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666 is the debut album by Dutch all-female rockers Cobra Spell. These ladies has attitude! The music is bluesy hardrock that kind of reminds me on some of Whitesnakes material, especially the vocals. Of course I’m not saying that vocalist Kristina Vegas voice is similar to that of David Coverdale. It’s just the way that it’s performed and sung that seems highly recognizable. 666 as an album seems very 70’s classic hardrock overall even though...
Dirty & Divine is the sixth studio album from the Swedish all-female hardrock band Thundermother. I’m really not too familiar with the band but from what I’ve heard through the grapevine they’re supposed to have a great musical drive. I’ve also heard that this album differs a bit from the previous ones. I’ts nothing that I really have first hand information on though, even though I will expore further after listenning to Dirty & Divine....
Vanishing Vision is the debut album om Japanese Metal act X Japan. At the time of the release they just called themselves X though. Apperaltny this was mean to be a tempoary name until something better came along but I guess the name stuck. At least partly. I have read up a bit about X Japan and they seem to have an “interesting” story to say the least. There is information about the breaking up...
New Horizons Pt 1 is and album by Heleven from 2023. Heleven is a new acquaintance for me. Although I think I heard the band name before, I don’t think Iä’ve actually heard the band. Surely not this album anyway. I was a bit surprised when the introduction heavy drums and inventive guitar riffs was transferred into something that was not growling or aggressive vocals. I’m not sure what this genre of metal is called...
Black Light/White Noise is the second Smith/Kotzen album. Adrian Smith is of course first and foremost known for being a member of Iron Maiden. Ritchie Kotzen is harder to place for me. He was in Poison at an early stage, he was in the supergroup Mr Big. At preset he fronts The WInery Dogs. Neither band is something as I know from the back of my hand. AS mentioned, this is the second collaboration and...
Between the Lines is an album I know nothing about. Nor do I know anything about The Price Sisters. I can pretty easily find some basic info, that they’re twins etc. But I think this should be about the music anyway. I don’t care if this is their first och fourteenth album. I’ve always be fond of Bluegrass. Not that I really know why but there’s something about the tempos, the harmonies and the banjos....
Into the Future was the only full length album of the band Rhoads. For me, Rhoads make me think of the late guitarist Randy Rhoads and since I never heard about this band before I made some assumptions. I shouldn’t have. Rhoads has nothing to do with Randy. I think the band name instead should be pointed towards the vocalist Kelle Rhoads, who apparently is the brother of Randy. It’s a small world isn’t it?...
Dream Evil is a Swedish Power Metal band. They were formed in 1999. I may have heard them before but I’m not sure. At least it’s not a band I usually listen to or have loads of references to in the back of my brain. I guess the band name is inspired by the Dio album by the same title. Maybe I’m over analyzing this but that is my conclusion. I listened to a few...
Monster is Kiss’ last studio album. Unless if they don’t decide to make a comeback. But I doubt it. Three years before Kiss releases the excellent album Sonic Boom. It was an album that I found to be unexpectedly good and had catchy melodies. The expectations for this album were thus high. Surely the guys (who may not be guys anymore, at least not Gene and Paul) could deliver an album of the same caliber...
Metal Pilgrim is essentially a YouTube channel that I have followed for a long time. Or at least that’s what I thought it was. I can tell you that it’s so much more. If it’s just this guy – Vlad Stadnyk, running the whole show is uncertain. I don’t know, but I think he’s at least the main part of the channel’s success. I want to include a disclaimer here since I don’t want to...
Virus of Violence is, as I understand it, the only full-length studio album by the Dutch band Desensitised. Of course, I never heard about them before. That makes the best kind of listening experience don’t you think? While doing a fast search there also seems to be an American band with the same name. This band allegedly changed its name to på Murder Syndicate in 2008. I haven’t heard anything about them either and I...
Melissa is the first album by Danish Heavy Metal band Mercyful Fate. They were in the foreground of the movement which would later be Black Metal—at least lyric-wise. If you compare this to the Norwegian Black Metal scene, Mercyful Fate seems pretty “un-extreme”. On the other hand, there’s no sound philosophy the same as that of Norwegian bands. Bot that Melissa sounds good, it’s not a well-produced album when you listen to it today. But...
