Articles by Lana Teramae

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Lana is a reviewer at Metal Express Radio from Honolulu, Hawaii. She's always had a passion for music, but she didn't get into Hard Rock and Heavy Metal music until she discovered Rick Allen's story in the summer of 2019. She was inspired by his determination to play drums for Def Leppard again after losing his left arm in a car accident. From there, her tastes expanded to other bands such as AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Judas Priest, Saxon, Cinderella, and Overkill. Aside from listening to music, she loves watching YouTube and writing on her personal blog.

Album cover for HyperioN's 'Cybergenesis.' The image features a dystopian battlefield with a man standing atop a giant riser. The man is holding a stick and looking up at the bright, yellow sun.

HYPERION – Cybergenesis

January 7, 2026 Lana Teramae Leave a comment

HyperioN are an Italian heavy metal band formed by former drummer Jason Beghelli and guitarist Davide Cotti in 2015. Despite uneasy times for the band, which includes canceling all live events in 2020 because of …READ MORE

Album Reviews

STRYPER – The Greatest Gift of All

December 14, 2025 Lana Teramae Leave a comment

After fans begged them for years to release a Christmas album, Christian metal band Stryper got to work and finally released their long-awaited Christmas album titled, The Greatest Gift of All (2025). The album features …READ MORE

Album cover for Lynch Mob's 'Dancing with the Devil' (2025). The band name is printed in giant red on the top center and the album name is printed in small red print on the bottom center. Also, there's a a grey spotlight on a creepy red devil head.

LYNCH MOB – Dancing with the Devil

December 7, 2025 Lana Teramae Leave a comment

After concluding their “farewell tour” in March 2025, hard rock band Lynch Mob have recently put out their “final studio album” titled, Dancing with the Devil (2025), which is the follow-up to Babylon (2023). For …READ MORE

The album cover for Kill Ritual's 'In My Head' (2025). It features a tortured and demonic elderly man wrapped in a bloody straitjacket with the album title written in red on his right arm. His eyes are beaming red as a shadowy, dark figure reaches out to grab him. The man is trapped inside a mental asylum covered in strange, unidentifiable symbols. The band name is written on the top middle.

KILL RITUAL – In My Head

November 22, 2025 Lana Teramae Leave a comment

U.S. heavy metal band Kill Ritual are back with their seventh studio album titled, In My Head (2025). It is the follow-up to Kill Star Black Mark Dead Hand Pierced Heart (2022). The album was …READ MORE

Album cover for Bangalore Choir's 'Rapid Fire Succession: On Target Part II' (2025). There's a sexy lady hold a cigar in the middle of aviator wings. The background is a traveling map of the world and there's a giant V with the colors yellow, red, and blue holding up the band name. The album name is displayed on the bottom middle.

BANGALORE CHOIR – Rapid Fire Succession: On Target Part II

November 8, 2025 Lana Teramae 1 Comment

For those who aren’t familiar with Bangalore Choir (and no, they are not an actual choir; the band name just sucks), they are a hard rock band that were formed by former Accept vocalist David …READ MORE

Album Reviews

MEAN STREET – Never Too Late

October 27, 2025 Lana Teramae Leave a comment

Mean Street are Peruvian hard rock / AOR band that were formed in April 2016. Their influences are pure ‘80s hard rock with the likes of Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Slaughter, Survivor, Van Halen, and obviously …READ MORE

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ELETTRA STORM – Evertale

October 20, 2025 Lana Teramae Leave a comment

Following their excellent debut album, Powerlords (2024), Italian power metal band Elettra Storm are striking while the iron is hot with their sophomore release, Evertale (2025), which will be released on October 24, 2025 through …READ MORE

Album cover for Swedish hard rock band Jeet Kune Do's 'First Strike' (2025). The album is martial arts-themed with a young lady in a green kimono holding a samurai sword. It's a yellow background with the band name printed on the top middle in red and the album title on the bottom middle, also in red. The band members' names are printed on top of the band name in black, making the album cover look like a movie poster.

JEET KUNE DO – First Strike

October 13, 2025 Lana Teramae Leave a comment

Jeet Kune Do are a Swedish hard rock band that were founded in 2021; they started out as a cover band before taking the leap of writing their own material. Their influences include Kiss, Whitesnake, …READ MORE

Album Reviews

AETERNIA – Into the Golden Halls

October 6, 2025 Lana Teramae 2 Comments

Some albums are meant to be long, some albums are meant to be short, and some albums are meant not to exist at all. Before going further, there’s no reason to knock anybody for wanting …READ MORE

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DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG – Babylon

September 28, 2025 Lana Teramae Leave a comment

What started out as a one-off charity project has now become a fully-fleshed heavy metal supergroup; if they even fit that description? Well, considering that three of the members were in Accept (lead vocalist Udo …READ MORE