Record Reviews

Sweden’s Enforcer gives us proper and sweaty heavy metal on the new Mexican live album “Live by Fire II”.

Swedish hard rockers Sister are back with their fourth full-length studio album.

Gothenburg’s All Wasted gives us a taste of Swedish death’n’roll on the band’s debut album.

Sweden’s The Crown’s new album “Royal Destroyer” is overflowing with brutal and fast death metal with thrash metal qualities and a rock’n’roll attitude.

Swedish melodic hard rockers Angeline return with a new album filled with radio-friendly and catchy grown-up rock with strong melodies.

The Pretty Reckless returns with the winning formula of Taylor Momsen’s voice, great musicians and terrific songs.

On the new album “Detroit Stories”, shock rocker Alice Cooper pays tribute to the city where he got his proper start as an artist in the early 1970s.

Epica is the gold standard of symphonic metal. The new album is delightfully dramatic, bombastic and melodic yet at times very heavy. Exquisite!

Belgian band Bark is a rabid dog barking at us on its glorious new album. Intense and wonderfully aggressive music!

The Lightbringer of Sweden returns with a power ballad. “Farewell” shows us what a terrific songwriter Lars Eng is and Avantasia’s Herbie Langhans puts in another splendid vocal performance.

It’s back to the future on the new MSG album as Michael Schenker celebrates five decades as an artist.

Sweden’s Tribulation’s fifth studio album is beautifully gloomy, doomy and melancholic – and absolutely terrific!

Glenn Hughes dominates The Dead Daisies’ terrific new album. He was a brilliant, but risky, addition to a fabulous rock band. He and the band pull it off as the new studio album demonstrates.