Mentalist: Empires Falling

Het Duitse melodic heavy metal / melodic power metal gezelschap Mentalist werd pas in 2018 opgestart. Maar het vijftal – Florian Hertel (bass), Thomen Stauch (drums), Kai Stringer (gitaar), Peter Moog (gitaar) en Rob Lundgren (vocals) – gaat er wel keihard tegenaan want ‘Empires falling’ is reeds het derde full-album van de band. Met ‘Freedom

Canadian melodic metal act Borealis returns with new album, “illusions”.

Canadian melodic metallers Borealis have announced the release of their fifth studio album, entitled “Illusions”, which will be out on October 7, 2022 via AFM Records! With their critically acclaimed debut in 2008, Borealis took the heavy music scene by storm, and seen them opening for several metal greats such as Epica, Sonata Artica, Saxon

Sonata Arctica: »Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two« due out on September 30th.

Finnish five-piece 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. Foremost resulting in some aptly called »Acoustic Adventures« touring cycles, but also in the