Acclaimed heavy metal singer Tim “Ripper” Owens (BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH), who has been fronting Yngwie Malmsteen‘s band both live and in the studio since February 2008, does not appear on “Spellbound”.

Owens was unable to join Malmsteen at the Getaway Rock in July due to scheduling conflicts with Tim‘s official Ronnie James Dio tribute bandDIO DISCIPLES. Handling most of the lead vocals during Yngwie‘s set at the Getaway Rock Festival was bassist Ralph Ciavolino. More»

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They are pleasant discovery Norwegian training Darkest Sins.
Amazing way to understand and engineer the coupled epic metal songs that represent each real metalheads.Merge the Heavy and Power would have been More»

The Asturian WARCRY will finally launch its long-awaited DVD recorded live in Madrid, at the Palace of Vistalegre, last January.
They report on their website, very brief, about the launch, with this brief note:
Omega: give title to the recording of the double live DVD release in the near future WarCry, two hours to remember that cold winter night. Double DVDwith making off, and more surprises you can discover on this release ... More»

1. We'll Be Kings
2. Furious Again
3. I Don't Know
4. The One Who Laughs Last
5. Seven Year Itch
6. Charlie Wants To Watch

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Captain Black Beard made it's live debut on the 31st of October 2009 and has since been playing most of the clubs in Stockholm. At the end of 2010 the band decided to pick it up a notch and record a full length album. Having been in talks with the biggest rock producers in Sweden - Chips Kiesby (Sator, The Hellacopters), Tobias Lindell (Europe, Mustasch), Patrik Frisk (Takida, Corroded) - the band chose to work with David Castillo (Opeth, Katatonia) who had already shown himself capable when working on the bands single "Rock Is My Life". More»

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For those who missed Brian May and Kerry Ellis's new single "Born Free" . "Born Free" is a song recorded for the first time in 1966 by the English singer Matt Monro. More»

American progressive rock band Shadow Circus

I can't stress enough how good the musicianship is on this album. The guys have all mastered their craft, and are ready to hang with the big boys. Just listen to Corey's tight and intuitive drum work, and especially John's beautiful piano and acoustic guitar passages.  More»

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From The Fallen has shared the stage with many prominent national acts such as Lacuna Coil, All That Remains, Maylene and The Sons of Disaster, 10 Years, Stephen Pearcy, Mandy Lion, Scott D. Davis, Adema, 2Cents, Aroarah, Taking Dawn, Green Jelly, Model Saint, Vains of Jenna, Tesseract, Devin Townsend, A New Revolution, Since October, Alien Ant Farm, Taproot and Sevendust! 

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The title track and Here And Now, the first two songs on Kaleidoscope - the latest and sixth album by The Italian band Evil Wings - can be labeled as ordinary classic hard rock songs. They didn't really appeal to me, but after these tracks Evil Wings reveal their true progressive rock face. The next songs prove that Franco Giaffreda(vocals, guitars), Walter Rivolta (drums), Ricky Zanardo (bass) and Joseph Ierace  More»

"Crawling In My Dreams" is now officially released and it is available for you to buy or stream. I always appreciate any feedback you want to give. Thanks. Enjoy. More»

The world needs Vanderbuyst now more than ever. The fun has been taken out of sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. In their native Netherlands, the red light zones have become cesspools of human trafficking. One by one, the coffeeshops are denying access to anyone who is not registered in the government’s database as a card-carrying stoner. Too many bands are more concerned with the quantity of “likes” than the quality of licks.  More»

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Swedish hard rock band Confidence released in november their new EP "Seeds" More»

Double Sphere Murcia is a band that started with this album called My Universe. With their preferences tilted towards heavy rock, the band has a variety of texts, from classic stories of love of rock as in "My Universe" to stories about the supernatural, with a touch of simplicity such as "The Terminator", while playing other topics of the genre such as death and the dreams of every rock to be a little happier. More»