Westward expansionist Nick Koenigs has been laying rusted highway scorpion riffs over ragged diesel chug since transplanting from Minneapolis to Echo Park in 2011 but Forever Beast is his first foray into Filthy Huns collaboration, enlisting Aaron Steinberg on burner synths and wind tunnel smoke. The extra presence revs the songs into deeper terrain, through shadowed canyons of shredded leather and bleached bones. Modes swerve between badlands raga (“Magick Tea”) and psychedelic ritual (“Class War”), cloaked in dub menace and pentagram fumes. This is the Huns at their headiest and heaviest, ripping ghost rider guitar and vortex keys from busted amps tied with chrome chains. The Beast rises.
2022 release from legendary hard rock singer Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple). The wildest times call for the freest of voices. After selling millions of records, playing to countless fans, and fronting some of the most influential rock bands in history, award-winning songwriter and vocal dynamo Joe Lynn Turner speaks his mind as loudly as possible on his eleventh full-length offering and Mascot Label Group debut, 'Belly of the Beast'. This new solo album has is the heaviest music Joe Lynn Turner has ever recorded. Joining forces with iconic producer Peter Tägtgren [Hypocrisy, PAIN, Lindemann], the New Jersey-born powerhouse conjures up the kind of heavy metal that not only makes you throw your fist in the air, but also makes you think.
April Wine (like any good wine) got better with age, and the Canadians' brightest moment only arrived over a decade into their career with 1981's The Nature of the Beast. Opener "All Over Town" lurches into action on a lopsided riff before finding its awesome groove, – a groove they seldom abandon through and to the end of the disc…
The double-disc Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast: Live in Mexico City was recorded during the band’s three sold out arena shows in the Mexican capital in September 2019 and is a celebration of the legendary British metal band’s Legacy Of The Beast world tour which began in 2018 and will finish next summer in Europe.
Legendary singer Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MSG, ALCATRAZZ, GRAHAM BONNET BAND) has joined forces with Italian axeman and producer Dario Mollo in a new project called EZOO. The band's debut album, "Feeding The Beast", was released on June 2 via earMUSIC. Grooving and stomping music, with the great feeling straight from the golden days of hard rock, EZOO features the immediately recognizable voice of Bonnet and Mollo's melodic and powerful guitars. While Mollo is well known for his collaboration with Glenn Hughes (VOODOO HILL) and his three albums with former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin, you can claim that probably every rock fan has heard the biting and unique voice of Bonnet before.
The Finnish heavy metal sextet Battle Beast are once again getting ready to unleash their force upon the world in the shape of their brand new masterpiece "Circus Of Doom". In true Battle Beast fashion, the 10 tracks blend true heavy metal with pop and rock-vibes, paired with Noora Louhimo's unique voice. "Circus Of Doom" was once again recorded at JKB Studios in Helsinki, Finland and produced and mixed by keyboardist Janne Björkroth, while the stunning artwork was created by Jan Yrlund (KORPIKLAANI, MANOWAR etc.), who already took care of Battle Beast's previous two album designs. "Circus Of Doom", is overall heavier, but still as catchy as ever with bangers like "Masters Of Illusion", "Freedom", or the title track "Circus Of Doom". Once again, the band stay true to their formula of "100% heavy metal - 0% bulls*t!"