power metal

Rhapsody of Fire - From Chaos to Eternity (Nuclear Blast/Riot)

The end of an era for the Italian symphonic metallers...
Release Date: 
17 Jun 2011 (All day)

If, like me, you consider yourself an inveterate fan of power metal in all its many and much-lambasted forms, then you wouldn’t fail to be excited at the prospect of a new album from Italian

Falconer - Armrod (Metal Blade/Riot)

Long-running Swedes finally hit the target by returning to their native tongue
Release Date: 
7 Jun 2011 (All day)

For me, Swedish act Falconer have always seemed like well-meaning no-hopers, also rans in a race they couldn’t hope to win when lined up against the real heavyweights of the

Twisted Tower Dire - Make It Dark (Cruz Del Sur Music)

Make it Dark finds the veteran US metalheads in career-best form
Release Date: 
2 May 2011 - 11:30pm

Do you ever watch shows like Time Team?

Helstar to Embark on 'Summer of Hate' Tour in June

James Rivera and company head out to the highway for a short run of dates next month...

Houston's heavy metal kings Helstar are set to blaze a trail east next month on their six-date Summer Of Hate U.S.

HammerFall - Infected (Nuclear Blast/Riot)

Hector's gone, but the commitment to classy heavy metal remains on HammerFall's latest full-lengther
Release Date: 
19 May 2011 - 11:30pm

2011 Is set to be a year of change for Sweden’s leading exponents of the power metal movement.

Spreading the Disease: HammerFall's Joacim Cans in conversation

The Swedish power metal veterans are back and ready to prove once again that a metal heart is hard to tear apart...

It’s hard to believe that HammerFall weren’t taken seriously in all quarters when they emerged on the metal scene nearly twenty years ago.

Vicious Rumors - Razorback Killers (SPV/Riot)

US power metal is alive and well thanks to Geoff Thorpe and company
Release Date: 
4 Apr 2011 - 11:30pm

For some reason, US metal bands like Vicious Rumors never seem to have gotten the credit they've deserved over the years.

Written with Black and White - Oliver Palotai of Kamelot

A German in an American band fronted by a Norwegian, Oliver is used to keeping an arm's length from the usual. He spoke Metal as Fuck about his passion for the keys, Kamelot's new album and how he'd "bankrupt the band in half a year" if he was trusted with show bookings.

In heavy metal history we hear endlessly of guitarists, bassists, drummers and vocalists – who was the greatest? Who are our favorites? Which one do we try to emulate in our own playing?

Crushtor's Predictive Guide to the Best of 2010

No - this isn't my personal top ten - it's a prediction and guide to Top Tens that are coming in across the globe as this year fades into twilight.

When you're in the game a while, you can almost anticipate what's going to be on the Top 10 lists of everyone else.

Helloween - 7 Sinners (Sony)

The third in a trilogy of exceedingly superb records, 7 Sinners continue Helloween’s galactic return to form.

Metal as Fuck talked to Helloween veteran guitar