Record Reviews

Mighty Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis is back with yet another terrific album combining heavy metal with beautiful melodies and a big chunk of folk-inspired music.

Bearded Danish smoky rockers Demon Head are back with a splendid new 7-inch single.

The Canadian metal force Kobra Paige and her band Kobra and the Lotus are back with their fifth studio album.

Deep Purple’s Hammond master Don Airey has a new solo record coming out. It’s way better than anything Purple has released in recent times.

Norwegian symphonic black metal masters Dimmu Borgir are back with their first studio album since 2010. It’s bombastically brilliant.

Greek guitar wizard Gus G is back with a new solo album.

American thrashers Anthrax on top form in Scotland as they mark the 30th anniversary of “Among The Living” with a live release.

As Therion’s Linnéa Vikström goes out on her own with QFT, she brings a big chunk of Dynazty with her into the studio.

Metalwings gives us symphonic metal with folk music touches on its second album. But most of all, we get the angelic voice of Stela Atanasova.

LA-based rock band Nightstage has released its debut album which is filled with terrific classic rock full of emotions and fantastic guitars.

True British metal veterans Blitzkrieg are still at it. Brian Ross still has his voice and they have another solid NWOBHM-style album for you.

A new live album by Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow will no doubt make the purists and traditionalists upset, but for the rest of us this is a good revisit of Rainbow’s back catalogue as well as some Deep Purple goodies.

The legend of American hard rockers Riot lives on with Riot V and a fab new hard rock album.