Powerplay 252 June 2022
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
Pirate metal crew Alestorm finally get serious with a set of historical tales on latest album ‘Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum’ but fear not if you love the band for their wacky side. As front man Christopher Bowes tells Powerplay, “At the end of the day we’re a band that sings dumb fantasy songs about pirates. I think we’ll stick to that.” We spend a few days on the road to get the inside story of touring life with South African sisters The SoapGirls, Haken guitarist Charlie Griffiths gives us the lowdown on his first ever solo album, and Mark Mangold tells us all about Keys, his exciting new keyboard extravaganza with former Amaranthe and current Cyhra singer Jake E. Also in this issue are chats with Reef, Crashdiet, Kreator, Symphonity, Rick Altzi, Brunhilde, Bleed From Within, Jo Dog And Paul Black’s Sonic Boom, Nervosa, Astronoid, Leader Of The Down, Dethonator, Fury, and Credic, plus Pitch Black Records founder Phivos Papadopoulos shares his stories about running an independent metal label in Cyprus.
POWERED UP
Judas Priest, Ghost, Dragonforce, Firewind, Fozzy, Visions Of Atlantis, Smash Into Pieces, Nervosa, Burning Witches, Temperance, Dark Tranquility, Ensiferum, The SoapGirls, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Scarlet, Nailed To Obscurity, Hawklords, Alia Tempora,
Found Missing?, Twin Temple, Hunting Horror, Control The Storm.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, Editorial.
POWER PLAYS
Rammstein, Chaos Magic, Alestorm, Dampf, Crashdiet, Venus 5, Draged Under, Wind Rose, Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters, Sandness, Skullfist, Bad Bone Beast, Black Lung, Slowtorch, Eva Under Fire, Coreleoni.
POWER CUTS
Supersonic Blues Machine, Keys, Blues Weiser, Moon Tooth, Michael Monroe, Astronoid, Last Temptation, Orochen, Psychostick, Heart Attack, Rxptrs, Darian And Friends, Cross Eyed Lover, Super Death Flame, Anniken, Battlelore, Lord Of The Lost, Fonzy And Company, Barrel Smoke, Lie Land, Face The Legacy, Hollow Front, Charlie Griffiths, Bleed From Within, Brunhilde, Orra, Dirty Honey, Pure Reason Revolution, Midas, Thunderstick, Hawxx, Poets Of The Fall, Bill Bruford, White Spirit, Flush, Ash Of Ashes, Gräce, Lamentarium, Elusive God, Datcha Mandala, Shameless, Ocean Grove, Islander, Lionsoul, Liquid State, Chantal, Las Cruces, Asia, David Clemmons, Days Of Wine, Stinger, Sin 69, Snake, Mother Of Millions, All Things Fallen, Cabin Boy Jumped Ship, Seventh Wonder, Kerion, Vypera, Inretrospect, Depressed Mode, Cobra Spell, Squared, Enneade, Devil’s Train, The Beat Chess, The Gates, Nechochwen, Walter Trout, Rosalie Cunningham, Booze & Glory, Stellar Saint, Crematory, Helioss, Bobby Stoker, Chronomaster Project, Gengis Khan, Battle Symphony, Survivalist, The Million Reasons, Creeping Jean, Black Void, Powerhill, Emissary, Deaton Lemay Project, Parallel Minds, Lux Incerta, Siberian Tusk, No Restraints, Man Machine Industry, Trouble, Heterochrome, Chemia, Dream Map, Parris Hyde, Lost Legacy, Cellar Stone, Defiatory, Return To Earth, Jaws Of Life, Lonerider, Royal Desolation, After Forever, Asylum City Zoo, Sinsid, Jorn, Adamantis, Rush, Silent Running, Galaxy, Mano De Mono, Torus, Denali, Hawkwind, Deraps, Space Vacation, I Fight Bears, Black Beer, Joe Appleford, Running Wild, Until 9, Foul Body Autopsy, Kohana, Bang Bang Firecracker, Soulfly, Archie Caine, Ritual, Cell 9, Zacky Sickness, Mind Patrol, Taliesin, Nova Luna, Tenebro, Valley Of The Sun, Dorothy, Bloody Heels, Bridear, Rumours, Tank, Odd Crew, Enlightenment, Void Of Vision, Wild N Wasted, Molten Chains, Fading Chaos, A Crack In The Sky, Loss, The Injester, Red City Radio, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Claim HG, Danny Beardsley, Downset, Volturian, Nightstalker, Hot Hell Room, Exiled On Earth, Junction 28, Moonraker, Sole Syndicate, Windwaker, Preincarnation, Stone Broken.