Reviews-Steel-Mill
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The Crown – Death Is Not Dead (Century Media 2015)
After more than four years of waiting, Sweden’s death metal pioneers The Crown returned in early 2015 with a fittingly called new record ”Death Is Not Dead.”
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Q5 – NEW WORLD ORDER (Frontiers 2016)
Q5 are back. One of the leading cult heavy rock bands of the 1980’s have today released their first new studio album in whopping 30 years with “New World Order.”
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Cheap Trick – Bang Zoom Crazy… Hello (Big Machine Records, 2016)
[three_fourth]Cheap Trick has always been somewhat of musical chameleon, evoking fans from metal, pop, punk and rock. Oddly, yet entertainingly, named 17th album in order “Bang Zoom Crazy… Hello” shows the versatility of groups ability to bring good old fashioned rock to the masses. “Bang…” counts at rallying choruses and ZZ Top meets AC/DC like…
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KISS – SONIC BOOM (ROADRUNNER 2009)
“Sonic Boom” is something many never thought would see the light of day, I certainly didn’t believe it either and forgot the grand rule of the Kiss world: never say never. Both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have stated as recently as couple of years ago that new Kiss studio album would absolutely “not happen.”…
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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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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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ICED EARTH – PLAGUES OF BABYLON (CENTURY MEDIA 2014)
In a career fast approaching 25 years, amazingly this marks Iced Earth’s 11th studio record. The band’s new-found activity saw them release “Plagues Of Babylon” mere 13 months after their previous studio album “Dystopia.” Plus a full live album and DVD were also issued in between, there is much to be happy about if like…
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HOSTILE – THE NEW WORLD DISORDER (2016)
[three_fourth] Review By Ville Krannila / February 2016 Birmingham’s Hostile have roots in the Midlands sharp as steel heavy metal industry. Their extreme metal while on the surface seems very different to Black Country’s traditional bands, actually drives forward with same spirit and essence. Their first record “Eve Of Destruction” was produced by none other…
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DEVIL´S DICE – LIBERTARIAN (2015)
HAILING from the birthplace of heavy metal, Birmingham is a promising gene for Devil’s Dice, band with ten years of existence behind them. According to the band themselves, their influences range from Accept and Thin Lizzy to obviously Judas Priest and Saxon.