Powerplay 263 June 2023
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
We sit down with Nita Strauss to find out all about the creation of her incredible sophomore solo album ‘Call Of The Void’ which features a stellar cast of singers including David Draiman, Chris Motionless, Lzzy Hale, Anders Friden, Alissa White Gluz, Lilith Czar, and of course the boss man from her day job playing guitar for Alice Cooper. We delve back in time with Joey Tempest to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Europe’s debut album, Powerplay’s own Robb Weir tells us all about Tygers Of Pan Tang’s incredible new album, we talk to Richie Faulkner from Judas Priest about Elegant Weapons, his cool new supergroup with band mate Scott Travis, Rainbow and MSG front man Ronnie Romero, and Pantera’s Rex Brown, and Sozos Michael shares the story of recording his first album with Gloryhammer. Also this month are interviews with Einar Solberg, Frozen Soul, Stellar Circuits, Lee Small, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, Lost Circus, Black Roze, Glorious Bankrobbers, The Daybreakers, and Webb.
POWERED UP
Metallica, Sabaton, Queensryche, Babymetal, Daughtry, Skillet, Lordi, John Fogerty, Autograph, Delain, Anvil, Architects, Marty Friedman, Floor Jansen, Massive Waggons, Xandria, Ice Nine Kills, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Riverside, Tommy Castro And The Painkillers, Like A Storm, Sons Of Liberty, Mammoth WVH, Nanowar Of Steel, Joel Hoekstra & Brandon Gibbs, Eva Under Fire, The Commoners, The Virginmarys, Trauma, Troy Redfern, King Kraken, Tragedy, Preacher Stone.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWER PLAYS
Ivy Gold, Steve Lukather, Stormage, Found Missing?, Pyramaze, Dieth, Eleine, Pride Of Lions, The Silent Rage, Walk With Titans,
Satan Takes A Holiday, Ammotrack, Bourbon House, Sergeant Steel, Gardner/James, Ivy Gold.
POWER CUTS
Darklon, Buckcherry, Crashface, Black Roze, Vypera, Luke Morley, Lee Small, Gov’t Mule, Chip And The Charge Ups, Einar Solberg, Dying Phoenix, Haunt, Smokey Mirror, A Dark Reborn, Atlases, Sacred Outcry, Reasons Behind, Voltax, Fireborn, Lebrok, Vintersea, Nova Skellis, High Priest, Minas Morgul, Roadwolf, Rainbows Are Free, Avi Rosenfeld & Laine Barbier, Perfect View, Fugitive, Heathen Kings, Bloody Nightmare, Parity Boot, Webb, Antirope, The Raven Age, Osiris Rex, Kilmore, Metasphæra, Immortal, As December Falls, Millennium, Jag Panzer, Words That Burn, Arkona, Handsome Jack, Renaissance Rock Orchestra, Redhook, Morganway, Marenna, The Unslain, Enchantya, Livin’ Evil, The Under, Lightchapter, Throw The Fight, Terrifier, Trip The Wire, Indya, Struck/Down, Dakar, Dead Quiet, Screamin’ Demons, The Casket Kids, Under Attack, Hit The Ground Runnin’, Intöxicated, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Ascher, Angels In Vein, Gozu, The Blue Lena, Ironborn, Fabiano Negri, Scar Symmetry, False Memories, Skinher, Persekutor, Arched Fire, Graveworm, Hex A.D., Ayron Jones, Savage Existence, Howlin’ Sun, Senshi, Trailight, The Foreshadowing, Stardust, Dol, Heart Attack Man, Vacant Voices, Saint Karloff, Blood Ceremony, Thy Catafalque, Mindless Sinner, Hawkwind, Boys From Heaven, Undrask, Roger Staffelbach, Mold, Spanish Love Songs, Trollgrad, The Dust Coda, Númenor, Trevor’s Head, Deadwolff, Revoltons, Void Chapter, Rise To Fall, Godsticks, George Gakis, Champlin Williams & Friestedt, Vomitory, Black Sabbath, Onheil, Alt., Jamie Leman, Weapon, Teramaze, Black Rainbows, In Fear, Elefant Talk, Gallaher’s Green, Stormburst, All Hallow’s Evil, Nergard, Carcariass, Imperium, Demotional, Abandon All, Through Fire, Vass/Katsionis, Sabbat, Severed Angel, Johnny Black Band, Despite The Reverence, Suckerpunch, Waste Down Rebels, Krooked Tongue, Gloryhammer, Royal Thunder, Kuoleman Galleria, Mammuthus, Currents, Thomas Lassar, Stellar Circuits, Erdling, Rush, Sovereign Council, Vulture Industries, Bad Sister, Behemoth, Costra, Hypocrisy, Wytch Hazel.
