Virgin Steele – Nocturnes Of Hellfire & Damnation CD (Steamhammer) With opening track ‘Lucifer’s Hammer’ it’s apparent that Virgin Steele are exorcising their power and hitting you head on like a bastardised culmination of ManOwar…
Pro-Pain – Voice Of Rebellion CD (Steamhammer) With Pro-Pain you know exactly what you are going to get… quality pounding metal with hardcore aggression. Fifteen (studio) albums in, and showing no signs of turning down…
Freedom Call – 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity CD (Steamhammer/SPV) Power metal has never sounded so good. Freedom Call reminisces a time when the keeper of the seven keys ruled mightily! Churning out speed filled riffs,…
Raven – ExtermiNation CD (Steamhammer/SPV) Lumped in with the NWOBHM and scrapping around the edges of thrash metal territory, these Geordie lads never had an easy ride. The name is well known, and this new…
Prong – Songs From The Black Hole CD (Steamhammer/SPV) So… forget that this is a covers album, stick it in, and turn it up. ‘Songs From The Black Hole’ definitely carries a strong Prong presence…
U.F.O. – A Conspiracy Of Stars CD (Steamhammer/SPV) Serving up eleven new tracks (if you get the digipak version) here’s another helping from the stalwarts of British metal/rock. U.F.O.’s twenty second studio offering is pleasingly…
Mother’s Finest – Shut Up DIGITAL SINGLE (Steamhammer/SPV) Their first new song in eleven years! ‘Shut Up’ is taken from the forthcoming new album ‘Goody 2 Shoes & The Filthy Beast’, due on the above…
Magnum – On Christmas Day VINYL (Steamhammer/SPV) Christmas songs… love ‘em or hate ‘em they are everywhere this time of year, obviously! This is melodic rocks contribution with connotations of festivities based around historic wartime…
Sodom – Sacred Warpath CD (Steamhammer/SPV) So, originally written for the new Sodom album… title track ‘Sacred Warpath’ is a real first-class tune; proving Sodom are in a really good place at present by all…
