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Lancer – Mastery

6th January 2017 Reinier de Vries

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 »]

Volturyon – Cleansed by Carnage

26th September 2016 Thomas Nielsen

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 »]

Ghost – Popestar (EP)

16th September 2016 Thomas Nielsen

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 »]

Candlemass – Death Thy Lover

12th June 2016 Thomas Nielsen

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 »]

Treat – Ghost of Graceland

29th April 2016 Kenn Jensen

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 »]

The Resistance – Coup De Grace

30th January 2016 Thomas Nielsen

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 »]

Eternal – Heaven’s Gate

27th January 2016 Reinier de Vries

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 »]

Rock Legends Lucifer’s Friend Release LIVE @ SWEDEN ROCK 2015 – OUT NOW!

10th January 2016

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 »]

Ghost – Meliora

16th August 2015 Thomas Nielsen

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 »]