Author: roppongirocks

The voice of metal Udo Dirkschneider is back with some of his old Accept and U.D.O. band members in a new project.

German industrial/metal crossover band Die Krupps hits us in the face with their keyboards and a covers album.

Feradur, a melodic death metal band from Luxembourg, returns with a great new EP.

Sweden’s Krakel gives us weird and wonderful avant-garde rock on its second album.

NWOBHM band Tygers of Pan Tang releases a best-of compilation of music from the past 13 years.

Swedish rockers Electric Haze arrives on the scene with a promising debut album.

The Doogie White-fronted version of Alcatrazz is in the middle of writing and recording material for a new album. Roppongi Rocks boss Stefan Nilsson has heard five of the tracks from the sessions.

German-Swedish rockers Lucifer offer fans an exclusive seven-inch vinyl release while they keep working on the next full-length studio album.

Former Accept guitarist Herman Frank is in fine form on his new riff-happy solo album filled with proper German heavy metal.

Sweden’s Bloodbound is back with a new album filled with catchy, melodic and bombastic power metal.

Monster Magnet shines, as expected, on a terrific new covers album.

Norwegian black metal band Nordjevel returns with a five-track EP, “Fenriir”. It is dark, cold, damp, stenchy, evil, sinister and wonderfully splendid. Evil will no doubt prevail in Norway.