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
We sit down with Nita Strauss to find out all about the creation of her incredible sophomore solo album ‘Call Of The Void’ which features a stellar cast of singers including David Draiman, Chris Motionless, Lzzy Hale, Anders Friden, Alissa White Gluz, Lilith Czar, and of course the boss man from her day job playing guitar for Alice Cooper. We delve back in time with Joey Tempest to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Europe’s debut album, Powerplay’s own Robb Weir tells us all about Tygers Of Pan Tang’s incredible new album, we talk to Richie Faulkner from Judas Priest about Elegant Weapons, his cool new supergroup with band mate Scott Travis, Rainbow and MSG front man Ronnie Romero, and Pantera’s Rex Brown, and Sozos Michael shares the story of recording his first album with Gloryhammer. Also this month are interviews with Einar Solberg, Frozen Soul, Stellar Circuits, Lee Small, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, Lost Circus, Black Roze, Glorious Bankrobbers, The Daybreakers, and Webb.
POWERED UP
Metallica, Sabaton, Queensryche, Babymetal, Daughtry, Skillet, Lordi, John Fogerty, Autograph, Delain, Anvil, Architects, Marty Friedman, Floor Jansen, Massive Waggons, Xandria, Ice Nine Kills, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Riverside, Tommy Castro And The Painkillers, Like A Storm, Sons Of Liberty, Mammoth WVH, Nanowar Of Steel, Joel Hoekstra & Brandon Gibbs, Eva Under Fire, The Commoners, The Virginmarys, Trauma, Troy Redfern, King Kraken, Tragedy, Preacher Stone.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWER PLAYS
Ivy Gold, Steve Lukather, Stormage, Found Missing?, Pyramaze, Dieth, Eleine, Pride Of Lions, The Silent Rage, Walk With Titans,
Satan Takes A Holiday, Ammotrack, Bourbon House, Sergeant Steel, Gardner/James, Ivy Gold.
POWER CUTS
Darklon, Buckcherry, Crashface, Black Roze, Vypera, Luke Morley, Lee Small, Gov’t Mule, Chip And The Charge Ups, Einar Solberg, Dying Phoenix, Haunt, Smokey Mirror, A Dark Reborn, Atlases, Sacred Outcry, Reasons Behind, Voltax, Fireborn, Lebrok, Vintersea, Nova Skellis, High Priest, Minas Morgul, Roadwolf, Rainbows Are Free, Avi Rosenfeld & Laine Barbier, Perfect View, Fugitive, Heathen Kings, Bloody Nightmare, Parity Boot, Webb, Antirope, The Raven Age, Osiris Rex, Kilmore, Metasphæra, Immortal, As December Falls, Millennium, Jag Panzer, Words That Burn, Arkona, Handsome Jack, Renaissance Rock Orchestra, Redhook, Morganway, Marenna, The Unslain, Enchantya, Livin’ Evil, The Under, Lightchapter, Throw The Fight, Terrifier, Trip The Wire, Indya, Struck/Down, Dakar, Dead Quiet, Screamin’ Demons, The Casket Kids, Under Attack, Hit The Ground Runnin’, Intöxicated, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Ascher, Angels In Vein, Gozu, The Blue Lena, Ironborn, Fabiano Negri, Scar Symmetry, False Memories, Skinher, Persekutor, Arched Fire, Graveworm, Hex A.D., Ayron Jones, Savage Existence, Howlin’ Sun, Senshi, Trailight, The Foreshadowing, Stardust, Dol, Heart Attack Man, Vacant Voices, Saint Karloff, Blood Ceremony, Thy Catafalque, Mindless Sinner, Hawkwind, Boys From Heaven, Undrask, Roger Staffelbach, Mold, Spanish Love Songs, Trollgrad, The Dust Coda, Númenor, Trevor’s Head, Deadwolff, Revoltons, Void Chapter, Rise To Fall, Godsticks, George Gakis, Champlin Williams & Friestedt, Vomitory, Black Sabbath, Onheil, Alt., Jamie Leman, Weapon, Teramaze, Black Rainbows, In Fear, Elefant Talk, Gallaher’s Green, Stormburst, All Hallow’s Evil, Nergard, Carcariass, Imperium, Demotional, Abandon All, Through Fire, Vass/Katsionis, Sabbat, Severed Angel, Johnny Black Band, Despite The Reverence, Suckerpunch, Waste Down Rebels, Krooked Tongue, Gloryhammer, Royal Thunder, Kuoleman Galleria, Mammuthus, Currents, Thomas Lassar, Stellar Circuits, Erdling, Rush, Sovereign Council, Vulture Industries, Bad Sister, Behemoth, Costra, Hypocrisy, Wytch Hazel.
