SPV/Steamhammer Records

Molly Hatchet, the legendary American southern rockers from Jacksonville, Florida, are coming back on November 27, 2026 with a brand-new studio album, “Lost Horizon”, out via Steamhammer/SPV Records. Down below you'll find the second…

Hardline – the big AOR/hard rock sensation of the eighties, now represented by just one original member, vocalist Johnny Gioeli – will drop a new studio album called “Shout” on April 17, 2026 via SPV/Steamhammer Records. Below you'll…

Hardline – the huge AOR/hard rock sensation of the eighties, now represented among the original members only by vocalist Johnny Gioeli – will drop a new studio album called "Shout" on April 17, 2026 via SPV/Steamhammer Records. Down…

EvilDead, the cult American thrash metal outfit, are getting two albums from their old-school thrash metal story reissued on 3/27/2026: "Annihilation Of Civilization" and "The Underworld". Both albums will be available on LP, CD and…

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…

Label: SPV/Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: January 12, 2024Production: Tony ClarkinAlbum length: 50.15 min.Genre: Art Rock / Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 It's a sad but true realization, and one that will keep plenty of fans up at…

Label: SPV/Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: September 30, 2022Production: Ben GrooseAlbum length: 36.58 min.Genre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 It's unbelievable the momentum with which The Dead Daisies keep infecting the planet with…

Label: SPV / Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: April 15, 2022Production: Axel Rudi PellAlbum length: 54.42 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.5 / 10 Axel Rudi Pell, the timeless German guitar hero, is back with yet another studio album,…

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: SPV / Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: January 22, 2021Production: Ben GrosseAlbum length: 48.15 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 10/10 The Dead Daisies are a proper rock supergroup. Under this name, the musical Hercules figures of…

Label: SPV/SteamhammerRelease date: September 18, 2020Production: RavenAlbum length: 38.55 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.5/10 For fans of the days when metal was the young, innocent child of the ever-harder rock of the seventies,…

"Put simply, it's another quality Mad Max album, one that will win over fans not just of this band but of old-continent European hard rock, as long as they go easy on Voss's worn-out vocals.”

"The Bay Area legends don't do surrender. Quite the opposite. They radiate fire, wildness and a frighteningly bestial commitment, delivering one of this year's strongest, most charismatic and, in the end, most beautiful and truest-to-form…

"The album "Sign of the Times" comes with a different production and a distinctly sharpened-up sound, but otherwise hits every high-quality standard of the top-shelf hard rock that stands behind the name Axel Rudi Pell."

"A conformist, safe stance, but one Peavy still handles with skill and knows inside out, and once again it wins him a poker hand full of aces."

"“Coat Of Arms” is another superb studio achievement from a legendary band that stays true to its traditional (chiseled) style. On the new album, Wishbone Ash radiate expressive freshness, creative sparkle and even a cheeky playfulness,…

"The Serpent Rings" is very much cut from the same cloth as its predecessor. Magnum conjure up the magic of their golden era (the 1980s) with real success, but for all the 'corrections' they still can't hide Catley's fading vocals.

"Anyone who swears by epic, manly and smart power metal will be more than thrilled with »The Deviant Chord«. It's a thoroughly classic album with just the right dose of modern songwriting and production touches, which means it's exactly…

"A band drops a killer new album at the start of the year, then announces its official retirement in the middle of summer."