Guitarist Jürgen Breforth has been an integral part of the metal scene for more than 40 years. Enthusiastic and inspired by the “New Wave Of British Heavy Metal” with bands such as IRON MAIDEN, SAXON and JUDAS PRIEST, he founded his band MAD MAX in 1982. With the exception of a short break, the band is still releasing records successfully and is touring all over the world.

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WEST ALLEY is a band from Gothenburg, Sweden that has its musical roots already in the late ’80s. At the time they got inspired by several acts which were playing the AOR / Arena sound – like Journey, Toto, Kiss. During that decade the group wrote a lot of songs but never recorded – they never forgot these and when they met again four years ago, they started talking about giving them another chance by finally recording and releasing them.

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The German Heavy Metal band UDO will release a new album entitled 'Touchdown' on August 25, 2023 via Atomic Fire Records.After touring Australia and Japan as well as kicking off this year's festival season by introducing More»

Ten years have passed since the Italian Heavy Metal band HEIMDALL released their last album. In 2023 the band wants to do it again and starts with “Hephaestus” to be released by Pride And Joy Records. After further line-up changes, today the group consists of guitarist Fabio Calluori, singer Gandolfo Ferro, lead guitarist Carmelo Claps, drummer Nicolas Calluori and bassist France Amoroso.

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Presenting more energy and diversity than ever before, THE UNITY are releasing their fifth album, ”The Hellish Joyride”, due out August 25th. The album follows up their four successful efforts – The Unity (2017), Rise (2018), Pride (2020) and The Devil You Know – Live (2021) – as well as European tours both headlining and alongside

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SKAGARACK, one of the most beloved ’80s Scandinavian AOR / Melodic Rock acts is back with a new album titled “Heart And Soul“. In one way or another, vocalist Torben Schmidt kept the Skagarack alive, and now armed with new songs and others written decades agos, is back with new musicians.

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In the few years since their formation, NYC melodic rock outfit TEMPT have created a style, verve, vibe and quality that is of their own making. Their tailored virtuosity is reminiscent of the giant rock acts of the 70s and 80s with a layer of timelessness that makes their music instantly memorable.

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Former Burning Witches front-woman, Swiss multi-talent SERAINA TELLI will release her new solo album, ”Addicted to Color”, on August 18th via Metalville Records. Sassy, loud, and colorful is Seraina‘s second solo album, which couldn’t be more aptly named: ”Addicted to Color”.
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Formed in the ’80s, HURRICANE delivered some of the most stupendous melodic hard rock music from the genre. Now the band is set to release its first new album in over 20 years, “Reconnected”, featuring 11 tracks including a re-record of HURRICANE‘s Top 40 hit “I’m On To You”, and a blistering cover of the Queen / David Bowie hit “Under Pressure”.

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The French Heavy Metal band MEURTRIERES will release a new album entitled 'Ronde de Nuit' on August 25, 2023 via Gates of Hell Records. Stocked with seven songs of hard-charging, energetic old-school metal, Meurtrières shows they are one of French metal’s most promising young bands.

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SINHERESY are a very strong Italian melodic metal band weighing in heftily here with their fourth album “Event Horizon“. The band’s sound is punchy and modern, drawing occasional similarities with Beyond The Black,

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The British Power Metal band MARC HUDSON will release a new album entitled 'Starbound Stories' on August 25, 2023 via NAPALM Records. After 12 years with DragonForce, vocalist Marc Hudson presents his first solo album, entitled "Starbound Stories".
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The German Speed Metal band KNIFE will release a new album entitled 'Heaven Into Dust' on August 25, 2023 via NAPALM Records.

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