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All About Rock & Metal
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HÄVEN ARE BRINGING SOMETHING HEAVIER TO THE TABLE
Gabrielle de Val’s new material pushed beyond AOR and Melodic Rock into Symphonic, Power and Heavy Metal. The answer was Häven, a full band project giving her live musicians greater recognition, with Tommy Denander joining the impressive line-up.
Rock Metal Machine
Aug 233 min read
Power To Survive Sees Burning Sun Deliver Their Biggest Power Metal Statement Yet.
Founded in 2022 in Hungary by bassist Zoltán Papi, BURNING SUN is a rising force in the underground Power Metal scene. He was then joined by singer/guitarist Pancho Ireland (also known from Merciless Law). Inspired by the ’90s golden era of European Power Metal and taking its name from a Helloween song, the project channels soaring melodies, driving rhythms, and heroic storytelling.
Rock Metal Machine
May 292 min read
No Filler, Just Fire: Rockett Love’s Rise to the Top!
Since 2015, Sweden’s own Rockett Love has been a high-voltage reminder that arena rock didn’t just survive - it evolved. Stripping away the filler and cranking the heat, the band has become the undisputed heavyweights of Swedish AOR and melodic hard rock.
Rock Metal Machine
Apr 142 min read
Gabrielle de Val - Time To Die (EP) available from Pride & Joy Music!
‘Blade Runner’ is surely one of the most iconic movies of the early 80s, if not of all time to date. While not a financial success on release, the movie found its audience later on VHS and then DVD, and is now rightly regarded as an absolute classic.
Rock Metal Machine
Jan 72 min read
Midnite City - 'Bite The Bullet'
When you drop the needle and ‘Live Like You Mean It’ booms out, the song elbows its way between members of Mötley Crüe and Poison to get to a bar on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, circa 1988, and orders a bottle of Jack Daniels. Every trope of Hair Metal is there; the big drum sound, the Pop Rock hooks, and gang vocals that sound like everyone in the alley has been invited in to add their voices.
Rock Metal Machine
Dec 27, 20252 min read
Pearls & Frames - 'Spread Your Wings'
Pearls & Frames are from Sweden and sit in the Melodic Rock/West Coast genre. They consist of Markus Nordenberg (vocals/keyboards) and Sven Larsson (guitars), their respective CVs are impressive with the likes of Street Talk, Groundbreaker, Overland, Lion’s Share, Coastland Ride and Frédéric Slama’s AOR all featuring. This is their sophomore release following ‘Reliance’ in 2022.
Rock Metal Machine
Dec 27, 20252 min read
LAZARUS DREAM - Imaginary Life
The German hard rock band LAZARUS DREAM with their third album "Imaginary Life" in the starting blocks!
Rock Metal Machine
Nov 22, 20231 min read
Heartline - 'Rock 'N' Roll Queen'
What a punchy synth-driven starter – when they tell us ‘I Am The Night’, I won’t argue.
Rock Metal Machine
Jul 10, 20231 min read
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