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Ach...the Scorpions...seems weird, but thinking back it was my younger brother whom got me interested in Hard Rock music, and I remember that, before he introduced me to Kiss (the band which took me over the line to start a collection of records), his two foremost band in his collection were AC/DC (which I originally found sounding far too sharp – but that was due to the lousy small record player he had) and Scorpions (the band which I originally branded as “too sweet” for my taste – of course, I redeemed myself discovering

Uhm...for die-hard fans only, I guess!

Here's what the booklet says : “The British heavy Metal legends produce a series of alternative takes on classic favorites to herald a worthy new entry to the Saxonian Insitute Of Metal!...

...There is always feral beauty in a raging beast...and with Unplugged And Strung Up, Saxon's selection of unique, fresh and adventurous interpretations of material previously heard only with raw Heavy Metal thunder, the point is triumphantly underscored. …”

Running Wild could be called a dinosaur, because they were formed way back in 1976, and besides a hiatus of some three years between 2009, when they split up, and their reformation in 2011, have kept around, with many personnel changes over these years. 

Merely a year has passed since the release of their ‘Shadowmaker’ album.  This album seems to go back to their nineties releases, and as far as I’m considered, is not a bad album, but also an album that will not remain in your memory for too long.  It’s some standard eighties/nineties metal no more no less.

Poemosia an Italian symphonic metal band members: Tina Gagliotta (Voice), Marco Monaco (Guitar), Ciro Scognamiglio (Bass), Giuseppe Carillo (Keyboards) and Vincenzo Grande (Drums) and Sakis Tolis (growl voice on Anemone).

Pitch Black Mentality started as a project in 2008/09 between Jarle H Olsen and Frank Natås in Norway / Bergen. As they had been playing and touring together in a Metallica-tribute band for nearly a decade, they decided to make their own melodic thrash-metal band, utilizing the fierce technique and amazing guitar-shredding from Jarle - Combined with the heavy and raw riff style from Frank. In Norway they know how to make Trash/black metal…

Line up:

Ralf Gyllenhammar (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar)

David Johanneson (Lead Guitar)

Mats ‘Stam’ Johansson (Bass Guitar)

Jejo Perkovic (Drum)

Quality rockbands in Sweden: it’s full of it and ‘Mustasch’ is one of the greater rockbands in Sweden. They are back with the sequel of their album ‘Sound Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven’ from 2012.

Hey, yet another Motörhead studio album, in fact their 21^st to date, and yet again a powerhouse addition to an already impressive collection of material!

Markradonn are an Orlando, Florida based project by Haniel Adhar (g, v, b, production, engineering, mix, music and lyrics). He wrote a couple of songs that are based on the Floridian-styled Death Metal scene, but created with a completely different, unique angle. Done with the assistance of several session and guest musicians, his first studio result under the Markradonn-moniker, called Final Dying Breath, turns out to be a Death Metal-oriented form of Extreme Music incorporated with (cf.

Kiara Laetitia Italian ex-vocalist of Skylark (and writer, model and actress, too). "This work is dark yet melodic and positive at the same time" says Kiara "I've been through one of the toughest moments in my life and I came out of it as a new person, stronger I should say and this is how the idea for 'Fight Now' came about.

The New York City-based act Imperial Triumphant was formed in 2005 by two guys who were active within the Death Metal scene especially (Malignancy and Pyrrhon, for those who care).