Power Metal

Storia, the Brazilian progressive power metal outfit, dropped their debut album "Revenant: A Righteous Revenge" on April 3, 2026. The band has put the full album up for streaming on their You Tube channel. You can give it a spin below,…

Veonity, the Swedish power metallers, have extended their contract with the Italian label Scarlet Records. They're marking the renewal with the release of a single for the track Saviour Of Mankind, which you can check out below. The…

Narnia, the Swedish power metal pioneers, will mark their 30th anniversary with their tenth studio album, titled "X," set for release on May 29, 2026. Below you can check out the first single from the band's upcoming album, the track…

Dominum, rising stars of a new era of power metal, are announcing the first single and video from their upcoming studio album "Night Is Calling", out July 3, 2026 via Austrian label Napalm Records. The first album single, The Circus Is…

Lovebites, the Japanese all-girl power metal sensation, are heading out on a short European run this summer, the "Outstanding Tour". The band dropped a new studio album, "Outstanding Power", this February, and the upcoming European…

Signum Regis, the Slovak melodic power metallers who also soak up plenty of symphonic and progressive elements, formed back in 2007, are announcing their new album "Beyond Spacetime", their eighth studio record overall, due out on October…

Ross "The Boss" Friedman - former guitarist of Manowar, The Dictators and Shakin' Street - has passed away. He was 72. The news was confirmed by the Metal Hall of Fame in a statement released just a few weeks after the start of a…

Power Paladin, Iceland's power metal matadors, dropped their new album “Beyond The Reach Of Enchantment” on March 27, 2026. The album is out via ROAR, the sister label of Germany's Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). To celebrate the release,…

Iron Savior, the Hamburg power metal legends, are unveiling their take on the evergreen eighties hit Maniac, originally by Michael Sembello. The original, released in 1983, was part of the soundtrack to the movie Flashdance. The band is…

Nightfear, the Spanish power metallers from Madrid, are back with a new original single and a video for the track Together Again. The single was recorded at Peer Music Daniel Blanco studio. Check it out below. Mixing and mastering…

Narnia, the Swedish power metal pioneers, are marking 30 years in the game with their tenth studio album, titled »X», which lands on May 29, 2026. The new record picks up where its predecessor »Ghost Town» (2023) left off. It brings the…

Assignment, the German progressive power metallers, have followed up their album "With The End Comes Silence", released on March 20, 2026 via Massacre Records, with yet another single and video, this time for the track Endlessly. During…

Released: February 18, 2026 via VictorProduced by: Steve JacobsLength: 64.10 minGenre: Power (Speed, Thrash, Prog) Metal "The stars have aligned" Outstanding Power is the fifth studio album from these pint-sized powerhouses from…

Tungsten, the Swedish power metal force and protégés of German label Reigning Phoenix Music, are unveiling the official music video for their new single The North Will Rise, featuring special guest Tony Kakko, frontman of long-running…

Masterplan, the cult German power metallers led by ex-Helloween guitarist Roland Grapow, will release a new studio album, “Metalmorphosis”, on June 26, 2026. The album comes out via the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl.! You can…

Alogia, XXV Godina, guests The Fifth RiderSaturday, 7 March 2026Zappa Barka, Belgrade, Serbia "Prog power heaven" Alogia is not a particularly active live band, to put it mildly. Since you never know when — or in what lineup —…

Battleroar, the epic heavy/power metal crew from Greece, will release their new album "Petrichor" on April 24 via No Remorse Records. It's their sixth studio album overall. Alongside the album announcement, the band has dropped the…

Grailknights, yet another sensational act from the new era of power metal, released their new studio album "Forever" on October 17, 2025 (out via Perception, RPM's sister label), and now they've unveiled a power metal take on the ABBA…

Evermore, the Swedish power metal trio, will release their new album »Mournbraid« on March 20 via Scarlet Records. Below you'll find the new single and official video for the track Underdark from the upcoming album. Before that, the band…

Sonata Arctica, the long-running Finnish power metal crew and pride of German label Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM), have dropped a new single called Freedom Concept. Check it out below. The new single marks the band's 30th anniversary.…

Gladenfold, the Finnish epic melodic death and power metal crew, are dropping their newest single For My Queen, taken from the upcoming album “Soulbound”, due 27. 2. 2026 via Reaper Entertainment. The single is built on striking vocal…

