Serious Black

Serious Black, the international power metal outfit led by German bassist Mario Lochert, have unveiled the single and video for the track Last Man Standing, which you can check out below. The video was directed by Ingo Spörl. The new…

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…

"Everyone in the venue had a blast in that spectacular power metal carousel that evening. The energy was excellent once again, and it's truly remarkable how HammerFall, despite the declining interest in power metal, keep drawing the crowds…

Apart from four standout tracks, the rest of the album doesn't smash clichés convincingly enough, and the songwriting ideas this time around aren't as strong as they were on the debut.

Amid the general decline of interest in classic European power metal, the tour of the famed Hamburg heavy metallers Gamma Ray, who are marking 25 years in the music business this year, was just the balm the few lonely, still-living power…

Location: Graz / PPC / AustriaDate: Monday, 09.02.2015 HammerFall are back at full concert gallop! Nearly two decades have flown by in a stormy, lightning-fast blur since 1997, when the band was formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, and…

An hour and three quarters of HammerFall power metal, brilliantly executed by seasoned, charismatic Swedes who are never short on stage dynamite, made for a sweet concert experience that more than welcomely shook up this February's…

A debut album of undeniable songwriting and arranging chops: a brilliantly repackaged patchwork of ideas, experience and routine from a crew of seasoned musicians, devoted to the core tradition of Euro power metal.