Author: roppongirocks

Brazilian guitarist Prika Amaral returns with a new international version of thrash metal band Nervosa. The result is magnificently fast and furious thrash metal!

Accept is back with another great riff-happy metal album and no fewer than three guitarists in the band. Wolf Hoffmann and his men are still relevant and vital.

An over-the-top and bombastic Christmas with Swedish power metal band Majestica.

Norwegian death metal band Cadaver’s latest line-up, featuring Anders Odden and Dirk Verbeuren, has created a ferocious and terrific new album.

Rogga Johansson is back with yet another Swedish death metal release – this time with Revolting’s seventh full-length album.

Steve Riley and Kelly Nickels are back with a new L.A. Guns album full of nods to the band’s 1980s Sunset Strip roots while at the same time making the band relevant here and now.

German thrash metal band Sodom adds some new nuances and influences on the terrific “Genesis XIX”, the band’s 16th studio album.

Fabulous Japanese artist Kiyoshi is back with her fifth solo album, “KIYOSHI5”. There is an exciting raw nerve and edge to her splendid music.

Marty Friedman never ceases to amaze me. My mind is officially blown, once again, as Marty offers us the third part of his “Tokyo Jukebox” series.

British extreme metal band Anaal Nathrakh returns with a fabulous new album filled with controlled chaos.

Satanic Overdrive is a tongue-in-cheek punky rock’n’roll band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Its debut album is full of Swedish garage rock.

Florida death metal is not dead. Chris Barnes and his Six Feet Under chaps return with an uncompromising new album.