Mystic Prophecy and Iron Savior, devoted standard-bearers of German-school power metal, are hitting the road together on the "Heavy Metal Mania Tour '26". Generation Steel will be along as special guests. It's a double-headliner package…

Kamelot, the beloved symphonic power metal institution, have revealed the dates of their new world tour for this year, called the Dark Asylum World Tour, with a run of shows across both North America and Europe. Kamelot will kick off the…

Italian heavy metallers Ironwill will release their new studio album, "Reforged Within", on May 29, 2026, through Art Gates Records. "Reforged Within" was recorded, mixed and mastered at Snooky Records studio in Italy. Production duties…

Embrace Of Souls, the Italian symphonic power metallers, will release their new studio album "The Battle Of The Dead" on May 22, 2026 via Rockshots Records. You can check out the single and video for Desolate Lands below. The video was…

Dispyria, the grand-scale project driven by the musical vision of lead composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Jürgen Walzer, has dropped the single and video The Revelation, featuring Savatage vocalist Zak Stevens on lead vocals. …

Siege Perilous, the American power metal crew from Denver in northern Colorado, will release a new studio album called "Becoming The Dragon" on March 27, 2026. You can check out the single and video for the album's title track below.…

Twilight Force, the Swedish adventure power metal crew, have signed a deal with Austrian label Napalm Records, who will put out their next studio album. The band also dropped a fresh original single, Magic Of A New Dawn, which comes…

Iron Savior, the Hamburg power metal legends, are unveiling their take on the evergreen eighties hit Take On Me, originally by Norwegian pop and art rock outfit A-Ha! Besides the latest single, aka the cover, there are three more…

With the album »Reborn To Light«, Aeon Gods, a band that unites former Aeternitas members, open a new chapter in their mythological metal universe and step into the realm of ancient Egypt. The album will be released on February 20,…

The Grave Digger show, with the big legends of German metal due to play Zagreb's Hard Place club on Thursday, April 23, 2026, has been moved to a bigger venue, the Boogaloo club, because of the huge demand. Facebook event! All the…

Masterplan, the cult German power metallers led by former Helloween guitarist Roland Grapow, will release a new studio album, "Metalmorphosis", on June 26, 2026. The album is coming out on the Italian label Frontiers Music Srl.! You can…

Ross "The Boss" Friedman, founding guitarist of power metal titans Manowar and cult punks The Dictators, has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The news was shared in a statement…

Power Paladin, Iceland's power metal heavyweights, are coming back on 3/26/2026 with a new album, “Beyond The Reach Of Enchantment”, out via ROAR, the sister label of Germany's Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). Below you can check out the…

Induction, German power metal up-and-comers and Reigning Phoenix Music signees, are unveiling a fresh single from their just-released new studio album “Love Kills”: the track Strangers To Love. Clémentine Delauney of Visions of Atlantis…

Neverland Train will release their debut "Alive In Hell" on March 27, 2026 via El Puerto Records. Below is the first single from the album, the track Somewhere In This Universe. The album is already available to pre-order. Neverland…

Evermore, the Swedish power metal trio, will release their new album "Mournbraid" on March 20 via Scarlet Records. Below you can check out the first single and lyric video from the upcoming record, for the track The Illusionist (Raise The…

Gladenfold, Finnish epic melodic death and power metallers, are showcasing their latest single Wardens of Time from the upcoming album "Soulbound", set for release on February 27, 2026 via Reaper Entertainment. The single is all about…

Triumpher, the Greek epic power metallers from Athens and proud members of the No Remorse Records family, have dropped a fresh original single, Ithaca (Return Of The Eternal King). It comes with a video, too. Check it out below. The new…

Preludio Ancestral, the Argentinian power/heavy metal outfit, are spilling the details on their sixth studio album, »Guardians of the Twilight«, which lands on April 14, 2026 on CD and digital. Check out the first single from the album,…

Iron Mask, the Belgian power metal outfit led by neoclassically trained guitarist Dushan Petrossi (also known for his work with Metal Kingdom), have announced that American drum master John Macaluso has joined their ranks! Macaluso is a…

Battle Beast (support acts Dominum and Majestica)Wednesday, 3 Dec 2025Cvetličarna, Ljubljana, Slovenia "Midnight Fever" Not wanting to miss Scandinavian power metal eminence Tommy Johansson and his band Majestica, I showed up at…

