Per Olav Heimstad, Author at Metal Express Radio

STONEGARD (Live at Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway, Friday January 27, 2006)

EL CACO/STONEGARD (Live)

January 27, 2006 Per Olav Heimstad 0

2005 did wonders to the size of El Caco and Stonegard’s fan bases. By the releases of El Caco’s The Search and Stonegard’s Arrows, both bands, both Norwegian, gained a solid take on their home …READ MORE

SPEEDY GONZALES – Electric Stalker

January 20, 2006 Per Olav Heimstad 0

Electric Stalker, Speedy Gonzales’ first album, was meant to be out fifteen years ago. However, disputes within the group broke them up and ended Speedy Gonzales’ career at an early juncture. This happened despite the …READ MORE

TÖMMERMENN – Urbant Helvete

January 12, 2006 Per Olav Heimstad 0

Every non-English speaking country has their share of bands that prefer to stick to their mother’s tongue rather than the world wide understood English language. By doing this, they’re sacrificing most possibilities of reaching international …READ MORE

HANOI ROCKS (Live)

December 15, 2005 Per Olav Heimstad 0

Medio December, the Finnish legends Hanoi Rocks visited Oslo for the second time this year – prolonging the promoting of their latest release, Another Hostile Takeover. Just like last time, in January, Hanoi Rocks was …READ MORE

TNT – All The Way To The Sun

November 1, 2005 Per Olav Heimstad 0

TNT’s last recording, My Religion, was a 100% killer release. No one would believe it would be possible for the band to top it, but with their brand new release, All The Way To The …READ MORE

D-A-D (Live)

October 27, 2005 Per Olav Heimstad 0

D-A-D, one of Denmark’s most internationally successful Hard Rock bands, has close to twenty years under their belts, and nine studio albums in their suitcase. Two of their releases, No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims …READ MORE

BLACKMORE’S NIGHT (Oslo, Norway, Oct 21st 2005)

October 22, 2005 Per Olav Heimstad 0

Photos by Per Olav Heimstad

BLACKMORE’S NIGHT (Live)

October 22, 2005 Per Olav Heimstad 0

Ritchie Blackmore used to be one of Rock’s greatest guitar players. During legendary years in Deep Purple and Rainbow, he took part in writing a huge number of immortal Rock classics, but that’s ages past. …READ MORE

MAJESTIC VANGUARD – Beyond The Moon

October 17, 2005 Per Olav Heimstad 0

Beyond The Moon is the debut album of Majestic Vanguard from Sweden. Fronted by the very skilled Peter Sigfridsson on vocals, the band delivers powerful and Melodic Metal. Their compositions might not be the most …READ MORE

ANIMAL ALPHA – Pheromones

October 14, 2005 Per Olav Heimstad 0

In their home country of Norway, Animal Alpha has already earned themselves quite a reputation as a live band. They are highly energetic on stage, and seem to never fail to deliver a party-packed set …READ MORE