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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

HIGHLORD – Freakin’ Out Of Hell

December 27, 2022 Bryce Van Patten 2 Comments

Aficionados of Italian Power Metal should know the veteran band Highlord, led by vocalist Andrea Marchisio from the start, with drummer Luca Pellegrino holding down the rhythms since the 2nd album. Freakin’ Out Of Hell …READ MORE

RHAPSODY OF FIRE – Glory For Salvation

November 15, 2021 Miłosz Mikołaj Nizioł Leave a comment

The year 2021 is slowly coming to an end. The weather on the northern hemisphere is getting bleaker and bleaker with every passing day. Those who can take some time off work and can afford …READ MORE

EREGION – Age Of Heroes

December 27, 2019 Zac Halter Leave a comment

Eregion. Does that sound Tolkienesque to you? It is. For the curious, it’s the realm of the Noldorin Elves of Lord Of The Rings lore. What must follow from such a band name? Power Metal, …READ MORE

SHIP OF THESEUS – The Paradox

March 26, 2019 Zac Halter Leave a comment

Italy’s Ship Of Theseus is a project band “…in which every influence of the musicians involved has been free to flow through their instruments…” They state “the music is defined by a modern sound, in …READ MORE

FROZEN CROWN – Crowned In Frost

March 19, 2019 Maxxxwell Carlisle Leave a comment

Crowned In Frost from Italy’s Frozen Crown is the band’s second album, and although at times it feels as though the creation of this album may have been rushed, there are still enough moments of …READ MORE

KALEDON – Carnagus: Emperor Of The Darkness

May 22, 2017 Maxxxwell Carlisle Leave a comment

Power Metal as a genre is often criticized for self-parody, redundancy, and one dimensional songwriting. Fortunately, Kaledon is aware of these issues and constantly takes steps to avoid these all too common pitfalls. Caranagus: Emperor …READ MORE

LABYRINTH – Architecture Of A God

April 13, 2017 Maxxxwell Carlisle Leave a comment

Labyrinth’s powerful new release Architecture Of A God, marks Roberto Tiranti’s return to the band after a brief hiatus during which he released a solo album entitled Knowing Wait. During his absence, it was announced the …READ MORE

OVERTURES – Artifacts

May 25, 2016 Maxxxwell Carlisle Leave a comment

The Italian Power Metal quartet known as Overtures, presents fans with “Artifacts”. The group seems to have stuck with a formula for their songwriting on “Artifacts”, unfortunately it was the wrong formula. It’s not good …READ MORE