Peavy Revalver

With a special surprise the German power metal band Rage rewards its fans for their loyalty and patience during the long waiting period due to the pandemic: In time for the big co-headlining tour with Brainstorm in October and November 2022 and as an appetizer for what will be heard there, singer/bassist Peavy Wagner and his band mates Jean Borman, Stefan Weber (both guitar) and Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos (drums) will release an EP 'Spreading The Plague' with three previously unreleased new songs and three worthwhile bonus tracks.

Challenging all those who long ago dismissed them as second-rate and painfully cheesy Teutonic power-thrashers, Rage inaugurate their 18th studio album, Speak of the Dead, with an ambitious, 25-minute song suite subtitled "Lingua Mortis." OK. Get ready for this, though: it's actually very entertaining! Part symphonic orchestration, part Spanish guitar austerity, part organ-driven progressive rock in the style of '70s legends Kansas and, obviously, part heavy metal at its most over-the-top dramatic (and, sure, just a little cheesy, in true Rage tradition), the magnum opus' multiple compositional dimensions are, at the very least, unexpected, and at most, a whole new avenue of expression for the group - who knew…

A riddle wrapped in an enigma dressed up in leather and studs, Germany's Mekong Delta perplexed the heavy metal world both by playing an unconventional brand of progressive thrash and by keeping the identities of the bandmembers secret for the first five years of a career starting in 1987…

A riddle wrapped in an enigma dressed up in leather and studs, Germany's Mekong Delta perplexed the heavy metal world both by playing an unconventional brand of progressive thrash and by keeping the identities of the bandmembers secret for the first five years of a career starting in 1987…