Powerplay 243 August 2021
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
After being told that the door back into Judas Priest was most definitely closed to him, KK Downing is back with his new, ‘Ripper’ Owens fronted band KK’s Priest, and their debut album is a glorious throwback to everything that we love about vintage Judas Priest. Larger than life, Dee Snider returns with a new solo album, Sepultura impress with an album of guests joining in on some of their most iconic songs, Devin Townsend talks about the many projects that he has on the go, and Lee Aaron shares her feelings about being exploited, sexualised and marketed as a pin-up, but how people are now finally getting the message that ‘Metal Queen’ was a feminist statement. Also this month are interviews with Buckcherry, Ian Parry, Thyrfing, Caskets, Dan Jones, GosT, Tortuga, and Troy Redfern, plus Cheap Trick get our Albums Ranked treatment, and we name our top fifty favourite singers.
POWERED UP
Motionless In White, Rock, Ribs, And Ridges Festival, Wolf Jaw, Iconic Eye, The Damn Truth, Hollowstar, Naked Sunday, The Short Heath Boys, The Hot One Two, False Hearts.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, Editorial, MeTube.
POWER PLAYS
KK’s Priest, Inner Stream, Leprous. Muddles, Dee Snider, Alien Weaponry, Warkings, Brainstorm, The Ugly Kings, Toby Hitchcock, Space Chaser, Thyrfing, Laurenne/Louhimo, Buckcherry, Mama Doom, The L.I.F.E. Project.
POWER CUTS
Shotgun Mistress, Between The Buried And Me, Suidakra, Paradise Lost, Bolido, Weatherworn, Chain Reaktor, The Vicious Head Society, Mordred, Dobermann, Tragedy, Mourn The Light, The Five Hundred, No:Ir, Wildstreet, Dan Jones, Lost Division, The Ramshackle Army, Swallow The Sun, Derev, Chainerection, Tiny Tree, Lutharo, Night Thieves, Dragged Under, Razor, Angel Dust, Trouble Is, Smiling, Afi, Sodom, Seventh Dimension, The Rockit King, Al Navarro, Great Master, Lesbian Bed Death, Hanz Krypt, Six Gun Romeo, Overdrivers, Evil King, Nether, Rituals, Destruction, Agents Of Exile, Sianar, Moon Unit, Krilloan, Lord Helmet, Witchcryer, Sepultura, Another Now, Opera Nera, Joe Bailey, Big City, Blacksword, Kingdom Keys, Deathbale, Vader, Catholic Guilt, Steve Hackett, Hellgrimm, Flying Cupid, Rory Gallagher, Ramrods, Mr Maggot, Attack Of The Rising, Crimson Riot, Heavy Water, Twisted Rose, Watershape, Groza, Rian, Matt Long And The Revenant Ones, Graveyard Shifters, Innasanatorium, The Lrw Project, Shade Of Memories, Jinjer, Merzotna Potvora, Outlaw Devils, Rita Tekeyan, Resurrection Kings, Drunken Swallows, Rocking Corpses, Crossbones Creed, Magenta, Underball, Spacegoat, Alastor, Leviathan Project, Danko Jones, Adrian Benegas, Steignyr, Netherbird, Strykenine, Flame, Dear Flame, Karma Kids, L.A. Guns, Nothing Sacred, Shadow Kingdom, Stephen Crane & Duane Sciacqua, Ed Banger And The Kardashits, Stormwind, Irhsan, Troy Redfern, Stranger Vision, Caskets, S.O.S., Wolf Jaw, Nemesis H.P., 9 Skies, Rhapsody Of Fire, Ballsqueezer, Nightwish, Fallen Stars Bc, Gsus Sg, Hellsword, Herman ‘Ze German’ Rarebell, Nitrate, Kristian Montgomery, Rapid Strike, Gloo, Ramchat, Hardline, Father Before Me, Marenna, Heaven & Earth, Silench Crew, Gost, Hammers Of Misfortune, Smokeheads, Mallet, The Zone, Emperors & Angels, Feuerschwanz, Dirkschneider & The Old Gang, .38 Special, Wizardthrone, Slizard, Confined To Oblivion, Bulletboys, Doug Brons, Gasoline Guns, Numenor, Rubicon, Æøns, Neal Morse Band, The Immediate Famlly, Tri State Corner, Restless Bones, Prayers Of Sanity, Ankhara, Steve Pope, Blind Petition, Infex, Trance.