Alestorm (support acts: Roses Of Thieves, Lutharo)Sunday, 7 December 2025Ljubljana / Cvetličarna / Slovenia There's only one of them. Alestorm. The band has earned Slovenian citizenship. Less than a year and a half after their show…

Helloween with special guests Beast in BlackWednesday, 19 November 2025Unipol Forum, Milan, Italy "40 years gone in the blink of an eye" This particular concert ended up being a solo ride. All the usual suspects were tied up with…

Ronnie Romero and Gus G. (support: Flesh)Ljubljana / Orto bar / SloveniaWednesday, 12 Nov 2025, from 20:00 Two top-tier musicians joined forces for a co-headlining tour. You might call it a team-up of two musical supermen — one on…

Released: 8/27/2025 on Reigning Phoenix Music / VictorProduction: Dennis Ward and Charlie BauerfeindLength: 50:47Genre: Power Metal "Down the Well-Worn Tracks" What's a smart thing to say about the new album from some of the…

HammerFall (support: Visions Of Atlantis)Sunday, 14 September 2025Lignano Sabbiadoro / Arena Alpe Adria / Italy This year's Lignano Sunset Festival hosted Swedish power metal kings HammerFall, with the band chosen to warm up…

Blind GuardianSaturday, 23 August 2025Tvornica kulture, Zagreb, Croatia "Let's sing the Bard's song!" After a long thirteen years (if internet sources are to be believed), the German masters of medieval folk melodies returned…

Gloryhammer / Visions Of Atlantis / Moonlight HazeWednesday, 9 July 2025, 19:00–22:30Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Gloryhammer confirmed the European dates of their new "Dundax Ascendant" tour back in March! At select shows…

DragonForceWednesday, July 2, 2025Tvornica kulture, Zagreb, Croatia "Svirajte, p...e! Seriously?" After just over a year (March 2024, alongside Amaranthe and Infected Rain, review here), it was time again to catch the (loosely…

Released: April 11, 2025 on Reaper EntertainmentProduction: Damna & AydanLength: 54:42Genre: Folk/Power Metal "A Grand Finale to the Trilogy" Our western neighbors from Friuli-Venezia Giulia have wrapped up the Reader of the…

Kamelot (support acts: Frozen Crown, Blackbriar, Ad Infinitum)Saturday, October 19, 2024Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Kamelot are a long-running American symphonic power metal band with a very well-established name on the…

Label: Reigning Phoenix MusicRelease date: July 5, 2024Production: Seeb LevermannAlbum length: 48.10 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 Orden Ogan are Germany's power metal champions. Look back at where this band's roots go (the…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: August 9, 2024Production: Fredrik NördstromAlbum length: 46.57 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 HammerFall need no introduction. The long-running Gothenburg power metallers have nothing…

Label: Century Media RecordsRelease date: July 26, 2024Production: Fredrik NordströmAlbum length: 41.24 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.0/10 Dream Evil are a Swedish power metal outfit with a much longer career behind them than…

Released: May 10, 2024 via Atomic Fire RecordsProduction: Riot V, Bruno RavelLength: 51 min, 33 secGenre: Power Metal / Hard Rock "Live and Breathe Heavy Metal" Aaaaaahhh, where do I even start? Riot (now Riot V) are the most…

Label: SPV/Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: March 29, 2024Production: Rage & Peavy WagnerAlbum length: 94 min.Genre: Heavy Metal / Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 Rage are true veterans of European metal, with a pedigree that's…

Performers: Black Motel Six, Great Master, DragonHammer, ANGRADate: Saturday, 23 March 2024Venue: Arci Tom, Mantua, Italy In my review of Angra's latest album Cycles of Pain, I expressed the wish that they'd come somewhere close…

Release date: September 1, 2023Label: Atomic Fire RecordsProduction: Mat Sinner (co-producers: Ralf Scheepers & Tom Naumann)Album length: 57.51 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 "Code Red" is, believe it or not, the 14th…

Performers: Keops / Elvenking / AlestormDate: Wednesday, 15 November 2023Location: Zagreb / Boogaloo / Croatia Alestorm are quite the phenomenon! When the author of this piece first caught them on stage during the morning hours at…

