Axel+rudi+pell

.Capable of creating melodic hard rock hits in his sleep, Axel Rudi Pell is a name synonymous with epic head-bangers. Along aside a strong supporting cast of musicians, Pell enters 2022 sounding as fresh as ever with Lost XXVII…

Nostalgia is inevitable in the music world. Inevitably, there are those who yearn to experience the music of an era that they aren't old enough to have witnessed first-hand. That is why, in the 21st century, one sees so many people in their teens and twenties at 1970s/1980s-minded metal shows; young headbangers who weren't even born when David Lee Roth was still singing lead for Van Halen or when Mötley Crüe started headlining soccer arenas want a taste of what metal concerts were like back in the day…

There have been a number of truly stalwart power metal acts that date back to the turn of the millennium, but if both consistency of quality and of sound are measured together, few compare to the long running Australian power house that is Black Majesty…

BURNING POINT was founded in the Fall of 1999 in Oulu, Finland. After the recordings of only one promotional CD, the band managed to get a record deal with a well-known German based metal label, Limb Music (LMP), who released the albums "Salvation By Fire" (2001) and "Feeding The Flames" (2003). Despite massive legal problems which ended up in fights through lawyers and the loss of their record deal, the band managed to get live slots on some big festivals such as Tuska Metal Festival and Sweden Rock…

“Iron Mask” is the second project of Belgian guitar shredder Dushan Petrossi, better known for his work in “Magic Kingdom”. For all the differences in imagery on the album covers, there is very little difference in the overall sound between the two projects. “Magic Kingdom” seems to focus more on writing catchy songs and limiting the amount of technical displays in the guitar and keyboards, not to mention that the closing song of their 2nd release was a bit unorthodox for a power metal band of the Malmsteen persuasion. “Iron Mask” focuses a bit more on the lengthy soloing and shred fill-in steeped riffs that are more indicative of Rising Force’s mid-80s material, although both projects draw heavily from that era in Malmsteen’s 2 decades plus career…

Great CD from Herman Rarebell. Doing all his Scorpion songs with various artists…

Overall, ‘Crystallizer’ is a thrilling blend of power metal and hard rock, and with its sing a long style choruses, you’ll be singing along from start to finish…