INTERVIEWS

To say that we have been moist with anticipation at the arrival of the first studio album from Helloween since the formation of the Pumkins United line-up of the band would be an understatement of epic proportions, and the big questions on everyone’s lips is: did they deliver an album that meets those lofty expectations? Hell yes, they did, and then some! This is the big one for 2021, folks, and Kai Hansen took time out to tell us all about it. Rapidly rising US stars Pop Evil explain why their latest album is so appropriately titled ’Versatile’, and Max Cavalera and his son Igor team up for a vicious assault in the name of Go Ahead And Die. Also this month are interviews with Lacuna Coil, Seventh Crystal, Frost*, Robin McAuley, Sunbomb, The Damn Truth, Levara, Midnite City, Quinn Sullivan, Angstskrig, Rhabstallion, and The Quits.

EXTRA FEATURES

Our special feature this issue is all about our favourite ever gigs, and we talk to some of the brightest new lights in the southern rock scene.

POWERED UP

Papa Roach, The Wildhearts.

REGULARS

AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, Multimedia, Editorial.

POWER PLAYS

Helloween, Alan King Project, Lovebites, Levara, Go Ahead And Die, Fear Factory, Neonfly, Flotsam And Jetsam, Teramaze, Slick Rock Circus, The Stranger, Osyron, Dark The Suns, Introspect, Save The World, Crobot, Morgarten, Nephila.

POWER CUTS

Sunbomb, Midnite City, Bridear, Alestorm, Lee Aaron, Lacuna Coil, Black Swamp Water, Dropkick Murphys, Mad Symphony, Dama, Kansas, Ellis Mano Band, At The Gates, Crystal Winds, Wratheon, The Dead Deads, Artillery, Innuendo, False Memories, Kikamora, Atreyu, Paradox Community, Mercutio, Kiss Kiss Bang, Sator, One Hundred Thousand, Misfire, Interloper, Lucer, Slow Green Thing, Toto, Mother Road, Katana Cartel, The Quits, Nightshadow, Ritual, Vittra, Chaser, The Circle, Kardashev, Off The Cross, Michael Fury, Krave, Mörkvind, Time Haven Club, Wednesday 13, Eyes (Se), Assertion, Belvedere, Prosperina, Geometry Of Chaos, World Of Damage, Sonic Haven, Z-Cocoon, Raven, Rosa Nocturna, Karmamoi, Davy Williamson, Born Of Osiris, Vulture, Beastwood, Backlash, Basement League, Stone Temple Pilots, Marillion, Headtrip Trauma, Pat Reilly, Tuple, Nemophila, Tsl, I Will Take You Hunting, Nergard, Sylvan, Left Hand Solution, Ducain, Three Of Me, Howling Giant, Thy Catafalque, Evil, Pantheon, Ereb Altor, Transport League, Gangawry, Feral Ghost, Fortunato, Destruction, The Prowlers, Scarved, Midgar, Immortal Synn, Pressure, Dixie Goat, Karpenter, Upper Lip, Wormhog, Internal Conflict, Action/Adventure, Black River Delta, Nanga Barbat, Endless Chain, The Wring, Ewig Frost, Loch Vostock, Mark Spiro, Silver Talon, Quinn Sullivan, Flight Of Icarus, Signum Regis, Haunt, Satyricon, Right Stripped, The Medea Project, Boom Dox, Lucious Bloodfire, Hacktivist, Pentesilea Road, Dark, Robin Mcauley, Black Sabbath, Dave Dalton, The Split, Nine Treasures, J Lee And The Hoodoo Skulls, Heavy Temple, Oceans, Molybaron, Christian Cosentino, Somberwind, Havamal, Wytch, Book Of Wyrms, Archon, No Possession, Ren Marabou, Billy F Gibbons, Edenya, Skullfukk Satanik Sluts, Temtris, Van Canto, Electric Haze, Sons Of Liberty, At Sacrament, Nina, Blazonrite, The Almighty, Blood Of The Phoenix, Hidden Intent, Trucker Diablo, Tommy’s Rocktrip, Antioch, Lies We Sold, Spring.Fall.Sea, Obscure Fate, Aphrodite, Sonic Desolution, Big Big Train, Space King, Sharone, Firekind, Lord Vampyr, Steelbourne, Sommo Inquisitore, Quiete, Jo Below, Asnt, One Morning Left, Woe Unto Me, Catapult The Rhino, Seventh Crystal, Cirith Ungol, Rawtism, Celtic Hills, Manilla Road, Fragment Soul, Proud, Acid’s Trip, Monster Magnet, Blitzkrieg, Ornimental, Fragmentum, Tokyo Blade.