Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 11th edition. Standard ten titles weekly edition of ... in the event they went unnoticed. Enjoy the music! ANGKOR El Inferno Que Amamos April 14, 2022 Colombia Heavy/power metal Debut album No milestones here, just quality Latin American power metal. En español. Spotify link ANNIKEN Climb Out Of Hell May 13, 2022 Norway Melodic heavy metal, hard rock Debut album Great debut effort by the talented Norwegian singer

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 10th edition. With the hard rock getting its own spotlight this week (Rock Ain't Dead - 2nd edition), the ten slots here are occupied by ten titles dealing with heavy metal and beyond ... in the event they went unnoticed: TWILIGHT Sign of the Times April 9, 2022 Spain Heavy/power metal Studio album #3 Excellent comeback album (#3 to date, 19 years later!) by the Andalusian epic metal collective. Grandiose and pow

Recommended new releases with hard rock as the common denominator. 2nd Edition. When facing all the daily incertitudes, we once again turn to rock n' roll! Here are seven splendid new rock titles to help guide you thru your journey. Long Live Rock N' Roll! HONEYBURST Honeyburst April 29, 2022 Sweden Vintage hard rock Debut album Legit vintage hard rock layered with the necessary 70s rock elements and ladened with excellent organ parts! Great energy and musicianship. All links

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 9th (MEGA) edition. The second half of April was rather generous with its amount of new rock and metal new releases, hence a twenty titles, MEGA edition (#9 to date) of ... in the event they went unnoticed! Dive in! SALAMANDRA Opus Bohemica April 1, 2022 Czechia Power metal Studio album #7 The Czechs resurface after an 8 year-long absence with a new lineup and a new album! Well executed melodic power metal. Spoti

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 8th edition. In this week's edition, I will focus on hard rock and the traditional side of heavy metal. With the roots of most of these albums laying deeply in the rock and metal music of the 70s and 80s, these ten recently released titles deserve your full attention ... in the event they went unnoticed. RIOT ACT Closer To The Flame April 15, 2022 US Hard rock, heavy metal Debut album Excellent album by the band

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 7th edition. Perhaps not the most popular metal releases of the last couple of weeks, these ten titles are here to stimulate your senses and imagination. In the event they went unnoticed ... KINGCROWN Wake Up Call March 25, 2022 France Heavy/power metal Sophomore album A must for Euro (Teutonic) & US power metal fans. Top-tier. Bandcamp link All links GREVE Föllo afv Svavel, Lifvet Dimridå April 10, 2022 Sweden S

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 6th edition. Another week has gone by. Here are ten recent albums. Some were already discussed, some not so much. With the interest quickly dwindling, these weekly synopses might soon come to an end. Enjoy the music. ELECTRIC HULDRA Electric Huldra March 25, 2022 US Vintage hard rock Debut album Bandcamp link WHITE RAVEN DOWN Don't Shoot The Messenger April 7, 2022 UK Modern hard 'n' heavy Debut album Spotify lin

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 5th edition. Standard, ten titles, mix bag (5th) edition. In the event they went unnoticed ... AYE MAMMOUTH Eternal March 17, 2022 US Heavy/doom rock Studio album #4 Bandcamp link DAMARIS Burn It All March 25, 2022 US Retro rock, blues rock Debut album All links THE FALLEN STATE Between Hope & Disillusion March 25, 2022 UK Modern metal Sophomore album All links HOUNDS OF THYRA Planets To Ashes, Stars To Dust Marc

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. MEGA (4th) edition. The month of March was particularly generous with the amount of rock & metal releases that saw the light of day. Therefore, twenty additional titles were compiled for another MEGA edition - in the event they went unnoticed ... TYMO The Art Of A Maniac February 5, 2022 Canada Thrash metal Studio album #3 Bandcamp link THE HUMAN TRAGEDY Legacy Of Extermination March 1, 2022 US Epic symphonic bla

Recommended new releases with hard rock as the common denominator. 1st Edition. Sweden alone will keep the flame of melodic rock music ablaze! If necessary. This whole thing of "nostalgia" is just an exaggeration. This is all new music crafted and performed by talented young new bands! And it's pouring out of Scandinavia and many other places on earth, like lava! Rock and roll is here to stay! PAINTED SKY Somber March 18, 2022 Sweden Debut album A melodic mix of 70s blues/har

