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Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche (Century Media 2013)
FIRST off let’s not get into the war raging between vocalist Geoff Tate and his former band members. The soap opera has continued since last year, and probably will continue to do so until the court settles the rights on Queensryche-name this fall. Until then there will be two versions of the band, one featuring…
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Fatboy – Moments (Razzia, 2016)
[three_fourth] Fatboy’s guitarist Hannu “Kerry King Of Rockabilly” Kiviaho and a bastard child of Elvis and Roy Orbison, singer Thomas Pareigis has once again wrote nearly perfect album full of rock ’n roll anthems. A band, that was never supposed to release an album, unleashed in 2016 ‘Moments’ which holds the order of being 5th…
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Steel Mill is heading to Steelfest 2016!
Kickstart to your summertime with darkness and blasphemy! The capital of heavy metal, Finland, offers plenty of choices for metalheads throughout the year and one of the best ones is Steelfest Open Air which is held in Southern Finland, Hyvinkää city (or like local folks say ‘Heavynkaa‘). Steelfest is well known as a great starter…
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Turbo 30th anniversary!
K.K. comments on “Turbo” -30 years anniversary! Also newly updated “Turbo-era” discography and in depth “Reckless”-column by Ville. K.K.’s personal comments 2016: “The Turbo album was really quite some journey, by that I mean it all started in the south of Spain just outside of Marbella with myself, Glenn and Rob renting a house on…
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Judas Priest – Turbo
30 years after its release, Judas Priest’s “Turbo” is still among my all-time faves from the band, thus making it one of the best metal albums ever released. Although criticized by some of its lighter tone, the song writing moved to another level and Rob Halford made a vocal performance which is up there with…
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LANA LANE – EL DORADO HOTEL (THINK TANK MEDIA 2012)
After a four-year break, the queen of symphonic rock Lana Lane has returned with a new studio album. Her previous effort “Red Planet Boulevard” was released at the tail end of 2007 and while being decent enough, somehow failed to match the past glories of such albums as “Secrets Of Astrology” and “Garden Of The…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace focus on the 40th anniversary of “Tyrant”
Celebrations of the 40th anniversary of “Sad Wings Of Destiny” continue with The Fuel Of The Furnace focusing on the classic track “Tyrant.” Check out in depth article on the song, “Sad Wings Of Destiny” and its legacy. How do you view “Tyrant” now 40 years after its initial release? The Fuel Of The Furnace…
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Sad Wings Of Destiny celebrating 40 years!
40 years ago heavy rock progressed into Heavy Metal in form of Judas Priest´s “Sad Wings Of Destiny” album. Read brand new commentary when K.K. and Chris Tsangarides talk about creating the classic album and recording sessions. Check out Steel Mill’s extensive guide to Sad Wings Of Destiny
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MAGNUM – Helsinki 7.4.2014
[three_fourth] MONDAY night in 2014, one of the greatest British hard rock institutions and a band I had not yet seen live. Those were the necessary ingredients for a good evening and now I could finally tick off one box from a personal concert list. Magnum’s last show in Finland took place amazingly over 25…
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Sepultura – Roots
I saw Sepultura live in their Roots world tour 1997 in Finland. By the time I was already very familiar with Arise and Chaos A.D. but had only listened few songs from this masterpiece. The energy, anger and creative work within this album is timeless. Roots official video