#powermetal — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #powermetal, aggregated by home.social.
-
It's power-metal-driven development night! #PMDD
-
It's power-metal-driven development night! #PMDD
-
It's power-metal-driven development night! #PMDD
-
It's power-metal-driven development night! #PMDD
-
It's power-metal-driven development night! #PMDD
-
https://www.europesays.com/es/758030/ Muere Mikko Karmila, productor clave del Metal finlandés, conocido por su trabajo para NIGHTWISH, STRATOVARIUS o CHILDREN OF BODOM #AMORPHIS #BlackMetal #CHILDRENOFBODOM #DeathMelodico #Entertainment #Entretenimiento #ES #España #HardRock #HeavyMetal #ImpaledNazarene #LORDI #MetalSinfónico #Music #Música #Nightwish #PowerMetal #SONATAARCTICA #Spain #STRATOVARIUS
-
kamelot was f*cking amazing tonight
hadn't seen them since 2008
got some new merch and took a cool photo :>
-
kamelot was f*cking amazing tonight
hadn't seen them since 2008
got some new merch and took a cool photo :>
-
kamelot was f*cking amazing tonight
hadn't seen them since 2008
got some new merch and took a cool photo :>
-
kamelot was f*cking amazing tonight
hadn't seen them since 2008
got some new merch and took a cool photo :>
-
Today's music:
Kristin Starkey - OLIMPICO
#metal #PowerMetal #SymphonicMetal #usa #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic
-
Today's music:
Kristin Starkey - OLIMPICO
#metal #PowerMetal #SymphonicMetal #usa #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic
-
Today's music:
Kristin Starkey - OLIMPICO
#metal #PowerMetal #SymphonicMetal #usa #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic
-
Today's music:
Kristin Starkey - OLIMPICO
#metal #PowerMetal #SymphonicMetal #usa #music #np #NowPlaying #MastoMusic
-
https://www.europesays.com/es/753496/ Hellfest 2026 echa a andar: fechas y anuncio de venta de entradas del festival de Metal más grande de Francia #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #Entertainment #Entretenimiento #ES #España #HeavyMetal #Hellfest #MetalAlternativo #Music #Música #PowerMetal #Spain #ThrashMetal
-
🎵 Una vez más se pondrá a prueba ⚔️
la hermandad, la lealtad al metal 🤝🎸
Unidos lucharemos empuñando los martillos 🔨🔥
venciendo y derrotando a nuestros enemigos 🛡️💥
marchemos a la gloria por los campos de batalla 🏹👣
Unidos conquistamos el Valhalla 🌌✨Nuestras huestes preparadas están 🛡️👥
por la última lucha que habremos de librar ⚔️🌋
los himnos de batalla a lo lejos se escuchan 📢🎶
por el acero que debemos conquistar ⚔️✨Hermanos del metal 🤝🎸
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥
Hermanos del metal 🤝🎸
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥Hermanos del metal que reunidos aquí están 🙌🎸
cabalgando a mi lado 🐎💨
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥
canten una vez más 🎤💥
los himnos de batalla 📢🎶Hermanos del metal 🤝🎸
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥
Hermanos del metal 🤝🎸
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥Con furia y sin temor enfrentemos los peligros 😡🌪️
guiados por el mágico martillo 🔨⚡
nuestro es el poder 💪✨
poder que tiene el trueno ⚡🌩️
la ira y el valor de los dioses ancestros 👑🏛️Somos las legiones santas de vikingos 🛡️🛶
que desde Asgard hemos venido 🏰🌈
cabalgando sobre mares, cielos e infiernos 🌊☁️🔥
somos elegidos bajo el signo del martillo 🔨✨
marchemos a la gloria que nos lleve a luchar ⚔️🚶♂️
firmes y dignos bajo el signo del martillo 🔨🛡️Hermanos del metal 🤝🎸
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥
Hermanos del metal 🤝🎸
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥Y si acaso al despertar 👁️🌅
tu espíritu no puedes escuchar 👤🤫
no te rindas, adelante 🏃♂️💨
hay que seguir 🔥👊
con esfuerzo y valor su anhelo cubrirás 💪🎯
¡levántate y defiende aquello que crees tú! 🛡️⚡Hermanos del metal que reunidos aquí están 🙌🎸
cabalgando a mi lado 🐎💨
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥
defiendan su ideal 🛡️🎯
por los dioses de la tierra de Asgard 🏰👑Y Mjölnir forjando los guerreros 🔨🔥
vestidos por el fuego y el acero 🔥⚔️Hermanos del metal 🤝🎸
Hermanos del metal ✊🔥
Hermanos del metal 🤝🎸
