Articles by Michael Lueders

The cover art from an album is the first thing I check in detail before pushing play and by looking at this one I was sure I was in for a raw Thrash Metal album, […]

Melodic Power Metal is often a difficult subgenre to review. A lot of it has already been done and perfected by all masters and classic acts from the late ’90s and early ’00s, but it […]

The Big Deal is a melodic rock band from Serbia, releasing their debut album ‘First Bite’ in 2022. Fronted by the stunning voices of singers Nevena Brankovic and Ana Nikolic, The Big Deal‘s debut album […]

Swedish Five Piece Dampf is a piece of Musical Royalty. Led and created by Martin” E-Type” Erikson, Dampf also include members of Bathory and Sabaton. What does this mean? Dampf is the merging of Dark […]

Greek Titans SepticFlesh do not just release albums. They create magnum Opus’ that are dense multi-layered offerings of supreme heaviness that are well thought out and rich in mythology and thought. buy amoxicillin online https://bristolrehabclinic.ca/wp-content/themes/chiropractor/inc/php/amoxicillin.html […]

Formed by vocalist Gretn, Likheim is the progression of Norwegian Black metal that is raw and uncompromising, cold and enveloped in darkness. Likheim excels in the true Nordic style that is brutal and unwelcoming. The […]

A time has come as beloved musical movements from our youth (if you’re my vintage and do not ask as offense may be taken ha) are coming round again with monikers like NWOTM of which […]

Silverstein definitely hasn’t lost their energy in the 22 years or so that they have been dominating the punk scene, nor have they lost their ability to deliver heartfelt emo bangers juxtaposed by face-melting hardcore […]

Månegarm from Sweden have been making their distinctive brand of folk metal since 1995, their 10th album, Ynglingaättens Öde, is their latest offering.  The band combines traditional folk with black metal to speak of ancient […]

Since 2003 this Cleveland Black metal band has mixed and fused their delicious brew of the black stuff with a speed that takes traditional black metal in all sorts of directions, that not many bands […]

There is a famous saying in advertising which I use in my everyday life quite a lot and that’s “It says what it does on the box” and nothing could be more APT than Duckwalk […]

New York is a vivid and interesting place to live leading to expressionism in a way that only New Yorkers can provide. Some people from the hood are full of character and this band from […]

Sydney alternative rock force RedHook have been missing their mates in lockdown, so much so that one reunion bash just wouldn’t cut it. So to celebrate the long-awaited return of social interaction and live music, […]

Incite is a thrash metal band from the USA formed in 2004, releasing six albums to date – ‘The Slaughter’ (2009), ‘All Out War’ (2012), ‘Up In Hell’ (2014), ‘Oppression’ (2016), ‘Built To Destroy’ (2019), […]

Speckmann Project’s latest release, “Fiends of Emptiness”, is a trip down memory lane to the beginnings of one of metal’s most prolific genres: death metal. And it sounds as authentic as if it were recorded […]

After a long wait, the talented Agalma (previously known as Alchemy) blesses us with a debut single. And as much as the wait was long, the result is worth it. This release surely takes the […]

The riff Meister strikes again. And will he ever pull his punches? I don’t think he will and that’s for the pleasure of every groove-loving, riff junkie out there. We conjure the lord Merrow to […]

Cancer Bats is surely a band that wreaks havoc into a live show, with lots of energy in their music, and that is more obvious than ever on their latest release “Psychic Jailbreak”. It is […]

Modern in every aspect, Northlane takes its music to a new level of experimentation and fusion with what could be described as electronic music. At times rocking your cradle with soft, melodic singing, and atmospheric […]

Bright is the flame that burns the quickest, but never so quick a flame as to outcompete the juggernauts of spectacular pyrotechnic live shows, Rammstein. They are back on 29 April with their eighth album, […]

The absolute legend that is Joe Satriani is at it again with his 19th studio album (yes, you’ve read that right – 19!), The Elephants of Mars. This is a great offering from the guitar […]

Abysmal Misfortune Is Draped Upon Me is the upcoming debut album by Malignant Aura, due for release on May 30 on Bitter Loss Records. Abysmal Misfortune Is Draped Upon Me would be a great release […]

Black Eye are a European melodic metal band fronted by Pink Cream 69 vocalist David Readman. The band are completed by guitarists Aldo Lonobile (Secret Sphere, Archon Angel, Sweet Oblivion) and Luca Princiotta, along with […]

Motor Sister is a heavy metal/hard rock band from the USA, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Jim Wilson (Mother Superior), guitarist Scott Ian (Anthrax), bassist Joey Vera (Armored Saint), drummer John Tempesta (White Zombie, The Cult), and […]