melodic metal

Sirenia live in London 2018

Submitted by ellen on Sat, 11/10/2018 - 15:19

With three supporting acts, the small room was pretty packed before Sirenia hit the stage, with cheers ringing out at their first step onto the stage. Since the delectable Emmanuelle joined the band in 2016, they have developed the depth of their songs. Adding in layers of new elements and sounds, whilst bringing back components and their mind-set from their earlier days with Nightwish. Which struck a chord with me personally, as Nightwish were the first band that got me hooked on symphonic power metal.

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Monte Pittman live in Florida 2018 along with Sebastian Bach

Submitted by mark on Sat, 11/10/2018 - 12:13

For those that aren’t familiar with Monte Pittman, he had been in several bands in his home state of Texas then moved to Los Angeles. His rise to fame began when Guy Ritchie then husband to Madonna, yes that Madonna of “Like a Virgin” fame, received a guitar from her as a gift and he went to Pittman for lessons. So, Guy Ritchie returned the favor, bought her a guitar and she too went to Monte Pittman for lessons. She was so impressed with his incredible playing that she made him the guitar player in her band.

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Hammerfall live in Athens 2018

Submitted by rockavlon on Sat, 11/03/2018 - 13:13

Going in the club just a shy few minutes after seven, Armored Dawn were already on stage, numerous as they are, a sextet blasting out some pretty standard shouty power metal that might have had the best of intentions, but didn’t quite seem to resonate with most of the fans that were there by this point. Their frontman Eduardo Parras was trying hard to turn the tides, but I am guessing that despite their best intentions and efforts, it all seemed to be a little in vain.

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Fifth Angel - The Third Secret

Submitted by rockavlon on Sat, 11/03/2018 - 00:27

Returning after heck 29 years, with an album and having only performed for the public for the second time in 2010 and without the original singer, Fifth Angel is a band that could and should have been big, since the talent that they had in their ranks was phenomenal… and they were on the branch of a multinational (ie Sony’s Epic label) yet mainly due to timing and nonmusical issues were held back.

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Blood Curse - Sorceress

Submitted by eric on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 00:41

Jumping Jehosaphat!

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Ross The Boss live in London 2018

Submitted by ellen on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 20:00

Uproar are joining Ross for the whole tour, and we were lucky enough to catch the second leg of the tour. They hit the stage with a proper classic heavy metal show. They cleverly built the layers up through mixing vocals, two guitars, deep bass, and smashing drums.

The performance was enhanced with the minimal but atmospheric lighting; the dark room was set off by a single white light behind the singer, catching his long hair like a halo, although he is anything but an angel.

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Kamelot live in London 2018

Submitted by ellen on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 00:45

The blue lighting added to the mystical feel and seemed fitting, since we were in the Electric Ballroom. Then the lights went down as the band entered the stage and excited cheers echoed about the crowd. A single white beam hits each musician as Cellar Darling started to play. They started a slow beat, heads down, and then Anna entered the stage. Her beautiful folk and fantasy singing both contrasted and complimented the heavy metal drums and bass.

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Powerwolf announces January 2019 European & UK Headlining Tour

Submitted by newseditor on Wed, 09/26/2018 - 01:29

Powerwolf will be heavily touring all over Europe from October on!

Tickets are selling more than fast & lots of shows are sold out for weeks and even months already!

Time to reveal further tour dates for France, Spain, the UK as well as one German show in January 2019!

Find all dates listed below and get your tickets here.

European & UK Tour Dates 2019:
10.01.19 FR - Toulouse / Bikini
11.01.19 FR - Bordeaux / Le Rocher De Palmer
12.01.19 ES - Barcelona / Razzmatazz 1
13.01.19 ES - Madrid / La Riviera

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Fifth Angel to release new studio album “The Third Secret” on October 26th 2018

Submitted by newseditor on Thu, 08/23/2018 - 15:04

Fifth Angel recently put the finishing touches on their first new album in almost 30 years “The Third Secret”, which will be released on October 26th, 2018.

The album features the incredible talents of guitarist and lead vocalist Kendall Bechtel, bassist John Macko and drummer and backing vocalist Ken Mary.

Says bassist John Macko: “When we began this process, we always were mindful to write songs that moved us as a band first. We felt that if we achieved that, then the music will most likely touch our fans as well”.

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Michael Schenker Fest premiere official video for “Take Me to the Church”

Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 08/17/2018 - 17:17

Michael Schenker Fest are set to invade the UK in November in support of the new album “Resurrection”.

Yesterday the band is teased their new official video for “Take Me to the Church”, which can be seen now below.

Michael Schenker comments: “Today we are releasing the new video for "Take Me to the Church", released from Michael Schenker Fest’s debut album - "Resurrection". We filmed the video in an old church in St Petersburg, Russia as well as at our live show there that same evening. The process was an interesting experience! The fans in Russia were great for the video, too”.