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. MEGA (3rd) edition. Only very few titles contained here had some level of exposure. All 20 releases (hence the MEGA edition) deserve the fans' attention ... in the event they went unnoticed! Enjoy. MASTERCASTLE Lighthouse Pathetic January 10, 2022 Italy Heavy/neoclassical metal Studio album #7 Bandcamp link All links WHITECAVE Times Of Trouble February 5, 2022 Netherlands Symphonic/progressive rock Debut album Sp

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 2nd edition. As another week rolls by, here are ten rock & metal albums released recently that might have fallen thru the cracks. In the event they went unnoticed ... 2nd edition: KING'S HIGHWAY King's Highway March 7, 2022 US Blues/classic rock Sophomore album Spotify link GAZPACHO Fireworking at St.Croix March 11, 2022 Norway Crossover progressive rock, art rock Live album Bandcamp link E-L-R Vexier March 11, 2

Forthcoming extreme metal albums! New edition of Imminent Carnage! Ten upcoming extreme metal albums set to be released in the next 45 days, or so. Time to mark your calendars! BLOODGATE Solace In Mourning US Release date: March 25, 2022 Blackened thrash metal Studio album #3 From performing at underground basements shows to opening for the likes of AVENGED SEVENFOLD and VOLBEAT, BLOODGATE’s career is already jampacked with no signs of slowing. Experimenting with genre mixing

Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention. 1st edition. Most readers are most likely already familiar with my (almost) daily tweets promoting obscure and/or overlooked rock and metal releases. In order to keep everything better organized, I've decided to publish a weekly synopsis of albums just released that in my opinion are not receiving the deserved attention. Here is the 1st edition: FORBIDDEN SEED On Blackest Wings Shadow Of The Crow Pt. 1 February 2

... from the abysmal depths of eternal damnation! ... and here it is! 2021 Top 50 Extreme Metal albums! No individual (genre/subgenre/style) tags to any of the titles: I thought it will make this more fun, by perhaps discovering something new and unexpected. 2021 was a seriously fucked-up year, but this is not the place to get into the current state of affairs. I have to thank music for helping maintain my sanity for the past 364 days. And what music!! Bands, projects, solo a

Traditional metal: Heavy Metal, Power Metal & Doom Metal! Splitting the top metal albums list into two distinct lists was absolutely necessary. This Trad Metal list is dedicated to albums that maintain heavy metal as their core element. Aside from the traditional heavy metal, its close, direct relatives, US and Euro Power Metal and classic Doom Metal are also represented on this top 50. From the most melodic to thrashy shred, the following fifty titles will satisfy even the m

Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Sleaze, Southern & AOR ... everything goes! And they say rock is dead ... 50 BLACKØWL Fly Away Spain Released on April 3, 2021 Debut album Bandcamp Spotify 49 TOXIC ROSE In For The Kill Sweden Released on September 24, 2021 Sophomore album Spotify 48 ESTRIVER Outcry Italy Released on December 10, 2021 Album #3 Spotify 47 THE MIGHTY ONE Torch Of Rock And Roll Canada Released on March 26, 2021 Album #3 Bandcamp Spotify 46 BLACK DIAMONDS No-tell Hotel Swit

Rock & Metal albums with progressive music as the core element! Judging by the overwhelming number of quality debut and comeback releases, 2021 hints to be a vintage year in the making in the realm of progressive rock & metal. Among the fifty titles that are rounding up this year's list, the listener is to discover a large palette of prog rock & metal: from by-the-book traditional to mesmerizing avant-garde, covering such a wide soundscape, while maintaining a strong progress

Genre-fluid non-traditional metal: pop to melodeath ... all at once! 2021 was an incredible year for rock and metal music with its incredible number of quality albums being released. As I was gathering details about the releases that were going to round up my end-of-the-year lists, I've run into a slight dilemma: a quite large number of albums contained music that spanned over genres and incorporated stylistic elements that were not necessarily associated with rock/metal. Fur

Rocking Electric Blues & Blues/Rock "The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential." Billy Gibbons 20 SAMANTHA FISH Faster Released on September 10, 2021 Boundaries pushing, album #11 by the pop/rock blues artist. Spotify link 19 WHITEY SOMERS The Call Of The Blues Released on September 17, 2021 An eclectic mix of original blues and rock on this 5th album by the Canadian artist. Spotify l