Label / Založba: AFM RecordsRelease date / Datum izida: 6. 10. 2023Production / Produkcija: Piet SielckRunning time / Dolžina albuma: 50.14 min.Genre / Žanr: Power Metal 9.0/10 "Firestar" is the twelfth studio album in total by…

Label: Atomic Fire RecordsRelease date: June 23, 2023Production: Jag PanzerAlbum length: 53.03 minGenre: Heavy Metal / Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 The cult American power metal heroes Jag Panzer are back among us with a new album,…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: September 2, 2022Production: Charlie Bauerfeind & Joost van den BroekAlbum length: 51.08 minGenre: Power Metal / Progressive MetalRating: 9.0/10 Blind Guardian, the Teutonic lords of the…

Label: Napalm RecordsRelease date: March 17, 2023Production: Sascha PaethAlbum length: 52.55 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 Kamelot, the much-loved symphonic power metallers, came back in mid-March with their 12th studio album,…

Performers: Serpentyne, Temperance, Tarja TurunenLocation: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: Friday, 3 March 2023 Tarja Turunen, one of the most impressive and genuinely standout heavy metal vocalists of our time — a…

Label: earMUSIC RecordsRelease date: September 23, 2022Production: Matias KupiainenGenre: Power MetalAlbum length: 58.06 minRating: 8.5/10 Stratovarius are a band that knows exactly what survival means. Rising from the ashes even…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: 7. 10. 2022Production: Sean DowellAlbum length: 62.25 minGenre: Progressive Metal / Power MetalRating: 8.0/10 Borealis, a relatively young Canadian progressive and power metal outfit from Orangeville…

Performing: Rumproof, Visions Of Atlantis, AlestormVenue: Barba Negra / Budapest / HungaryDate: Sunday, 3 July 2022 A day of pirate metal in Budapest. Wonder what Running Wild would have to say about that? The sun was still…

Location: Opatija / Ljetna pozornica / CroatiaDate: Friday, 19 August 2022 The question I'm going to open with is a hard one to ask out loud. Is war good for anything? No. Well — almost nothing. Because for Sabaton, the Swedish…

Performing: Victorius, Elvenking, GloryhammerVenue: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaConcert date: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 Concerts have finally come back in full force. Bands are racing like mad to make up for everything they…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: March 11, 2022Production: Jona TeeAlbum length: 49.41 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.0/10 New Horizon is a new music project fronted by two former members of H.E.A.T, Jona Tee and Erik…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: March 4, 2022Production: SabatonAlbum length: 45.21 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.0/10 Hmm… a lot has been said about Sabaton. Especially over the last fifteen years. Our music outlet's…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: 2/25/2022Production: Mario LochertAlbum length: 52.21 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 Serious Black are the German power metallers who started out with drummer Tomen Stauch (ex-Blind Guardian) and…

Label: Nuclear Blast Records Reissue date: 12. 11. 2021 Production: Fredrik Nordström Album length: 47.15 min Genre: Power Metal Rating: 8.5/10 Last November, Germany's Nuclear Blast Records brought the third studio album by Swedish…

Label: AFM Records Reissue date: 19. 11. 2021 Production: Piet Sielck Album length: 63.37 min Genre: Power Metal Rating: 9.0/10 Iron Savior, the Hamburg veterans of heavy metal and power metal, put out a reissue of their album »The…

Label: Napalm Records Release date: 2/25/2022 Production: Fredrik Nordström Album length: 45.50 min Genre: Power Metal Rating: 8.5/10 HammerFall are back with a new album, »Hammer Of Dawn«. What a wake-up call of a title! Let's be…

Label: Nuclear Blast Records Release date: January 21, 2022 Production: Janne Björkroth Length: 41.34 min Genre: Power Metal Rating: 9.5/10 Battle Beast are Finnish power metallers who run a kind of 'underground' symphonic thing on one…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl. Release date: 15. 10. 2021 Production: Tony Hernandez / mix & mastering: Roland Grapow Album length: 66.13 min Genre: Power Metal Rating: 9.0/10 Lords Of Black, the Spanish ultra-melodic power metallers…

Label: AFM Records Release date: 8. 10. 2021 Production: Gus G. / mixing and mastering: Dennis Ward Album length (2 CDs): 77.16 min Genre: Power Metal / Instrumental / Guitar Rock Rating: 9.0/10 Konstantinos Karamitroudis, better known…