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
After being told that the door back into Judas Priest was most definitely closed to him, KK Downing is back with his new, ‘Ripper’ Owens fronted band KK’s Priest, and their debut album is a glorious throwback to everything that we love about vintage Judas Priest. Larger than life, Dee Snider returns with a new solo album, Sepultura impress with an album of guests joining in on some of their most iconic songs, Devin Townsend talks about the many projects that he has on the go, and Lee Aaron shares her feelings about being exploited, sexualised and marketed as a pin-up, but how people are now finally getting the message that ‘Metal Queen’ was a feminist statement. Also this month are interviews with Buckcherry, Ian Parry, Thyrfing, Caskets, Dan Jones, GosT, Tortuga, and Troy Redfern, plus Cheap Trick get our Albums Ranked treatment, and we name our top fifty favourite singers.
POWERED UP
Motionless In White, Rock, Ribs, And Ridges Festival, Wolf Jaw, Iconic Eye, The Damn Truth, Hollowstar, Naked Sunday, The Short Heath Boys, The Hot One Two, False Hearts.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, Editorial, MeTube.
POWER PLAYS
KK’s Priest, Inner Stream, Leprous. Muddles, Dee Snider, Alien Weaponry, Warkings, Brainstorm, The Ugly Kings, Toby Hitchcock, Space Chaser, Thyrfing, Laurenne/Louhimo, Buckcherry, Mama Doom, The L.I.F.E. Project.
POWER CUTS
Shotgun Mistress, Between The Buried And Me, Suidakra, Paradise Lost, Bolido, Weatherworn, Chain Reaktor, The Vicious Head Society, Mordred, Dobermann, Tragedy, Mourn The Light, The Five Hundred, No:Ir, Wildstreet, Dan Jones, Lost Division, The Ramshackle Army, Swallow The Sun, Derev, Chainerection, Tiny Tree, Lutharo, Night Thieves, Dragged Under, Razor, Angel Dust, Trouble Is, Smiling, Afi, Sodom, Seventh Dimension, The Rockit King, Al Navarro, Great Master, Lesbian Bed Death, Hanz Krypt, Six Gun Romeo, Overdrivers, Evil King, Nether, Rituals, Destruction, Agents Of Exile, Sianar, Moon Unit, Krilloan, Lord Helmet, Witchcryer, Sepultura, Another Now, Opera Nera, Joe Bailey, Big City, Blacksword, Kingdom Keys, Deathbale, Vader, Catholic Guilt, Steve Hackett, Hellgrimm, Flying Cupid, Rory Gallagher, Ramrods, Mr Maggot, Attack Of The Rising, Crimson Riot, Heavy Water, Twisted Rose, Watershape, Groza, Rian, Matt Long And The Revenant Ones, Graveyard Shifters, Innasanatorium, The Lrw Project, Shade Of Memories, Jinjer, Merzotna Potvora, Outlaw Devils, Rita Tekeyan, Resurrection Kings, Drunken Swallows, Rocking Corpses, Crossbones Creed, Magenta, Underball, Spacegoat, Alastor, Leviathan Project, Danko Jones, Adrian Benegas, Steignyr, Netherbird, Strykenine, Flame, Dear Flame, Karma Kids, L.A. Guns, Nothing Sacred, Shadow Kingdom, Stephen Crane & Duane Sciacqua, Ed Banger And The Kardashits, Stormwind, Irhsan, Troy Redfern, Stranger Vision, Caskets, S.O.S., Wolf Jaw, Nemesis H.P., 9 Skies, Rhapsody Of Fire, Ballsqueezer, Nightwish, Fallen Stars Bc, Gsus Sg, Hellsword, Herman ‘Ze German’ Rarebell, Nitrate, Kristian Montgomery, Rapid Strike, Gloo, Ramchat, Hardline, Father Before Me, Marenna, Heaven & Earth, Silench Crew, Gost, Hammers Of Misfortune, Smokeheads, Mallet, The Zone, Emperors & Angels, Feuerschwanz, Dirkschneider & The Old Gang, .38 Special, Wizardthrone, Slizard, Confined To Oblivion, Bulletboys, Doug Brons, Gasoline Guns, Numenor, Rubicon, Æøns, Neal Morse Band, The Immediate Famlly, Tri State Corner, Restless Bones, Prayers Of Sanity, Ankhara, Steve Pope, Blind Petition, Infex, Trance.
