Powerplay 238 March 2021
INTERVIEWS & FEATURES
After an interminably long wait, the ‘Holy Ground’ album from that most super of supergroups The Dead Daisies is finally with us, and what an album it is! It might only be March but the smart money says we are looking at our album of the year already. Now with Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals, the band have scaled previously unimaginable heights on ‘Holy Ground’ which is an absolute revelation. Glenn and Doug Aldrich share their excitement about the album and where The Daisies will go from here. Only in one direction, for sure - straight up! Evergrey maintain their amazing run of top class albums with latest release ‘Escape Of The Phoenix’, Inglorious raise their game yet again on fourth outing ‘Will Will Ride’, and Simone Simons enthuses about ‘Omega’, Epica’s first proper album release in five years. Also this month we talk to Toto luminaries Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams who are both releasing solo albums, Ricky Warwick, Anneke van Giersbergen, Orden Ogan, Eyehategod, Joanna Connor, Lake Of Tears, Nova Hawks, Skam, Skinny Knowledge, and A Lily Gray, plus we go behind the scenes to shine a light on radio presenter Guy Bellamy whose award winning ‘Great Music Stories’ radio show will be of considerable interest to our readers.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Editorial, MeTube, That Was My Year....
EXTRA FEATURES
Everyone really enjoyed last month’s feature with the albums from Kiss ranked, so we decided to give metal legends Iron Maiden the same treatment. Also this month, we look at those special songs and albums that we turn to for support when life is hard.
POWER PLAYS
Inglorious, Joseph Williams, In Tormentata Quiete, Dead Furies, Steve Lukather, Mercy, Moonspell, Autumns Child, Alpha Boys, Illegal Mind, Metalite, Amon Sethis, The Generals, Sirakh, Anneke Van Giersbergen, The Crown, Crystallion, Everdawn.
Power Cuts
Walking Papers, Alice Cooper, U.D.O., Evanescence, Riverside, Saint Agnes, Bite The Bullet, Skam, Cryptosis, Stepson, Mr. Giant & The Broken Stone, Shadow Warrior, Neal Schon, Cultt Of She, Sweetwood Amber Remedy, Bloodtrust, Iotunn, Of Mice & Men, Primitai, Blind Golem, Gaia Epicus, Empyrean Fire, Smith/Kotzen, Orden Ogan, Bonnie Tyler, Mason Hill, Simulacrum, Spiralsea, Mother Road, Thunder Horse, Brunhilde, Phallax, Lastelle, Black Diamonds, Ho Chi Minh, Enforcer, Arc Of Life, Mnp, The Senton Bombs, 3.2, Zac Crye, Barbarian Hermit, Bezerker, Kreek, Jamie Thyer, Orion’s Reign, Fiur, Radar, Wheel, Sixstringnoise, Ataraxia, Sam Coffey And The Iron Lungs, Landmvrks, Ouroboric, Mariannas Rest, Weird Tales, Door 964, Paranorm, Dying Sun, Five Iron Frenzy, Halloween Project, Cicadastone, Joel Hoekstra’s 13, Stereotypical Working Class, Mind Driller, Conan, Boozewa, Blue Hour Ghosts, Breksir, Gutter Queens, Cave Mouth, Einherjer, Frontline, Ward Xvi, Budderside, Dance Gavin Dance, Saxon, Lizzard, Souls Extolled, Betrayed, Roof Down, Heavy Feather, Ghosts Of Sunset, Detritus, Acid Mammoth, Fire Bridge, Royal Hunt, Andy B And The World, Stormwind, Coronary, Black Ink River, Mons Ignifer, D’ercole, The Soviet Machines, Aborym, Fahrenheit, Moonscape, Torn Fabriks, Andy Susemihl, Black Spiders, Roadkill, Maudiir, Grown, Durbin, Papa Roach, Ojm, Red Method, 3 Dreams Never Dreamt, Dreamslain, Princess, Part Of This Machine, Midnight Phantom, Palooka, Warzaw, Burning Fuse, Mirzadeh, Splendidula, Downes Braide Association, Jacob Bryant, Immortal Guardian, James Fox, Oceana, Gatuplan, Under Attack, Delirium’s Dawn, A Lily Gray, White Void, 16 & Grime, Glasgow, Black Sun Brotherhood, Demon Head, Ivy Gold, Phase Transition, Ego Kill Talent, Walk The Walk, Wehrmacht, While I See Sound, Siren, Black Crowes, Lee Kerslake, Faithful Breath, Tragedian, Nova Hawks, Canyon, The Black, The Limit, Mark Bravi, Lena Morris, Cargo Lift, Straddlerz, Harakiri For The Sky, Dangerous Times For The Dead, Fall Of Autumn, Qirsh, Dygitals, Under A Spell, Reach, Lillasyster, Aliceissleeping, Deep Space Mask, Antonio Bazdaric, Jester’s Tears, Cosmic Reaper, Black Pistol Fire, Echolot, Black Sabbath, Return To Void, Dio, Solstice, Attika, Northern Flame, Jump, Fraternity.