Powerplay 269 December 2023/January 2024
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
Still making records the old fashioned way and soon to be knocking on the door of three decades in the business, Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s latest offering ‘Dirt On My Diamonds, Volume 1’ sounds unlike any other blues rock album that you’ll hear this year. “We broadened the boundaries musically, without going too far out of the lines,” says Kenny. “I love and appreciate traditional blues music, but to turn people onto it, you’ve got do new things with it for it to continue to thrive; that’s what I’ve done since day one.” Lord Of The Lost attempt to seduce us with an album of unexpected and totally excellent covers, legendary Swedish metallers Heavy Load return with a new album some forty years after their previous one, and Bob Catley tells as about Magnum’s upcoming 23rd album. Plus we catch up with Devin Townsend, Orphaned Land, Therion, Oxymorrons, Signum Regis, Nightblade, Ryujin, Sorcerer, Dog Eat Dog, Draconicon, Vambo, Dominum, Hell’s Addiction, Escape The Hive, Ron Coolen, Nemdis, and Fierce Justice.
POWERED UP
KK’s Priest, Europe, The Darkness, George Thorogood And The Destroyers, The Flower Kings, Cradle Of Filth, Glenn Hughes, Devildriver, Paul Di’Anno, New England Rock Festival, Dynazty, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Soen, Yoshiki, Vomitory, Molybaron, The Damn Truth, Dragonland, Aetherian, Terra, Hanowar, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWER PLAYS
Rave The Reqviem, Mistyfica, Ronin, Receiver, Six Foot Six, Everdawn, Starchild, Dead Man’s Whiskey, Swansong, Tower Hill, Axenstar, Cassidy Paris, Hearts And Hand Grenades, Craver, Galahad, Lord Of The Lost.
POWER CUTS
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ann Wilson & Tripsitter, Bryan Adams, Magnum, Myrath, Cadillac Three, Trapeze, Status Quo, Sorcerer, Logical Terror, Cardinal’s Folly, Orphaned Land, Boys Like Girls, Beartooth, Ektomorf, The Hot One Two, Soledriver, Nightblade, Besra, Death Magick, Night Thieves, Final Gasp, Lake Malice, Maybe Later, Overland, Kill The King, Exit Eden, Legendry, Omission, The Crown Remnant, The Oddeven, Colorado Tombs, Trashcan Dance, Sons Of Sounds, Saliva, Great Master, Knuckle Puck, Cutthroat L.A., Gyasi, Death Warrant, Dissona, The Alchemy, The Uneven, Raven Tide, Lieder Distortion, Docker’s Guild, Vanquished, Bazooka Troopaz, Freakshow, Animamortua, Night Crowned, Morlocks, Atack, Sortilege, Endseeker, Paul Lidel’s Scream Therapy, Silent Tiger, Odd Place, Blade, Odd Crew, Atreyu, The Vintage Caravan, Skiltron, Metal Life Crisis, Scrollkeeper, Sixgun Renegades, Immerse, Triumph Of Death, Humulus, Bush, Devin Townsend, Wolfskull, Treebeard, Dimmu Borgir, Insomnium, Ego Planet, Slow Burning Car, Kite Thief, Fifth Note, The Marvelous 3, Stone Of Duna, Sullivation, Rainburn, Aeturnus, Bernie Marsden, Rigorious, Karma’s Puppet, Myrkur, Colourmind, Lord Volture, Rainmaker, Game Over, Capra, Solothurn, Gevaudan, Nur Nh, Saturna, Ron Coolen, Helms Deep, The Almighty, Wazzarra, The Funeral Portrait, Aeolian, Mars Red Sky, Slowburn, Beyond Shadows, Isometry, Initial Kick, Fierce Justice, Adverse 96, Inmost Ego, Dominum, Skeptical Minds, Ryujin, Going Forward, John Wetton, Visions Of Atlantis, Dark The Suns, Dakar, Therion, March To Die, In This Moment, Will The Thrill, Alchemist, Terromania, Taking Back Sunday, Darkness Is My Canvas, Promethium, Corroded, Florence Black, Dawnwalker, Saturday’s Heroes, Taliesin, Nimrod, Six Burning Knives, Magnolia Park, The Oculist, Goo Goo Dolls, Space Electric, Hell’s Addiction, Revea, Freakstorm, Noprophecy, Chamelion, South Of Salem, Coyote Mad Seeds, Hugo’s Voyage, Silent Revenants, Yes.
