Powerplay 259 February 2023

INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES

Evoking highlights from throughout the band’s history, latest album ‘Foregone’ from kings of Swedish metal In Flames is a deep and dark reflection on life. We talk to former Nightwish singer Tarja about her new ‘best of’ album and her extensive 2023 touring plans, Blackwald from Twilight Force explains about the band’s orchestrated sound and describes them as Hollywood-esque Disney metal, and in a beautifully expressive interview Insomnium’s Markus Vanhala shares stories such as the wild wolves who escaped extermination in Norway to find new a new home in Finland. Also this issue there are interviews with Riverside, Jared James Nichols, Doomsday Outlaw, King Kraken, Beyond Dystopia, Nick Daniel, Roadhouse, Sons Of Arrakis, Roof Down, and Old Glory & The Black Reviera, plus we reflect on the life of ChildLine Rocks founder Daryl Clark.

POWERED UP

Nightwish, Alter Bridge, Within Temptation, Evanescence, Shinedown, In Flames, Volbeat, Halestorm, Powerwolf, The Dead Daisies, Asking Alexandria, Magnum, Steel Panther, The Sweet, Fozzy, Mercyful Fate, Escape The Fate, Blackberry Smoke, Skindred, Amorphis, Beast In Black, Danny Vaughn, Eluveitie, Gun, Municipal Waste, Napalm Death, Dark Tranquillity, Vega, The Hu, High On Fire, The New Roses, Zeal & Ardor, Warkings, Mammoth WVH, Rosalie Cunningham, Turmion KT, Veridia, Scarlet Rebels, Zero 9:36, Wicked Smile, Nailed To Obscurity, Kira Mac, King Nun, Heriot, The Hot One Two, Cassidy Paris.

REGULARS

AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, Editorial, The New Power Files.

POWER PLAYS

Uriah Heep, Chez Kane, Copperhead County, Globus, Crom, EMolecule, Dangereens, Crowne, Mother Vulture, Jamie Lenman, Silver Nightmare, Blackhole, It’sALie, Delain, Walk In Darkness, Those Damn Crows, Pitch Black Mentality, Jaime Kyle, Overhead.

POWER CUTS

In Flames, Avatar, Nick Daniel, Airstrike, Laura Cox, Imperium Dekadenz, Roadhouse, Starcrazy, Powerful Systm, The Roads, Twilight Force, Selenic, Finnegans Hell, Ghost Of Echoes, Blackmore’s Night, Satin, Eamonn McCormack, Seething Akira, Yesterdaze, Velvet Chains, Acid Blade, Xentrix, The Cold Stares, Chaoseum, Orbiter, 25 Yard Screamer, Death Come Daylight, The Electric Alley, Genghis Nash, Jared James Nichols, Flying Circus, Avoid, The Wring, Ancient Mastery, Tarja, Silence Is Spoken, Arctic Rain, Halo Metal Band, Rioghan, The Irresponsibles, The Enigma Division, Action/Adventure, Hell Theater, 17 Crash, Black Sabbath, Oak, Rick Reichert, Shiver Of Frontier, Galahad, Girish & The Chronicles, Hedra, I’ve Tried Sleeping, Xandria, Rexoria, Along The Lines, Kansas, Risingfall, Bleeding Deacons, Mist Of Misery, Heroes And Monsters, Hollywood Nightmare, Signs Preyer, Mistborne, Vantage Point, Stonesilk, Betty The Raccoon, Lucky Mud, Liv Sin, Hawkwind, Wheel, Varras, Daevar, Heidevolk, Filter, Ronnie Romero, Expiatoria, R3vo, Zebedy, Green King, Exciter, Strike Eagle, Riverside, Rule Of Two, Bizarrekult, Gerry Jablonski And The Electric Band, Electric Mob, Tailgunner, Ballsqueezer, Wild Heat, N.Y. Fury, Ten, Turmion Kätilöt, Magical Heart, Admire The Grim, Docker’s Guild, Pyramid, The Killer Hertz, Marfa Motel, Rocketboy, Diamondback, Sorrow & Spires, Distance Of Thought, Carbellion, Fäust, Elusion, Devilsbridge, Tidal Wave, Doctor Doom, The Smoke Breaks, Steelwings, Highway Queen, Held Hostage, King Kraken, Frankior, Faraz Anwar, Strider, Toxic Youth, Carttada, Grimskull, Ravenlight, Deviser, Isaac Krapf, Stoner, Ripio, Onyria, The Genius Sex Poets, Dead Furies, Celtic Legacy, Conor Brouwer’s Call Of Eternity, Whiskey Ritual, The Trousers, John Lawton, Beyond Your Design, Poisoned Hestia, Onslaught, Jack Starr’s Burning Starr, Rodrigo Gutiérrez’s Jadoo, Shaggy The Rockband, Mikey Ball & The Company, Aghiazma, Love Gang, Diamond Chazer, The Sunrise, Metropolis, Watch Them Fail, Runamok, Flying Disk, Purveyor Of Chaos, Cory Marks, Cold Drop, Neptune, Small Town Saviours, Reanimator, Faith In Jane, Insomnium, Overdrivers, Pete Way, Von Dippel, Obituary, Elephant Takedown, Steve Vai, Vinnie Moore, The New Bardots, Sir Gibson, Peterson, Onsegen Ensemble, Stensland, Rising Storm, Ronnie Atkins, Serenity, Egress, Mazer, Metalhonic, Frozen Factory, Grim Justice, Not Now Norman, Dusk Of Delusion, Dark Beauty, Issa, Logoz, Arise, Höwler, Rebecca Downes, Witches Brew, Serpents Kiss, Bang Bang Firecracker, Malus Dextra, Godwatt, Magnolia Park, Bachelors Grove, The Third Grade, August Burns Red, Roof Down, Big City, Tough On Fridays, Rogue Sharks, Ebb, Vis Mystica, Doomsday Outlaw, Medusa Touch, Highlord, The Tirith, Explorer, Manticore.