Hermanos del metal 🎵#musica #MightyThor #HermanosDelMetal #PowerMetal #HeavyMetalMexicano #MetalEnEspañol #Valhalla #VikingMetal #Metalheads #MastodonMusic #metal
-
TOKE DE KEDA: dedicamos espacio #LaFactoríadelRitmo #Radio go.ivoox.com/rf/51624868 #Thrash-Metal #Power-Metal #MetalPunk #Crossover #Music #Counterculture #Underground #DIY #Música #Cultura #Contracultura #MetalPunkers #Heavy-Metal #Metalsky #Rock #Hard-Rock #Press #Prensa #Bandcamp #Vinyls
[TEA-10M] 30/05/2020 - Estado ...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rei54k7nmu57w3k4oz4q75kl/post/3mov6t6qmas2z -
TOKE DE KEDA: dedicamos espacio #LaFactoríadelRitmo #Radio go.ivoox.com/rf/51624868 #Thrash-Metal #Power-Metal #MetalPunk #Crossover #Music #Counterculture #Underground #DIY #Música #Cultura #Contracultura #MetalPunkers #Heavy-Metal #Metalsky #Rock #Hard-Rock #Press #Prensa #Bandcamp #Vinyls
[TEA-10M] 30/05/2020 - Estado ...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rei54k7nmu57w3k4oz4q75kl/post/3mov6t6qmas2z -
TOKE DE KEDA: dedicamos espacio #LaFactoríadelRitmo #Radio go.ivoox.com/rf/51624868 #Thrash-Metal #Power-Metal #MetalPunk #Crossover #Music #Counterculture #Underground #DIY #Música #Cultura #Contracultura #MetalPunkers #Heavy-Metal #Metalsky #Rock #Hard-Rock #Press #Prensa #Bandcamp #Vinyls
[TEA-10M] 30/05/2020 - Estado ...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rei54k7nmu57w3k4oz4q75kl/post/3mov6t6qmas2z -
TOKE DE KEDA: dedicamos espacio #LaFactoríadelRitmo #Radio go.ivoox.com/rf/51624868 #Thrash-Metal #Power-Metal #MetalPunk #Crossover #Music #Counterculture #Underground #DIY #Música #Cultura #Contracultura #MetalPunkers #Heavy-Metal #Metalsky #Rock #Hard-Rock #Press #Prensa #Bandcamp #Vinyls
[TEA-10M] 30/05/2020 - Estado ...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rei54k7nmu57w3k4oz4q75kl/post/3mov6t6qmas2z -
Learn computer science with Nanowar of Steel.
After Java these Power Point slides will take you to the army of Kotlin.Nanowar of Steel - Kotlin
https://youtu.be/BsfXZjKLT9A?si=bFUf8EdXI-BB8T97
#music #metal #powermetal #musicvideo #video #computerscience #informatic #programminglanguage #kotlin #slide #powerpoint #Nanowar #NanowarOfSteel -
Chariots Overdrive – The End of Antiquity Review By Andy-War-HallManilla Road, Motörhead, and Megaton Sword walk into a bar—Lemmy’s pick, if that helps you picture the place. Someone yells, “cops outside!” The word “cops” clears the room faster than napalm ever could. Stampede. The bands are swept up in the deluge of bodies, bewildered and sweaty. Amidst the chaos, several shuffle into a nearby van. Driving off, they realize that 1) these aren’t their bandmates, 2) this is Di’Anno-era Iron Maiden’s van with their keys and all their equipment left inside, and 3) they picked up Dropkick Murphys somewhere along the way. If this hypothetical group decided to run with it, they would sound like Chariots Overdrive. Hailing from Beijing, China, and currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia, these adherents of the NWoBHM sound old as dirt on their debut, The End of Antiquity, injecting fantastical lyricism inspired by Chinese history and folklore into their mix. But can this van/chariot go the distance, or has this ride seen its last mile?
The End of Antiquity is driven by allegiance to metal in the purest form, and Chariots Overdrive wield it with punk-like tenacity. Speed and belligerence rule The End of Antiquity, embodied in the full-band gang vocals of “Marching Maniacs” and the Dead Kennedys-like discordance of “Parasite.” The belts and snarls singer G.H.Z uses on “A Taikonautic Alchemist” and “Chariots Overdrive”1 would fit as well with Rancid as they do here, and their guitars and bass evoke the aforementioned early Maiden years in the punkish bite (“The End of Antiquity”). Bassist Z.Z.Y lays down aggressively clicky, highly melodic lines across The End of Antiquity, giving Chariots Overdrive a burly-yet-catchy streak akin to Steve Harris’ playing and bolstering G.H.Z and Y.Z’s gnarly dual guitars and W.R.C’s punchy drums into a full-bodied declaration of victory. Chariots Overdrive feel rooted in the simple joy of throwing ragers with the boys, and The End of Antiquity is, if nothing else, a rager.
