power metal

No, The Forgotten King is not the next instalment of a mega-popular New Zealand-filmed fantasy movie series.

Tasmanian metallians Taberah have come up trumps with this, their debut full-length offering.

Germany's Atlantean Kodex have been hard at work over recent months, writing their next full-length album, which at press time remains untitled.

White Wizzard is a band doing its damndest to be identified with something as intangible as an era; The US metal outfit is so determined to bring back the eighties it sometimes let

Now that Tobias Sammet appears to have closed the door – at least for the time being- on any more metal operas under the Avantasia imprint, there would appea

If you’ve played, read or watched sci-fi or fantasy and dropped the word “metal” into polite conversation, it’s more than likely you’ve heard the name Blind Guardian u

Bursting through from New York City at the end of the Seventies with three ground-breaking albums on the trot (Rock City, Narita and Fire Down Under) Riot

As an Englishman, I’ve often snorted with a mixture of derision and amusement at bands like Sabaton.

The future for Tobias Sammet lies with Edguy. Those words came straight from the man’s own mouth when he spoke to this very publication a few weeks ago.

When the Gods made heavy metal, I’ve a fair idea that Blood of the Saints was the sort of thing they were thinking about.