Gig review: Metal Female Voices Fest Japan with Leaves’ Eyes and VUUR
Headlined by European bands Leaves’ Eyes and VUUR, the first Japanese edition of Metal Female Voices Fest was a success. Read Caroline Misokane’s report.
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Reviews
Album review: Dogface “From the End to the Beginning”
Sweden’s Dogface, with Mats Levén behind the microphone, calls it quits and marks the occasion with a terrific compilation album combining 1970s-style bluesy hard rock with 1980s-style AOR.
Read MoreAlbum review: Extrema “Headbanging Forever”
Italian thrash metal band Extrema returns with a new singer and a hard-hitting new album.
Read MoreGig review: Europe in Kawasaki | A masterclass in melodic hard rock
Europe gives its Japanese fans a two-hour masterclass in melodic hard rock.
Read MoreAlbum review: Corrosive Sweden “Blood and Panic”
Corrosive Sweden has released a smashing new album filled with a modern Scandinavian mix of aggressive and melodic metal.
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Album review: Grand Magus “Wolf God”
Swedish heavy metal trio Grand Magus’ ninth album is filled with muscle rock built on thunderous drums, doomy riffs and JB Christoffersson’s voice.
Read MoreAlbum review: Savage Messiah “Demons”
Modern British metal band Savage Messiah returns with a new album combining the proud British heavy metal tradition with contemporary melodic touches.
Read MoreAlbum review: Kampfar “Ofidians Manifest”
Kampfar, one of the best extreme metal bands to ever come out of Scandinavia, is back with an epic new album.
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Album review: Whitesnake “Flesh & Blood”
David Coverdale returns with “Flesh & Blood”, Whitesnake’s 13th studio album. He has a bag full of new songs and Tommy Aldridge, Reb Beach, Joel Hoekstra, Michael Devin and Michele Luppi backing him up.
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Album review: Enforcer “Zenith”
Swedish band Enforcer is back a fabulous melodic heavy metal album which is a bit more varied than its earlier efforts.
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Album review: Zephyra “Fall. Rise. Conquer.”
Sweden’s Zephyra serves up a mix of melodic and brutal metal on a new album which also gives us a couple of songs in Swedish and a brave Metallica cover.
Read MoreAlbum review: Inculter “Fatal Visions”
Norwegian band Inculter gives us a classic-sounding 1980s thrash metal assault on their terrific new studio album.
Read MoreGig review: Jake E Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel in Tokyo
Legendary guitar wizard Jake E Lee makes a triumphant return to Tokyo with a show featuring Red Dragon Cartel, Badlands and Ozzy Osbourne songs.
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