Chariots Overdrive don’t overcomplicate anything, which is a boon and bane to The End of Antiquity. Most songs play around simple melodies over two to four chords. Guitar solos aren’t flashy on The End of Antiquity, but they’re incisive. When the outcome is exhilarating like “Chariots Overdrive” or Judas Priest-levels of catchy like “Marching Maniacs,” it’s hard to argue. But it also puts the onus of The End of Antiquity’s success on Chariot Overdrive’s performances, which can falter. G.H.Z isn’t a powerhouse vocalist and sounds downright rough at times, especially where Chariot Overdrive attempt harmonization, such as the chorus of “A Taikonautic Alchemist.” It also means that, despite the album’s lean runtime, The End of Antiquity sounds somewhat exhausted by the time “Nomadic Warfare” and the title track appear, as their hooks are comparatively weaker to the rest of the record. I’m all for simplifying something for the sake of effectiveness, but what’s left has to be as tight as you can make it. In this regard, Chariots Overdrive can improve.
What Chariots Overdrive need is a more refined identity. Like early Iron Maiden, Chariots Overdrive seem to strive towards a dirty-yet-sophisticated sound and theming, evidenced by the fingerstyle guitar and serene bass-and-piano interludes of “Where Dust Reigns” and “Sunken Throb,”2 but these instrumentals’ moods aren’t matched or mirrored by the rest of the album and feel tacked-on as a result. The standout, 12-minute song “A Bizarre Pilgrimage to the Cubik Mansion” hints at what Chariots Overdrive can do, as the band navigates artfully between Motörhead’s hyped-up rock n’ roll and Black Sabbathian gloomy doom.3 But the track buckles a bit under its weight by the end and feels done a few minutes before it’s over. Chariots Overdrive are engaging by grit and energy, but without a solid grasp on what exactly they are doing, The End of Antiquity can only be a fun-but-flawed work when taken as a whole.
The End of Antiquity has some flaws, but I still like where the Chariots Overdrive van is going. If you like any of the bands mentioned above it’s a safe bet you’ll get something out of this. There’s obvious chemistry between the band, and their debut has plenty of good moments throughout that are both fun in the present and hint towards a stronger future. I don’t want Chariots Overdrive to give up on what they’re doing, but if they can merge their punk hooliganism with the finesse they aspire towards in the next album, it’ll be a hit. There’s a lot of highway ahead, but this chariot’s got tread to spare yet.
Rating: Mixed
#25 #2026 #AmericanMetal #Apr26 #BlackSabbath #ChariotsOverdrive #DeadKennedys #DropkickMurphys #GatesOfHellRecords #HeavyMetal #IronMaiden #JudasPriest #ManillaRoad #MegatonSword #Motörhead #NWOBHM #PowerMetal #Rancid #Review #Reviews #TheEndOfAntiquity
DR: 84 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps MP3
Label: Gates of Hell Records
Websites: chariotsoverdrive.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/chariotsoverdrive
Releases Worldwide: April 3rd, 20265 -
With tha A, with the G!
Still my favourite wather forecast.
Nanowar Of Steel - Stormwarrior of the Storm
https://youtu.be/Jy99ywCp3qU?si=Y9OZY5rC9si4YTjp#metal #powermetal #music #musicvideo #video #nanowar #nanowarofsteel #weatherforecast #weather #italy
-
Tune! with Beth Charlesworth, 30/12/25
Your go-to show for all kinds of tuneful rock. Some courageous souls released new music in the gap between Christmas
https://hardrockhellradio.com/2026/01/05/tune-with-beth-charlesworth-30-12-25/
#aor #ClassicRock #HeavyMetal #MelodicRock #ModernMetal #podcast #podcasts #PowerMetal #ProgressiveRock #Rock
#hrhrocks -
Steel Arctus – Dreamruler Review
By Andy-War-Hall
Brothers, you need power metal in your life. No, you do. You need authentic positivity shot straight into your cynic-rotten hearts, now. Most fortunate for you, Greek power metallers Steel Arctus have graced this year of 2025 with their third album Dreamruler, marking the third entry into the chronicles of their titular hero Steel Arctus. 2020’s Fire and Blood detailed the origins of Steel Arctus and his girlfriend Red Sonja the Arcadian Lady, 2022’s Master of War saw him delve into the fires of Hades and now Dreamruler sees him challenge the titular Dreamruler in his evil world of dreams to rescue his bodacious muse. Though the first two albums were good, Steel Arctus only grazed greatness a few times in their young career. Is Dreamruler the one that’ll bring them there? Hold your hammers high.
