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By way of explanation: New York City was often referred to as ‘Fear City’ in the early 1980s. At that time, illegal prostitution, protection rackets and drug trafficking thrived in the city which was notorious for its high crime and violence rates.
For international power metal band Them, this made the perfect setting for the continuation of their trilogy surrounding main protagonist KK Fossor.
Watch the video below from AXS TV, as Twisted Sister frontman, Dee Snider, reveals which albums he'd take with him to a desert island.
On July 12, Dee Snider "We're Not Gonna Take It" at Times Square in New York Cityas part of a campaign by T-Mobile dubbed "Carrier Callout". It has been launched with Snider spearheading the move in an attempt to win over AT&T and Verizon customers after both companies confirmed they were raising prices on select plans.
Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame inductees, Lillian Axe, have released the first video & single from their long-awaited 10th studio album, From Womb To Tomb, due on August 19 via Global Rock Records.
Guitarist Steve Blaze describes the track: "We designed it to represent the realization of a child as he comes into the world. It has elements of Game Of Thrones, Tron and the Matrix all wrapped up into an epic song about the awareness we perceive in our first memories...
Grim Reaper frontman Steve Grimmett has died at the age of 62. A cause of death hasn’t been revealed yet.
Grimmett fronted the NWOBHM metallers from 1982-1989 and then resurrected the name as Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper in 2006. Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper released two full-length albums, with the most recent being 2019’s At The Gates. The band issued a live album, Reaping The Whirlwind this past March.
Finnish five-piece, Sonata Arctica, have released a lyric video for "I Have A Right", featured on the band's upcoming release, Acoustic Adventures - Volume Two. Watch the clip below.
Sonata Arctica need no introduction: besides significantly influencing the power/melodic metal scene, they're a band that's not only famous for consistently delivering studio albums of high quality but also for experimenting and breaking out of their musical comfort zone.
Sunstorm have released a lyric video for "Hold The Night", featured on the new album, Brothers In Arms, the second to feature lead vocalist Ronnie Romero (Michael Schenker, Lords Of Black). Watch the clip below.
Romero’s debut album with Sunstorm, Afterlife, was released in early 2021 and showcased a rejuvenation of Sunstorm's previous musical formula, mixing melodic rock/AOR with more '70s oriented hard rock, ala Rainbow
Swedish melodic metal force Dynazty is currently gearing up for the release of their upcoming magnum opus. The band's new album, entitled Final Advent, will drop on August 26, 2022 through Hamburg-based powerhouse AFM Records.
As previously-released, first album singles already proved, the Final Advent will mark the band’s most cohesive, imaginative, complex and at the same time most homogeneous album to date in their over 10-year career. Only a few days left until Final Advent arrives, Dynazty has just shared another epic single!
Sumerlands have returned from the astral plane with another powerful collection of timeless, hooked filled hits: Dreamkiller.
In the driver’s seat is renowned producer and guitarist Arthur Rizk who polished these eight metallic gems at Philadelphia’s Redwood Studios with his brothers in Sumerlands.