Video premiere: Killing “Legion of Hate”
Danish thrash metal band Killing has today released a new single and video, “Legion of Hate”.
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Interview: Jimmy Waldo of Alcatrazz | “We did want it to be harder and more focused”
Jimmy Waldo co-founded Alcatrazz in 1983. At that point, he had already made a name for himself with the band New England and later went on to play with bands such as Quiet Riot, Blackthorne, Graham Bonnet Band, Rock Island Orchestra and many more.
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Album review: Social Disorder “Love 2 Be Hated”
Swedish multi-instrumentalist Anders “LA” Rönnblom teams up with Tracii Guns, Rudy Sarzo, Snowy Shaw and other stars in new classic hard rock project Social Disorder.
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Interview: Doogie White of Alcatrazz | “I am very proud of what we have done”
With Alcatrazz being busy working on a new album and the first tour dates getting nearer, Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson checked in with the band’s new vocalist Doogie White.
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Album review: Unflesh “Inhumation”
New album from a blackened melodic death metal trio from New Hampshire.
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Album review: The Vicious Head Society “Extinction Level Event”
Exquisite prog metal on new The Vicious Head Society album by Irishman Graham Keane.
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Album review: Betrayal “Disorder Remains”
German band Betrayal gives us old-school death metal with blackened thrash and tech and prog bits. The resulting sick stew is very good.
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Album review: Sator “Basement Noise”
Swedish garage rockers Sator’s terrific “Basement Noise” album from 2006 is being reissued.
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Album review: Stormwind “Legacy Live”
Swedish power metal band Stormwind’s Sweden Rock Festival performance from 2003 is being reissued in an excellent remastered version.
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Interview: Gary Shea talks about the next chapter of Alcatrazz
Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson checks in with Gary Shea about the new Alcatrazz album that will be released later this year.
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Album review: Insistent “Disease”
Prague’s Insistent serves up crusty grindcore with death metal riffs on its new album.
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Album review: Flotsam and Jetsam “Blood in the Water”
Flotsam and Jetsam gives us the best kind of American thrash metal on its 14th album.
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Album review: Crypta “Echoes of the Soul”
Former Nervosa members Fernanda Lira and Luana Dametto have teamed up with guitarists Sonia Anubis and Tainá Bergamaschi in the fierce new death metal band Crypta.
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