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
We sit down with Nita Strauss to find out all about the creation of her incredible sophomore solo album ‘Call Of The Void’ which features a stellar cast of singers including David Draiman, Chris Motionless, Lzzy Hale, Anders Friden, Alissa White Gluz, Lilith Czar, and of course the boss man from her day job playing guitar for Alice Cooper. We delve back in time with Joey Tempest to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Europe’s debut album, Powerplay’s own Robb Weir tells us all about Tygers Of Pan Tang’s incredible new album, we talk to Richie Faulkner from Judas Priest about Elegant Weapons, his cool new supergroup with band mate Scott Travis, Rainbow and MSG front man Ronnie Romero, and Pantera’s Rex Brown, and Sozos Michael shares the story of recording his first album with Gloryhammer. Also this month are interviews with Einar Solberg, Frozen Soul, Stellar Circuits, Lee Small, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, Lost Circus, Black Roze, Glorious Bankrobbers, The Daybreakers, and Webb.
POWERED UP
Metallica, Sabaton, Queensryche, Babymetal, Daughtry, Skillet, Lordi, John Fogerty, Autograph, Delain, Anvil, Architects, Marty Friedman, Floor Jansen, Massive Waggons, Xandria, Ice Nine Kills, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Riverside, Tommy Castro And The Painkillers, Like A Storm, Sons Of Liberty, Mammoth WVH, Nanowar Of Steel, Joel Hoekstra & Brandon Gibbs, Eva Under Fire, The Commoners, The Virginmarys, Trauma, Troy Redfern, King Kraken, Tragedy, Preacher Stone.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWER PLAYS
Ivy Gold, Steve Lukather, Stormage, Found Missing?, Pyramaze, Dieth, Eleine, Pride Of Lions, The Silent Rage, Walk With Titans,
Satan Takes A Holiday, Ammotrack, Bourbon House, Sergeant Steel, Gardner/James, Ivy Gold.
POWER CUTS
Darklon, Buckcherry, Crashface, Black Roze, Vypera, Luke Morley, Lee Small, Gov’t Mule, Chip And The Charge Ups, Einar Solberg, Dying Phoenix, Haunt, Smokey Mirror, A Dark Reborn, Atlases, Sacred Outcry, Reasons Behind, Voltax, Fireborn, Lebrok, Vintersea, Nova Skellis, High Priest, Minas Morgul, Roadwolf, Rainbows Are Free, Avi Rosenfeld & Laine Barbier, Perfect View, Fugitive, Heathen Kings, Bloody Nightmare, Parity Boot, Webb, Antirope, The Raven Age, Osiris Rex, Kilmore, Metasphæra, Immortal, As December Falls, Millennium, Jag Panzer, Words That Burn, Arkona, Handsome Jack, Renaissance Rock Orchestra, Redhook, Morganway, Marenna, The Unslain, Enchantya, Livin’ Evil, The Under, Lightchapter, Throw The Fight, Terrifier, Trip The Wire, Indya, Struck/Down, Dakar, Dead Quiet, Screamin’ Demons, The Casket Kids, Under Attack, Hit The Ground Runnin’, Intöxicated, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Ascher, Angels In Vein, Gozu, The Blue Lena, Ironborn, Fabiano Negri, Scar Symmetry, False Memories, Skinher, Persekutor, Arched Fire, Graveworm, Hex A.D., Ayron Jones, Savage Existence, Howlin’ Sun, Senshi, Trailight, The Foreshadowing, Stardust, Dol, Heart Attack Man, Vacant Voices, Saint Karloff, Blood Ceremony, Thy Catafalque, Mindless Sinner, Hawkwind, Boys From Heaven, Undrask, Roger Staffelbach, Mold, Spanish Love Songs, Trollgrad, The Dust Coda, Númenor, Trevor’s Head, Deadwolff, Revoltons, Void Chapter, Rise To Fall, Godsticks, George Gakis, Champlin Williams & Friestedt, Vomitory, Black Sabbath, Onheil, Alt., Jamie Leman, Weapon, Teramaze, Black Rainbows, In Fear, Elefant Talk, Gallaher’s Green, Stormburst, All Hallow’s Evil, Nergard, Carcariass, Imperium, Demotional, Abandon All, Through Fire, Vass/Katsionis, Sabbat, Severed Angel, Johnny Black Band, Despite The Reverence, Suckerpunch, Waste Down Rebels, Krooked Tongue, Gloryhammer, Royal Thunder, Kuoleman Galleria, Mammuthus, Currents, Thomas Lassar, Stellar Circuits, Erdling, Rush, Sovereign Council, Vulture Industries, Bad Sister, Behemoth, Costra, Hypocrisy, Wytch Hazel.