Steel Arctus are sworn to the flame of metal glory, and Dreamruler carries that fire by way of anthemic power metal. Dreamruler is imbued with the fantasy-minded songwriting of Dio, the epic vocal acrobatics of Lost Horizon and the fist-balling machismo of Judas Priest and Visigoth. “Riding through the Night” sees Steel Arctus fuse Judas Priest grit and Nocturnal Rites hookiness, “Fate of the Beast” marries Stratovarius neoclassical-isms with Paladin riffing and “Will to Power” embodies so much Manowar that I’m surprised Manowar never wrote it. Steel Arctus harness these influences into lean, catchy tunes that—while never feeling totally original, obviously—feel deeply energized and alive. Just hearing the Lost Horizon bloopy synths and grandeur of “Defender of Steel,” the Iced Earth thrash-power of “Cry for Revenge,” and the Savatage class and nastiness of “Dreamruler” evoked that sense of first getting into metal again. Listening to Dreamruler is listening to everything Steel Arctus love distilled into forty-seven minutes of heavy metal bliss.
This mimicry of established styles wouldn’t work so well if Steel Arctus weren’t incredible musicians. Thankfully, guitarist Nash G. churns out quality riffs like it’s nothing, bringing beefy grooves to “Will to Power” and nimble plucking on “Fires of Death”. While extremely technical and wah-heavy (“Fires of Death”), G.’s solos avoid hollowness through a melody-first approach; just hear those twins on “Dreamruler” or how “Wicked Lies” plays with the riff beneath it. Drummer Minas Chatziminas crushes his kicks (“Defender of Steel”) while fitting in cool tom and cymbal work (“Riding through the Night”) and just enough kick variation for some rhythmic interest (“Dreamruler”), while bassist Strutter (Wardrum) lays down thick-toned bass runs throughout Dreamruler and even leads on “Wicked Lies.” But vocalist Tasos Lazaris (Fortress Under Siege, White Wizzard) is the leader of this quest called Dreamruler, as his incredible range (“Legend of the Warrior”,) power (“Cry for Revenge”) and charisma (“Glory of the Hero”) sharpen the hooks of Dreamruler and give Steel Arctus a commanding presence. Put together, and Dreamruler’s an outstandingly fun romp worthy of Steel Arctus’ many influences.
The only blemish on Dreamruler is that the ending isn’t a smash success. The penultimate “Legend of the Warrior” opens in dramatic fashion, replete with swirling synths, plucked clean guitar and spoken narration à la Lost Horizon that really sounds like Steel Arctus are building towards a true epic conclusion akin to “Highlander (The One).” Instead, it and the closing instrumental “Onar (όναρ),”1 move through mid-paced crawls that leave Dreamruler with a minor case of anticlimax. They’re not bad songs— “Legend of the Warrior” features Lazaris’ most dynamic performance and “Onar (όναρ)” sounds genuinely restorative in its pleasantness—but with how much pathos Steel Arctus weave into their music I think Dreamruler would’ve benefited from a bigger, grander finale. Steel Arctus can tell a story: I have no idea what happens in Dreamruler narrative-wise, but when Lazaris commands “Hammer Highyaaa!” on “Defender of Steel,” who needs a plot? I’m right there anyway.
Steel Arctus have leveled up tremendously on Dreamruler, and anyone with even a smidgen of appreciation for power metal should give this a spin. They don’t do anything new or novel whatsoever on Dreamruler, and, yeah, these are the most generic power metal song titles imaginable, but Steel Arctus hammered their way into greatness by sheer force of will anyway—along with amazing performances and adept songcraft, of course. Everything about Dreamruler is wholehearted, from Steel Arctus’ celebration of heavy metal’s past to their overwhelming showmanship. This is music of gigantic melancholy and gigantic mirth and easily one of, if not the year’s best power metal albums.
Rating: Great
DR: 72 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: No Remorse Records
Websites: steelarctus.com | steelarctus.bandcamp | facebook.com/steelarctus
Releases Worldwide: November 28th, 2025#2025 #40 #dio #dreamruler #epicMetal #fortressUnderSiege #greekMetal #heavyMetal #icedEarth #judasPriest #lostHorizon #manowar #noRemorseRecords #nocturnalRites #nov25 #paladin #powerMetal #review #reviews #savatage #steelArctus #stratovarius #visigoth #wardrum #whiteWizzard
-
Stuck in the Filter: August 2025’s Angry Misses
By Kenstrosity
The heat persists, but now the humidity comes in full force as storm systems wreak havoc upon the coasts. I hide in my cramped closet of an office, lest I be washed out once again by an unsuspecting deluge. However, I still send my minions out into the facility, bound by duty to search for those metallic scraps on which we feast.
Fortuitously, most all of those imps I sent out came back alive, and with wares! BEHOLD!