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
After being told that the door back into Judas Priest was most definitely closed to him, KK Downing is back with his new, ‘Ripper’ Owens fronted band KK’s Priest, and their debut album is a glorious throwback to everything that we love about vintage Judas Priest. Larger than life, Dee Snider returns with a new solo album, Sepultura impress with an album of guests joining in on some of their most iconic songs, Devin Townsend talks about the many projects that he has on the go, and Lee Aaron shares her feelings about being exploited, sexualised and marketed as a pin-up, but how people are now finally getting the message that ‘Metal Queen’ was a feminist statement. Also this month are interviews with Buckcherry, Ian Parry, Thyrfing, Caskets, Dan Jones, GosT, Tortuga, and Troy Redfern, plus Cheap Trick get our Albums Ranked treatment, and we name our top fifty favourite singers.
POWERED UP
Motionless In White, Rock, Ribs, And Ridges Festival, Wolf Jaw, Iconic Eye, The Damn Truth, Hollowstar, Naked Sunday, The Short Heath Boys, The Hot One Two, False Hearts.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, Editorial, MeTube.
POWER PLAYS
KK’s Priest, Inner Stream, Leprous. Muddles, Dee Snider, Alien Weaponry, Warkings, Brainstorm, The Ugly Kings, Toby Hitchcock, Space Chaser, Thyrfing, Laurenne/Louhimo, Buckcherry, Mama Doom, The L.I.F.E. Project.
POWER CUTS
Shotgun Mistress, Between The Buried And Me, Suidakra, Paradise Lost, Bolido, Weatherworn, Chain Reaktor, The Vicious Head Society, Mordred, Dobermann, Tragedy, Mourn The Light, The Five Hundred, No:Ir, Wildstreet, Dan Jones, Lost Division, The Ramshackle Army, Swallow The Sun, Derev, Chainerection, Tiny Tree, Lutharo, Night Thieves, Dragged Under, Razor, Angel Dust, Trouble Is, Smiling, Afi, Sodom, Seventh Dimension, The Rockit King, Al Navarro, Great Master, Lesbian Bed Death, Hanz Krypt, Six Gun Romeo, Overdrivers, Evil King, Nether, Rituals, Destruction, Agents Of Exile, Sianar, Moon Unit, Krilloan, Lord Helmet, Witchcryer, Sepultura, Another Now, Opera Nera, Joe Bailey, Big City, Blacksword, Kingdom Keys, Deathbale, Vader, Catholic Guilt, Steve Hackett, Hellgrimm, Flying Cupid, Rory Gallagher, Ramrods, Mr Maggot, Attack Of The Rising, Crimson Riot, Heavy Water, Twisted Rose, Watershape, Groza, Rian, Matt Long And The Revenant Ones, Graveyard Shifters, Innasanatorium, The Lrw Project, Shade Of Memories, Jinjer, Merzotna Potvora, Outlaw Devils, Rita Tekeyan, Resurrection Kings, Drunken Swallows, Rocking Corpses, Crossbones Creed, Magenta, Underball, Spacegoat, Alastor, Leviathan Project, Danko Jones, Adrian Benegas, Steignyr, Netherbird, Strykenine, Flame, Dear Flame, Karma Kids, L.A. Guns, Nothing Sacred, Shadow Kingdom, Stephen Crane & Duane Sciacqua, Ed Banger And The Kardashits, Stormwind, Irhsan, Troy Redfern, Stranger Vision, Caskets, S.O.S., Wolf Jaw, Nemesis H.P., 9 Skies, Rhapsody Of Fire, Ballsqueezer, Nightwish, Fallen Stars Bc, Gsus Sg, Hellsword, Herman ‘Ze German’ Rarebell, Nitrate, Kristian Montgomery, Rapid Strike, Gloo, Ramchat, Hardline, Father Before Me, Marenna, Heaven & Earth, Silench Crew, Gost, Hammers Of Misfortune, Smokeheads, Mallet, The Zone, Emperors & Angels, Feuerschwanz, Dirkschneider & The Old Gang, .38 Special, Wizardthrone, Slizard, Confined To Oblivion, Bulletboys, Doug Brons, Gasoline Guns, Numenor, Rubicon, Æøns, Neal Morse Band, The Immediate Famlly, Tri State Corner, Restless Bones, Prayers Of Sanity, Ankhara, Steve Pope, Blind Petition, Infex, Trance.