Release date: May 12, 2021Label: MS Metal RecordsProduction: Edu Falaschi, Roberto Barros & Thiago BianchiAlbum length: 59.46 minGenre: Power Metal / Progressive MetalRating: 8.5/10 Edu Falaschi is a Brazilian…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: September 17, 2021Production: Seeb LevermannAlbum length: 44.42 minRating: 9.5/10Genre: Power Metal Brainstorm! The new album "Wall Of Skulls" is already their fourteenth. Let me whisper a little…

Label: SPV/Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: 9/17/2021Production: RageAlbum length: 50.02 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 9.5/10 Resurrection day. The day we've been feverishly waiting for. The day when everything comes together and…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: 6/18/2021Production: Charlie Bauerfiend & Dennis WardAlbum length: 65.05 min.Genre: Power MetalRating: 9.5/10 German power metal giants Helloween are back with their sixteenth studio…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: May 28, 2021Production: BloodboundAlbum length: 45.04 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 After the well-received “Rise Of The Dragon Empire,” Sweden's Bloodbound have raised their hammer high once…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: May 7, 2021Production: Herbie LanghansAlbum length: 54.27 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.0/10 Sonic Haven is a new German heavy metal and power metal four-piece, brought to life by one of the…

Label: Metalville RecordsRelease date: April 9, 2021Production: Johan KihlbergAlbum length: 39.03 minGenre: Power Metal/Heavy MetalRating: 9.0/10 Johan Kihlberg's Impera is back, this time with an alchemical new album. The project…

Label: Rockshot RecordsRelease date: April 2, 2021Production: Adrien G. GzaggAlbum length: 62.56 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.0/10 Nice to see that in these strange times someone's still up for a little magic and fairy-tale…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: March 12, 2021Production: Aldo LonobileAlbum length: 51.48 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 Secret Sphere are an Italian power metal band celebrating 25 years of nonstop activity this…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: 2. 4. 2021Production: Charlie Bauerfiend & Dennis WardSingle length: 19.32 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 "Skyfall" is the first single from the upcoming new studio album by…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: April 9, 2021Production: Mat SinnerEP length: 20.30 minGenre: Power Metal / Heavy MetalRating: 8.0/10 Greetings, Primal Fear fans. Thanks to their staying power and sheer stubbornness, the…

Label: Symmetry RecordsRelease date: March 5, 2021Production: Bob KatsionisAlbum length: 52.06 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 Warrior Path are a relatively new band playing music carved straight out of the power metal boom and…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: January 22, 2021Production: LabÿrinthAlbum length: 60.22 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 Labÿrinth are long-lived Italian power metallers with a marked streak of progressive leanings, who…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: December 4, 2020Production: Piet SielckAlbum length: 56:28 minGenre: Power Metal/Heavy MetalRating: 10/10 There's hardly anything new left to say about Iron Savior – the power metal legends from…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: December 4, 2020Production: PersuaderAlbum length: 44.04 minGenre: Power Metal/Thrash MetalRating: 8.5/10 Persuader are a Swedish heavy metal outfit that formed way back in 1997 in Umeå.…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: December 4, 2020Production: Dushan PetrossiAlbum length: 61.01 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 8.5/10 After four years, Iron Mask are back with their seventh studio album overall, “Master of Masters.”…

It was the first year of the new millennium when Iron Maiden dropped their comeback album with the re-recruited "deserter" Bruce Dickinson. It was an album of salvation, an album of relief, an album that landed at the right time in the…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: November 13, 2020Production: Jacob HansenAlbum length: 61.47 minGenre: Progressive Metal/Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 Pyramaze have always been an interesting band when it comes to reviewing albums.…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: November 6, 2020Production: Roland GrapowAlbum length: 60.21 minGenre: Power MetalRating: 9.5/10 Lords Of Black are a Spanish quartet founded in 2014 by guitarist Tony Hernandez and Chilean…

Label: Napalm RecordsRelease date: 10/23/2020Genre: Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 HammerFall are, let's just say, the "saviors" of power metal. And even if you don't buy that, they're one of the most visible figures tied to the genre,…

Label: Napalm RecordsRelease date: 8/21/2020Production: Andrew KingsleyAlbum length: 55.56 minGenre: Power Metal Power metal might not be the first genre that comes to mind when you think of Canada, but the fact is that one of the…