This is the 16th album by the canadian bulldozer heavy metal-band Anvil. They just continued their journey in heavy metal with this album but had a new bassist; Christopher Robertson who replaced Sal Italiano. Christopher were prior to playing in the band a roadie for Anvil. As alway with Anvil there are some okey songs on the album but there always seems to lack something that makes the song good, just not okey. The power is anyway crushing! Anvil IS Anvil!

1)Daggers and rum (7.0)

2)Up down sideways (7,0)

3)Gun control (7,0)

4)Die for a lie (7,0)

5)Runaway train (7,5)

6)Zombie apocalypse (6,0)

7)It's your move (7,0)

8)Ambushed (7,0)

9)Fire on the highway (7,0)

10)Run like hell (7,0)

11)Forgive don't forget (6,0)

12)Never going to stop (6,5)

Score: 6,83

Steven "Lips" Kudlow-vocals and guitars (b.1956)

Christopher "Christ" Robertson-bass

Robb Reiner-drums

OZ is back! The finnish New Wave Of British (!) Heavy Metallers have re-recorded some of their older tracks and released some new ones. The last album was released in 1991 and the band formed in 1977. This is classic 80's metal with high pitch vocals that sometimes can be too much. The songs are quite good, this kind of music should not be perfect, just as long as there is energy, blistering and heavy guitars and good songs to get the foot stomping. And here there is enough of that for sure. I like that they don't sound modern but sticks to what they do well, play heavy fuckin METAL! Good enough album!

1)Dominator (6,5)

2)Searchlights (7,0)

3)Let sleeping dogs lie (7,0)

4)Fire in the brain (7,5)

5)Seasons in the darkness (7,5)

6)Turn the cross upside down (8,5)

7)Burning leather (7,5)

8)Gambler (7,5)

9)Enter stadium (7,0)

10)Total metal (7,5)

11)Third warning (7,5)

Score: 7,36

Ape De Martini-vocals

Markku Petander-guitars

Costello Hautamäki-guitars

Jay C. Blade-bass and guitars on 3,7 and 8

Mark Ruffneck-drums

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Michael Santunione-guitars on 7 and 9

This retro, stoner, Black Sabbath- and Graveyard-influenced, 70's psychadelic hardrockband hails from Iceland and this is their 2nd album re-released by Nuclear Blast in 2014 but originally released in 2012 by the Icelandic recordcompany Sena. This is uncompromising hard rock with excellent raspy vocals and a fantastic sense for melody and heavy riffing, just the way I like it! This album really gets my whole body going and is impossible to not airguitar or airdrum to.

BUYYY!!

1)Craving (8,5)

2)Let me be (8,5)

3)Do you remember (7,0)

4)Expand your mind (9,0)

5)M.A.R.S.W.A.T.T. (9,0)

6)Cocaine Sally (8,0)

7)Winterland (7,5)

8)Midnight meditation (7,5)

9)The king's voyage (7,0)

10)Psychadelic mushroom man (8,0)

Score: 8,00

Óskar Logi Áugustsson-vocals and guitars

Alexander Örn Númason-bass

Gudjón Reynisson-drums

A band from Gothenburg, Sweden that suffer from a severe Gothenburg-heavy-melodic-death-metal disease. There are a lot of samplings and an aggressive attitude and of course they include both growl and clean vocals. Even though we have heard it all a thousand times before and one can accuse the band of being copy cats there are some okey songs on this album but they don't stick out at all. It all gets very boring after a few songs. Also, the album is overproduced. No need to listen to this again except for the song Frontline.

This album is the first to include Jimmy Olausson on drums, replacing Daniel "Mojjo" Moilanen.

1)Question your place (6,5)

2)Frontline (7,5)

3)Feel afraid (7,0)

4)Numb (6,0)

5)Cash king (5,5)

6)One good thing (6,5)

7)Blood of saints (6,5)

8)Down to nothing (6,5)

9)Drama queen (6,0)

10)In darkness (6,0)

11)Journeys end (6,0)

Score: 6,36

Magnus Klavborn-vocals

Niclas Engelin-guitars (b.1972)

Marcus Sunesson-guitars

Steve Drennan-bass

Jimmy Olausson-drums

This is part one of a double album that was recorded at the same time but released with time apart. It's the 1st album to feature Zach Cooper on bass replacing longtime member Michael Todd who had been charged for armed robbery in 2011. Also drummer Chris Pennie who had played with the band since 2007 quit and was replaced by former drummer Josh Eppard. Eppard had not played with the band since 2005.

I relly love the cover which suits the mystique and progressive pop, soul, rock and hardrock that this bands stands for. It's quite easylistening even though it's complicated and difficult music. They manage to get it together somehow. The record reached nr. 5 on the Billboard charts in the USA.

1)The hollow (-) Intro.

2)Key entity extraction I: Domino the destitute (8,5) Impressive progressive hardrock the way it should be made.

3)The afterman (5,0) Boring afternoon radiomusic.

4)Mothers of men (8,5) Easy-listening but damn good hardrock!

5)Goodnight fair lady (7,0) Very very much Thin Lizzy about this straight rocker.
6)Key entity extraction II: Holly wood the cracked (7,5)

7)Key entity extraction III: Vic the butcher (6,5) A bit too noisy.

8)Key entity extraction IV: Evagria the faithful (7,5) Some kind of ballad in progressive version.

9)Subtraction (4,0) Simple computer-ballad.

