Drakkar 2015

New DRAKKAR album “Run With The Wolf” will be released via My Kingdom Music on March 16th. With special guest appereances by Terence Holler (ELDRITCH’s vocalist), Olaf Thorsen (VISION DIVINE, LABYRINTH) and Mat Stancioiu (ex-LABYRINTH) and with a limited digipack deluxe edition including a bonus CD titled “Coming From The Past”, with 5 classic songs from the first three albums of DRAKKAR re-recorded by the current lineup, “Run With The Wolf” could already be announced as one of the most awaited Italian releases of the year! Expect something modern, epic and personal as a few others are!

Drakkar is one of the first bands that promoted the now consecrated Italian power metal scene when it was just taking its first steps in the mid-nineties; however, unlike his contemporaries such as Labyrinth and Rhapsody, Drakkar remained in the depths of the underground scene despite being the band that managed to crystallize their own sound. Six years after releasing his last album, Drakkar finally reappears with his sixth work entitled CHAOS LORD (2021). The album was composed in 2019 and was supposed to be released last year, however, the current world situation led them to publish Chaos Lord until 2021. The sound is completely different from its predecessor. WHILE IN RUN WITH THE WOLF (2015) we listen to songs that are more aimed at mid-times, in CHAOS LORD we witness a deep-seated heavy / power metal with an interesting combination of melodies and riffs, as in the first bars of “Through the Horsehead Nebula”.

German four-piece speed/thrash metal band, regarded as very influential to the modern black metal scene…

Nightwish are a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of their debut album, Angels Fall First (1997). In 2001, Vänskä was replaced by Marco Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers…

Nightwish are a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of their debut album, Angels Fall First (1997). In 2001, Vänskä was replaced by Marco Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers…

US-American heavy metal band from Long Island, New York. Although the band was formed by guitarist Jay Jay French in December 1972, all of their songs were written by Dee Snider from 1976 onward…

Wishmaster is the third studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released on 8 May 2000 through Spinefarm Records in Finland. The album was released in the rest of Europe by Drakkar Entertainment on 29 May, and in Japan by Toy's Factory on 19 July. In the US, it was released by Century Media on 6 February 2001…