews
Volturyon – Cleansed by Carnage
Right, death metal maniacs, this one’s for you. Volturyon have been around in some form or shape since 2005 and have now released three full-lengths and one EP. Although they’re Swedish, they lean more towards [Read »]
Album Reviews
Ghost – Popestar (EP)
After the stunning ‘Meliora’ album from 2015, expectations to the Swedish clerical crew GHOST run high. With the EP ‘Popestar’, which is out today, they only in part live up to those expectations. The EP [Read »]
Album Reviews
Candlemass – Death Thy Lover
Talking about doom metal and not mentioning Swedish Candlemass is a bit like talking about Walt Disney and not at least touching upon Mickey Mouse. The brainchild of bassist and composer Leif Edling and drummer Mats Ekström, the band saw [Read »]
Album Reviews
Treat – Ghost of Graceland
Treat was one of the premier Swedish melodic rock bands from 1985 to 1992, then they disappeared only to resurface again in 2010 with their comeback album “Coup de Grâce”. Afterwards they toured intensely before [Read »]
Album Reviews
The Resistance – Coup De Grace
When former members of In Flames, Grave and The Haunted form a unit and begin to make music, there is a certain amount of expectation involved. Indeed, my expectations ran fairly high when I received the [Read »]
Album Reviews
Eternal – Heaven’s Gate
Eternal or should I say Eternal (of Sweden) is one of the many bands with this name. After their debut album in 2012 called Chapter 1, this is the next album, you could say Chapter [Read »]
News
Rock Legends Lucifer’s Friend Release LIVE @ SWEDEN ROCK 2015 – OUT NOW!
London, UK – Rock legends LuciferÔÇÖs Friend reformed in 2015, some 20+ years after they were last together. LIVE @ SWEDEN ROCK 2015 captures the bandÔÇÖs performance on the 4 Sound Stage on Friday [Read »]
Album Reviews
Ghost – Meliora
I’ve always been a bit hesistant in terms of excitement when bands feel an urge to dress up and hide behind masks. Do they really need to dress up to get attention? Is their music [Read »]