Kenstrosity’s Galactic Gremlin
Silent Millenia // Celestial Twilight: Beyond the Crimson Veil [August 26th, 2025 – Self-Release]
Have you ever seen such a delightfully cheesy cover? Probably, but it’s been a while for me. I bought Celestial Twilight: Beyond the Crimson Veil, the second raw symphonic black metal opus from Finnish one-man act Silent Millenia, on the strength of the artwork alone. Little did I know that what lay beyond this crimson veil was some of the most fun melodic black metal this side of Moonlight Sorcery. The same low-fi roughness that personifies Old Nick’s work grounds Silent Millenia’s starbound songwriting as it traverses the universe with an energetic punch reminiscent of Emperor or Stormkeep (“Awaken the Celestial Spell,” “Daemonic Mastery”). To help differentiate Silent Millenia’s sound from that of their peers, a gothic atmosphere ensorcells much of this material to great effect, merging eerie Victorian melodies with galactic adventurism in an unlikely pair (“Enthrone the Spectral”). Swirling synths and sparkling twinkles abound as well, creating blissful moments of interest as frosty tremolos and piercing blasts take full advantage of the false sense of security those entrancing clouds of synthetic instrumentation create (“Benighted Path to Darkness Mysterium,” “Reign in Cosmic Majesty”). Simply put, Celestial Twilight is an unexpected gem of a symphonic black metal record, bursting with killer ideas and infinite levels of raw, unabashed fun. You should hear it!
Kronos’ Unexpected Unearthments
Street Sects // Dry Drunk [August 15th, 2025 – Self Release]
Dry Drunk sticks to your inner surfaces, draining down like cigarette tar along paralyzed cilia to pool in your lungs until the cells themselves foment rebellion. Once it’s in you, you feel paranoid, wretched, and alone. So it’s the proper follow-up to Street Sects’ visionary debut, End Position. Like that record, Dry Drunk plumbs the most mundane and unsavory gutters of America for a cast of protagonists that it dwells in or dispatches with a mixture of pity and disgust, with vocalist Leo Ashline narrating their violent crimes and self-hatred in a mixture of croons, shrieks, and snarls that cook the air before the speakers into the scent of booze and rotten teeth. And like that record, Shaun Ringsmuth (Glassing) dresses the sets with a fractal litter of snaps, squeals, crashes, gunshots, and grinding electronics, caked in tar and collapsing just as soon as it is swept into a structure. And like End Position, Dry Drunk is a masterpiece. The impeccable six-song stretch from “Love Makes You Fat” through “Riding the Clock” ties you to the bumper and drags you along some of the duo’s most creative side-roads, through the simmering, straightjacketed sludge of “Baker Act” to the chopped-up, smirking electronica of “Eject Button.” Swerving between addled, unintelligible agony and unforgettable anthems, Dry Drunk, like End Position before it is nothing less than the life of a junkie scraped together, heated on a spoon, and injected into your head. Once you’ve taken a hit, you will never be quite the same.
Thus Spoke’s Frightening Fragments
Defacement // Doomed [August 22nd, 2025 – Self Release]
There’s music for every vibe.1 The one Defacement fits is an exclusively extreme metal flavor of moody that is only appreciable by genre fans, made tangibly more eerie by their persistent idiosyncratic use of dark ambient interludes amidst the viciously distorted blackened death. Audiences—and reviewers—tend to disparage these electronic segments, but I’ve always felt their crackling presence increases the analog horror of it all, and rather than being a breather from the intensity, they prolong the nausea, the sense of emptiness, and the abject fearfulness of head-based trauma. This latter concept grows more metaphorical still on Doomed, where the violence is inside the mind, purpose-erasing, and emotionally-detaching. The ambience might be the most sadly beautiful so far (“Mournful,” and “Clouded” especially), and the transitions into nightmarish heaviness arguably the most fluid. And the metal is undoubtedly the most ambitious, dynamic, and magnificent of Defacement’s career, combining their most gruesome dissonance (“Portrait”) with their most bizarrely exuberant guitar melodies (“Unexplainable,” “Unrecognised”). Solos drip tangibly with (emotional) resonance (“Unexplainable,” “Absent”) and there’s not a breath or a moment of wasted space. Yes, the band’s heavier side can suffer from a nagging sense of homogeneous mass, but it remains transporting. While I can appreciate why others do not appreciate Defacement, this is the first of their outings I can truthfully say mesmerised me on first listen.