Score: 6,81

Claudio Sanchez-vocals, guitars and electric piano (b.1978)

Travis Stever-guitars (b.1978)

Zach Cooper-bass

Josh Eppard-drums and keyboards (b.1979)

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John Medeski-piano, synthesizer and clavinet

Daniel Sedownick-percussion

In 2011, half-brothers Zack Anderson (bass) and Cory Berry (drums), formerly of Radio Moscow, were in Iowa and met singer Elin Larsson, who was staying in California. Together they recorded two demo tracks and published them on YouTube, after which label "Crusher Records" offered them a deal. The band toured to Spain and France, where they met 16-year-old guitarrist Dorian Sorriaux, whom they invited to Örebro and made a member of the band. The name of the band came from their friend, Jens Heide, who had a music blog called BluesPillz with obscure 60s and 70s underground music.

In May 2012 they released an EP called "Bliss", followed by the "Black Smoke" single in July. The band toured extensively during 2013 with appearances in Berlin's "Desertfest" in April, in Bad Kötzting's "Void Fest" and Geel's "Yellowstock Festival" in August, in Bonn's "Crossroads Festival" in October and Melbourne's "Cherry Rock Festival" in November 2013.

In July 2013, Blues Pills signed a contract with the "Nuclear Blast" label and released their "Devil Man" EP in October. Their appearance at the "Crossroads Festival" was recorded and released in the form of the "Live at Rockpalast" EP in March 2014.

Shortly after the release of this album, their debut,  Cory Berry was replaced with new drummer André Kvarnström.

In the summer of 2014 they appeared in the "Sweden Rock Festival", in Gelsenkirchen's "Rock Hard Festival" in June and in the famous Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2014.

The album became successful in Europe, climbing to No. 4 in Germany and No. 10 in Switzerland, while it also reached British charts at No. 68.

It's always fun to discover new good rockbands! This is among the best new music I have heard in a long time. Of course it's not played at all on radio, because there are electric guitars and hardhitting drums playing, and most people can't standing listening to that, be how good the music may! Tragic but true. There is a LOT of Graveyard style riffing on this album but thats not a bad thing...

This is a MUST have album!

1)High class woman (9,0) Absolutely great hardrock shuffle with psychadelic influences.

2)Aint't no change (9,0) Same rhythm as above which builds up to a bassdriven jumpblueshardrocker!

3)Jupiter (8,5) Energic, funky rock'n'roll with stoner-influences and a Led Zeppelin-ish break.

4)Black smoke (10,0) Damn damn and damn again!!

5)River (7,5) Sleazy and slow ballad.

6)No hope left for me (8,0) Very much Graveyard-riffing in this calmer but intense track.

7)Devil man (8,5) Graveyard-copy.

8)Astralplane (8,5) Slow and oh so good! Great feeling in Elin's voice!

9)Gypsy (9,0) Jimi Hendrix-style chaotic and damn good!

10)Little sun (8,0) Ballad and even that they make with so much feeling and power!

Score: 8,60

Elin Larsson-vocals

Dorian Sorriaux-guitars

Zack Anderson-bass

Cory Berry-drums

Nowadays there ain't many German bands in the harder and heavier part of the music business that comes through to the bigger masses, Kadavar from Berlin is one exception. In the, for some years now,ongoing RRRM (Retro Rock Revivalist Movement) this band stands as one of the better but oh so copied their music and style is. If you are into this genre it's enough to have records by, say 5, bands and you have it covered up. Kadavar could happen to be among those 5 bands because this is heavy, stoner, psychadelic in a small sence and very retro in a good way since they have quite good songs to compete with.

1)All our thoughts (8,5) Damn good 70's style heavy-riffing hardrock!

2)Black sun (7,0)

3)Forgotten past (7,0)

4)Goddess of dawn (7,0) The former song and this one seem to get a bit messy but are still good.

5)Creature of the demon (6,0)

6)Purple sage (2,5) Why? Totally meaningless chaos-song that just goes on and on for 7 minutes.

Score: 6,33

Christoph "Lupus" Lindemann-vocals and guitars (b.1986)

Philip "Mammut" Lippitz-bass

Christoph "Tiger" Bartelt-drums

4 years since the lastest Pearl Jam-album the Seattle's boys released this album and showed that they are still to count on when it comes to their style of rock and hardrock, mixing good rockers and the usual and sometimes  boring quieter songs that I sometimes find hard to listen to and sometimes find great pleasure listening too. They once again used Brendan O'Brien as producer and the album reached nr. 1 the charts in USA, Canada, Belgium, Croatia, Portugal, Ireland and Australia.

1)Getaway (8,0) Good rocker!

2)Mind your manners (8,5) Full tilt! Never heard PJ rock like this!

3)My father's son (8,0) Intense rocker.

4)Sirens (6,0) Half-boring but with feeling. Vedder has a great voice.

5)Lightning bolt (8,0) It rocks once again!

6)Infallible (5,5) Slow, strange and boring.

7)Pendulum (4,5) Gaaasp...

8)Swallowed whole (7,0) Nice different melody.

9)Let the records play (6,5) Uptempo boogie-rock. Nothing special.

10)Sleeping by myself (5,5) PJ trying to get a hit-song? Acoustic, melodic and poppy.

11)Yellow moon (6,5) Floating and slow. Nice.

12)Future days (7,0) Beautiful piano-guitar-vocalballad.

Score: 6,75

Eddie Vedder-vocals and guitars (b.1964)

Stone Gossard-guitars (b.1966)

Mike McCready-guitars (b.1966)

Jeff Ament-bass (b.1963)

Matt Cameron-drums (b.1962)