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
Still making records the old fashioned way and soon to be knocking on the door of three decades in the business, Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s latest offering ‘Dirt On My Diamonds, Volume 1’ sounds unlike any other blues rock album that you’ll hear this year. “We broadened the boundaries musically, without going too far out of the lines,” says Kenny. “I love and appreciate traditional blues music, but to turn people onto it, you’ve got do new things with it for it to continue to thrive; that’s what I’ve done since day one.” Lord Of The Lost attempt to seduce us with an album of unexpected and totally excellent covers, legendary Swedish metallers Heavy Load return with a new album some forty years after their previous one, and Bob Catley tells as about Magnum’s upcoming 23rd album. Plus we catch up with Devin Townsend, Orphaned Land, Therion, Oxymorrons, Signum Regis, Nightblade, Ryujin, Sorcerer, Dog Eat Dog, Draconicon, Vambo, Dominum, Hell’s Addiction, Escape The Hive, Ron Coolen, Nemdis, and Fierce Justice.
POWERED UP
KK’s Priest, Europe, The Darkness, George Thorogood And The Destroyers, The Flower Kings, Cradle Of Filth, Glenn Hughes, Devildriver, Paul Di’Anno, New England Rock Festival, Dynazty, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Soen, Yoshiki, Vomitory, Molybaron, The Damn Truth, Dragonland, Aetherian, Terra, Hanowar, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWER PLAYS
Rave The Reqviem, Mistyfica, Ronin, Receiver, Six Foot Six, Everdawn, Starchild, Dead Man’s Whiskey, Swansong, Tower Hill, Axenstar, Cassidy Paris, Hearts And Hand Grenades, Craver, Galahad, Lord Of The Lost.
POWER CUTS
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ann Wilson & Tripsitter, Bryan Adams, Magnum, Myrath, Cadillac Three, Trapeze, Status Quo, Sorcerer, Logical Terror, Cardinal’s Folly, Orphaned Land, Boys Like Girls, Beartooth, Ektomorf, The Hot One Two, Soledriver, Nightblade, Besra, Death Magick, Night Thieves, Final Gasp, Lake Malice, Maybe Later, Overland, Kill The King, Exit Eden, Legendry, Omission, The Crown Remnant, The Oddeven, Colorado Tombs, Trashcan Dance, Sons Of Sounds, Saliva, Great Master, Knuckle Puck, Cutthroat L.A., Gyasi, Death Warrant, Dissona, The Alchemy, The Uneven, Raven Tide, Lieder Distortion, Docker’s Guild, Vanquished, Bazooka Troopaz, Freakshow, Animamortua, Night Crowned, Morlocks, Atack, Sortilege, Endseeker, Paul Lidel’s Scream Therapy, Silent Tiger, Odd Place, Blade, Odd Crew, Atreyu, The Vintage Caravan, Skiltron, Metal Life Crisis, Scrollkeeper, Sixgun Renegades, Immerse, Triumph Of Death, Humulus, Bush, Devin Townsend, Wolfskull, Treebeard, Dimmu Borgir, Insomnium, Ego Planet, Slow Burning Car, Kite Thief, Fifth Note, The Marvelous 3, Stone Of Duna, Sullivation, Rainburn, Aeturnus, Bernie Marsden, Rigorious, Karma’s Puppet, Myrkur, Colourmind, Lord Volture, Rainmaker, Game Over, Capra, Solothurn, Gevaudan, Nur Nh, Saturna, Ron Coolen, Helms Deep, The Almighty, Wazzarra, The Funeral Portrait, Aeolian, Mars Red Sky, Slowburn, Beyond Shadows, Isometry, Initial Kick, Fierce Justice, Adverse 96, Inmost Ego, Dominum, Skeptical Minds, Ryujin, Going Forward, John Wetton, Visions Of Atlantis, Dark The Suns, Dakar, Therion, March To Die, In This Moment, Will The Thrill, Alchemist, Terromania, Taking Back Sunday, Darkness Is My Canvas, Promethium, Corroded, Florence Black, Dawnwalker, Saturday’s Heroes, Taliesin, Nimrod, Six Burning Knives, Magnolia Park, The Oculist, Goo Goo Dolls, Space Electric, Hell’s Addiction, Revea, Freakstorm, Noprophecy, Chamelion, South Of Salem, Coyote Mad Seeds, Hugo’s Voyage, Silent Revenants, Yes.