ClarkKent’s Heated Hymns
Phantom Fire // Phantom Fire [August 8th, 2025 – Edged Circle Productions]
While I waded through the murky depths of the August promo sump, Steel implored me to take the eponymous third album from Phantom Fire. “The AMG commentariat love blackened heavy metal,” he said. I disregarded his advice at my peril, and while I ended up enjoying what I grabbed, it turns out this would have been solid too. Featuring members from Enslaved, Kraków. Hellbutcher, and Aeternus, Phantom Fire play old school speed metal that harks back to the likes of Motörhead and Iron Maiden’s Killers. Thanks to healthy doses of bass and production values that allow the instruments to shine, each song is infused with energetic grooves. The music sounds fresh, crisp, and clear, from the booming drums to Eld’s “blackened” snarls. Early tracks “Eternal Void” and “All For None” show off the catchy blend of simple guitar riffs and a hoppin’ bass accompanied by energetic kit work. While placing a somewhat lengthy instrumental track in the middle of a record usually slows it down, “Fatal Attraction” turns out to be a highlight. It tells a tragic love story involving a motorcycle with nothing but instruments, an engine revving, and some police sirens. The second half of Phantom Fire gets a bit on the weirder side, turning to some stoner and psychedelia. There’s a push and pull between the stoner and Motörhead speed stuff on songs like “Malphas” and “Submersible Pt. 2,” and this blend actually works pretty well. It turns out that they aren’t phantom after all—these guys are truly fire.
Burning Witches // Inquisition [August 22nd, 2025 – Napalm Records]
With six albums in eight years, Swiss quintet Burning Witches has really been burning rubber. While such prolific output in such a short time frame generally spells trouble, Inquisition is a solid piece of heavy/power metal. Burning Witches dabbles in a mix of speedy power metal and mid-tempo heavy metal, often sounding like ’80s stalwarts Judas Priest and Def Leppard. With Laura Guldemond’s gruff voice, they produce a more weighty, less happy version of power metal than the likes of Fellowship or Frozen Crown. While the songs stick to formulaic structures, tempo shifts from song to song help keep things from growing stale. We see this variety right from the get-go, where “Soul Eater” takes a high-energy approach before moving into the more mellow “Shame.” There’s even a pretty solid ballad, “Release Me,” that grounds the back half of the record. Songs of the sort that Burning Witches write need catchy choruses, and fortunately, they deliver. “High Priestess of the Night” is a particular standout, delivering a knock-out punch in its delivery. It helps that the instrumental parts are well-executed, from crunchy riffs to subdued solos to booming blast beats. Anyone looking for a solid bit of power metal that’s not too heavy on the cheese will find this worth a listen.
Deathhammer // Crimson Dawn [August 29th, 2025 – Hells Headbangers Records]
Celebrating 20 years of blackened speed, Deathhammer drop LP number six with the kind of energy that exhausted parents dread to see in their children at bedtime. This is my first foray with the band, and I am in awe of the relentless level of manic energy they keep throughout Crimson Dawn’s 39 minutes. If science could learn how to harness their energy, we’d have an endless source of renewables. The two-piece out of Norway channels classic Slayer on crack and even has moments reminiscent of Painkiller-era Judas Priest. They play non-stop thrash cranked to 11, with persistent blast beats and some dual guitar parts that leave your head spinning from the rapid-fire directions the riffs fire off in. The heart of the mania is singer Sergeant Salsten. His crazed vocals are amazing—snarling, shouting, and shrieking in a way that took me back to the manic pitch Judge Doom could reach in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? He sings so fast that on the chorus of “Crimson Dawn,” it sounds like he says “Griffindor,” which had me searching confusedly for the Harry Potter tag. This was probably my favorite song, not just because of the Griffindor thing, but because that chorus is so catchy. Either way, it’s tough to pick a standout track because they all grip you by the throat and don’t let go. Crimson Dawn is a ton of fun and a must listen if you like your music fast.
Grin Reaper’s Bountiful Blight
Kallias // Digital Plague [August 14th, 2025 – Self Release]
Machine gun drumming, spacey synths, Morbid Angel-meets-Meshuggah riffing, Turian-esque barking and Voyager-reminiscent vocal melodies…what the fuck is going on here? The only thing more surprising than someone having the moxie to blend all these things together is how well they work in concert. Kallias doesn’t hold back on sophomore album Digital Plague, and the result is a rocket-fueled blast through forty-four minutes of eclectic, addictive prog. The mishmash of styles keeps the album fresh and unpredictable while never dipping its toes in inconsistent waters, and staccato rhythms propel listeners through eight tracks without losing steam. As with any prog metal worth its salt, Kallias brandishes technical prowess, and their cohesion belies the relatively short time they’ve been putting out music.2 The mix is well-suited to spotlight whoever needs it at a given time, whether the bass is purring (“Exogíini Kyriarchía”), the drums are being annihilated (“Pyrrhic Victory”), or a guitar solo nears Pettrucian wankery (“Phenomenal in Theory”). The end result is three-quarters of an hour filled with myriad influences that fuse into a sound all Kallias’s own, and it’s one I’ve returned to several times since discovering (also, credit to MontDoom for his stunning artwork, which helped initially draw my attention). Check it out—you’ll be sick if you avoid this one like the Plague.
