When discussing the best power metal bands of the last decade or so, David S doesn’t think anybody compiling such a list could leave out the name of German power metal legends Powerwolf. The band have proven over the years to be a constant force on the power metal scene and have been at the forefront of the genre for many years.
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ILS hail from the Pacific northwest of the good ol’ ÜSofTrumpton – a region of the Überverse perhaps best known as the birthplace of grunge, the subgenre that in the mid-Nineties did its best to kill off rock ‘n’ roll as we knew and loved it at the time, only to be ultimately, like so many pretenders before and since, subsumed and overtaken by other fad trends, such as nu-metal. This particular quartet – made up of members of various other Oregon bands of various repute, including Black Elk and Passerby – echo some of that initial aural decimation which Cobain and his counterparts wrought on the music business some three decades ago, with their self-styled brand of “disaster chic”.
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Following a line-up change after their previous album ‘The Valiant Fire’, UK symphonic metallers Damnation Angels are back with nine brand new tracks on ‘Fiber Of Our Being’. With new vocal duties taken up by Iggy Rod and the rhythm section completed by the addition of bassist Nic Southwood, the four-piece are looking to hit hard with a powerhouse sound and epic tracks.
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With a large degree of uncertainty remaining around when live music may be able to return in any shape or form, and it looking like it being 2021 before any sense of normality as we previously knew it could be restored, the team behind the Hard Rock Hell brand have announced their intention to kick off the new year in style, with a brand new festival weekender dedicated to the New Wave of Classic Rock, as it has become known.
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Ramblin’ Man Fair have confirmed the first acts for the 2021 iteration of the Maidstone-based weekender.
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