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
Still making records the old fashioned way and soon to be knocking on the door of three decades in the business, Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s latest offering ‘Dirt On My Diamonds, Volume 1’ sounds unlike any other blues rock album that you’ll hear this year. “We broadened the boundaries musically, without going too far out of the lines,” says Kenny. “I love and appreciate traditional blues music, but to turn people onto it, you’ve got do new things with it for it to continue to thrive; that’s what I’ve done since day one.” Lord Of The Lost attempt to seduce us with an album of unexpected and totally excellent covers, legendary Swedish metallers Heavy Load return with a new album some forty years after their previous one, and Bob Catley tells as about Magnum’s upcoming 23rd album. Plus we catch up with Devin Townsend, Orphaned Land, Therion, Oxymorrons, Signum Regis, Nightblade, Ryujin, Sorcerer, Dog Eat Dog, Draconicon, Vambo, Dominum, Hell’s Addiction, Escape The Hive, Ron Coolen, Nemdis, and Fierce Justice.
POWERED UP
KK’s Priest, Europe, The Darkness, George Thorogood And The Destroyers, The Flower Kings, Cradle Of Filth, Glenn Hughes, Devildriver, Paul Di’Anno, New England Rock Festival, Dynazty, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Soen, Yoshiki, Vomitory, Molybaron, The Damn Truth, Dragonland, Aetherian, Terra, Hanowar, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWER PLAYS
Rave The Reqviem, Mistyfica, Ronin, Receiver, Six Foot Six, Everdawn, Starchild, Dead Man’s Whiskey, Swansong, Tower Hill, Axenstar, Cassidy Paris, Hearts And Hand Grenades, Craver, Galahad, Lord Of The Lost.
POWER CUTS
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ann Wilson & Tripsitter, Bryan Adams, Magnum, Myrath, Cadillac Three, Trapeze, Status Quo, Sorcerer, Logical Terror, Cardinal’s Folly, Orphaned Land, Boys Like Girls, Beartooth, Ektomorf, The Hot One Two, Soledriver, Nightblade, Besra, Death Magick, Night Thieves, Final Gasp, Lake Malice, Maybe Later, Overland, Kill The King, Exit Eden, Legendry, Omission, The Crown Remnant, The Oddeven, Colorado Tombs, Trashcan Dance, Sons Of Sounds, Saliva, Great Master, Knuckle Puck, Cutthroat L.A., Gyasi, Death Warrant, Dissona, The Alchemy, The Uneven, Raven Tide, Lieder Distortion, Docker’s Guild, Vanquished, Bazooka Troopaz, Freakshow, Animamortua, Night Crowned, Morlocks, Atack, Sortilege, Endseeker, Paul Lidel’s Scream Therapy, Silent Tiger, Odd Place, Blade, Odd Crew, Atreyu, The Vintage Caravan, Skiltron, Metal Life Crisis, Scrollkeeper, Sixgun Renegades, Immerse, Triumph Of Death, Humulus, Bush, Devin Townsend, Wolfskull, Treebeard, Dimmu Borgir, Insomnium, Ego Planet, Slow Burning Car, Kite Thief, Fifth Note, The Marvelous 3, Stone Of Duna, Sullivation, Rainburn, Aeturnus, Bernie Marsden, Rigorious, Karma’s Puppet, Myrkur, Colourmind, Lord Volture, Rainmaker, Game Over, Capra, Solothurn, Gevaudan, Nur Nh, Saturna, Ron Coolen, Helms Deep, The Almighty, Wazzarra, The Funeral Portrait, Aeolian, Mars Red Sky, Slowburn, Beyond Shadows, Isometry, Initial Kick, Fierce Justice, Adverse 96, Inmost Ego, Dominum, Skeptical Minds, Ryujin, Going Forward, John Wetton, Visions Of Atlantis, Dark The Suns, Dakar, Therion, March To Die, In This Moment, Will The Thrill, Alchemist, Terromania, Taking Back Sunday, Darkness Is My Canvas, Promethium, Corroded, Florence Black, Dawnwalker, Saturday’s Heroes, Taliesin, Nimrod, Six Burning Knives, Magnolia Park, The Oculist, Goo Goo Dolls, Space Electric, Hell’s Addiction, Revea, Freakstorm, Noprophecy, Chamelion, South Of Salem, Coyote Mad Seeds, Hugo’s Voyage, Silent Revenants, Yes.