Luke’s Kaleidoscopic Kicks
Giant Haze // Cosmic Mother [August 22nd, 2025 – Tonzonen Records]
Whereas many of my colleagues are bracing themselves for cooler conditions and harsh winters to come, in my neck of the woods, things are warming up. While my own wintry August filter proved scarce, there was one particular summery gem to lift moods with burly riffs and fat stoner grooves. Unheralded German act Giant Haze seemingly emerged out of nowhere during a random Bandcamp deep dive. Debut LP Cosmic Mother channels the good old days of ’90s-inspired desert rock, featuring grungy, doomy vibes via a groovy batch of riff-centric, hard-rocking and uplifting jams, evoking the nostalgic spirit of Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Clutch and perhaps even a dash of Danzig. Punching out raucous, groove-soaked hard rockers with skyscraping hooks (“Geographic Gardens Suck,” “King of Tomorrow,” “Panic to Ride”), summery, funk–psych jams (“Sunrise”), and bluesy, punk-infused fireballs (“Crank in Public,” “Shrink Age”) Giant Haze get a lot of things right on this assured debut. The songwriting is deceptively diverse and punchy, bolstered by solid production, tight musicianship, and the swaggering, ever so slightly goofy vocal charms and powerful hooks of frontman Christoph Wollmann. Inevitably, a few rough spots appear, but overall Cosmic Mother showcases oodles of budding potential, an impactful delivery, cheeky sense of humor, and infectious, feel-good songcraft.
Spicie Forrest’s Foraged Fruit
Bask // The Turning [August 22nd, 2025 – Season of Mist]
Last seen in 2019, Bask returns with fourth LP, The Turning, a concept album following The Rider as she and The Traveler traverse the stars. They still peddle the unique blend of stoner rock and Americana Kenstrosity reviewed favorably in 2019, but 2025 sees them looking up for inspiration. The Turning incorporates a distinct cosmic bent (“The Traveler,” “The Turning”) and post-rock structures (“Dig My Heels,” “Unwound”). These augmentations to Bask’s core sound are enhanced by the masterful pedal steel of new official member Jed Willis. Whether floating through the firmament or tilling earthly pastures, Willis creates textures both fresh and intensely nostalgic. The infinite shifting vistas of The Turning’s front half coalesce into singular timeless visions on the back half, supporting its conceptual nature in both content and form. Like a combination of Huntsmen and Somali Yacht Club, Bask weaves riffs and melodies heard across the plains and through the void above with an unguarded authenticity felt in your soul.
Dolphin Whisperer’s Disseminating Discharge
Plasmodulated // An Ocean ov Putrid, Stinky, Vile, Disgusting Hell [August 1st, 2025 – Personal Records]
Stinky, sticky, slimy—all adjectives that define the ideal death metal platter. Myk Colby has been trying to chase this perfect balance in a reverb-wonky package with projects like the d-beaten Hot Graves and extra hazy Wharflurch, but vile death metal balance is hard to achieve. However, An Ocean ov Putrid, Stinky, Vile, Disgusting Hell contains a recklessly pinched Demilichian riffage, classic piercing whammy bombs, and spook-minded synth ambience that places Plasmodulated with an odor more pungent than its peers. With an infected ear that festers equally with doom-loaded, Incantation-indebted drags (“Gelatinous Mutation ov Brewed Origin,” “Trapped in the Plasmovoid”) and Voivod-on-jenkem cutaways to foul-throated extravagence (“The Final Fuckening”). An air of intelligent tempo design keeps An Ocean from never feeling trapped in a maze of its own fumes, with Colby’s lush and bubbling synth design seguing tumbles into hammering deathly tremolo runs (“Such Rapid Sphacelation”) and Celtic Frosted riff tumbles (“Drowning in Sputum”) alike, all before swirling about his own tattered, trailing vocal sputters. Steady but slippery, elegant yet effluvial, An Ocean ov Putrid, Stinky, Vile, Disgusting Hell provides the necessary noxious pressure to corrode death metal-loving denizens into pure gloops of stained-denim pit worship. Delivered as labeled, Plasmodulated earns its hazardous declaration. We here at AMG are not liable for any OSHA violations that occur as a result of Plasmodulated consumption on the job, though.
#2025 #Aeternus #AmericanMetal #Americana #AnOceanOvPutridStinkyVileDisgustingHell #Aug25 #Bask #BlackMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #BurningWitches #CelestialTwilightBeyondTheCrimsonVeil #CelticFrost #Clutch #CosmicMother #CrimsonDawn #Danzig #DarkAmbient #DeathMetal #Deathhammer #DefLeppard #Defacement #Demilich #DigitalPlague #Doomed #DryDrunk #DutchMetal #EdgedCircleProductions #Emperor #Enslaved #Fellship #FinnishMetal #FrozenCrown #FuManchu #GermanMetal #GiantHaze #Glassing #Hardcore #HeavyMetal #Hellbutcher #HellsHeadbangersRecords #HotGraves #Huntsmen #Incantation #Inquisition #IronMaiden #JudasPriest #Kallias #Kraków #Kyuss #MelodicBlackMetal #Meshuggah #MoonlightSorcery #MorbidAngel #Motörhead #NapalmRecords #NorwegianMetal #OldNick #PersonalRecords #PhantomFire #Plasmodulated #PowerMetal #ProgressiveDeathMetal #RawBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #SelfRelease #SilentMillenia #Slayer #Sludge #SludgeMetal #SomaliYachtClub #SpeedMetal #StonerRock #Stormkeep #StreetSects #StuckInTheFilter #StuckInTheFilter2025 #SwissMetal #SymphonicBlackMetal #TechnicalDeathMetal #TheTurning #TonzonenRecords #Turian #Voivod #Voyager #Wharflurch
-
Late to the #ThursdayFiveList party today, but here are my #PublicTransportSongs
Iron Maiden - Coming Home
https://song.link/i/1147140023AFI - Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)
https://song.link/s/43lcnmBoTbTRjaer77OBf7The Dreadnoughts - Eliza Lee
https://song.link/s/7vL3rT6hAv7Gixf3y1XDByReinXeed - We Must Go Faster
https://song.link/i/1077005814Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds
https://song.link/i/1145993097 -
@scummvm Every time I think they can't surprise anymore, #nanowarofsteel come up with a new funny song 😄 #nanowar #powermetal #heavymetal #singyourcode
-
Bon de quoi occuper mes z'oreilles ce soir :blobPikaLaugh:
#Musique #Metal #PowerMetal #Fellowship #Hammerfall #CobraSpell #AllForMetal #NorthernKings -
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
The Weekly Injection: New Releases From BAD OMENS, FOUR STROKE BARON & More Out Today 5/31
Plus releases from Rhapsody of Fire, Thou, Wormwood, and Nightrage.#BadOmens #FourStrokeBaron #Nightrage #RhapsodyOfFire #Thou #Wormwood #metal #heavymetal #progressivemetal #melodicdeathmetal #sludge #powermetal #symphonicmetal #melodicblackmetal #thrashmetal #groovemetal #postpunk #ambient #doom
-
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
The Weekly Injection: New Releases From BAD OMENS, FOUR STROKE BARON & More Out Today 5/31
Plus releases from Rhapsody of Fire, Thou, Wormwood, and Nightrage.#BadOmens #FourStrokeBaron #Nightrage #RhapsodyOfFire #Thou #Wormwood #metal #heavymetal #progressivemetal #melodicdeathmetal #sludge #powermetal #symphonicmetal #melodicblackmetal #thrashmetal #groovemetal #postpunk #ambient #doom
-
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
The Weekly Injection: New Releases From BAD OMENS, FOUR STROKE BARON & More Out Today 5/31
Plus releases from Rhapsody of Fire, Thou, Wormwood, and Nightrage.#BadOmens #FourStrokeBaron #Nightrage #RhapsodyOfFire #Thou #Wormwood #metal #heavymetal #progressivemetal #melodicdeathmetal #sludge #powermetal #symphonicmetal #melodicblackmetal #thrashmetal #groovemetal #postpunk #ambient #doom
-
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
The Weekly Injection: New Releases From BAD OMENS, FOUR STROKE BARON & More Out Today 5/31
Plus releases from Rhapsody of Fire, Thou, Wormwood, and Nightrage.#BadOmens #FourStrokeBaron #Nightrage #RhapsodyOfFire #Thou #Wormwood #metal #heavymetal #progressivemetal #melodicdeathmetal #sludge #powermetal #symphonicmetal #melodicblackmetal #thrashmetal #groovemetal #postpunk #ambient #doom
-
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
The Weekly Injection: New Releases From BAD OMENS, FOUR STROKE BARON & More Out Today 5/31
Plus releases from Rhapsody of Fire, Thou, Wormwood, and Nightrage.#BadOmens #FourStrokeBaron #Nightrage #RhapsodyOfFire #Thou #Wormwood #metal #heavymetal #progressivemetal #melodicdeathmetal #sludge #powermetal #symphonicmetal #melodicblackmetal #thrashmetal #groovemetal #postpunk #ambient #doom