The arrival of a new Alter Bridge album is always a reason for celebration, and in the case of their latest one, the band believe in it so much that they have chosen the once-in-a-career option of making it self-titled. We joined Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti in London to find out more. Francis Rossi has surprised us all with an unexpected new solo hard rock album, Tunisian/French wonders Myrath blow us away with their incredible new offering, and young British metal mob Tailgunner live up to the hype about them being the new Iron Maiden. Also in this issue are interviews with Swedish prog sensations Soen, along with Bullet, Headless, War Grave, N.Y.C., Spencer Mackenzie, and Tale Cue, plus we pick our favourite albums of 2025, and there are a fair few surprise entries and omissions!
AOR Underground, The New Power Files, Editorial.
Helloween, Parkway Drive, Disturbed, Megadeth, Volbeat, Halestorm, Bush, Michael Schenker, Queensryche, Accept, Blackberry Smoke, W.A.SP., Saxon, Lord Of The Lost, Blind Guardian, Steel Panther, Armored Saint, Beast In Black, Dark Angel, Battle Beast, FM, Sonata Arctica, Paradise Lost, Thy Art Is Murder, Cavalera Conspiracy, Fear Factory, Lacuna Coil, The Amity Affliction, Sacred Reich, Wind Rose, Orden Ogan, Hirax, From Fall to Spring, Lovebites, Cyan Kicks, Bloodywood, Angus McSix, Ensiferum, Nonpoint, Dominum, Julien-K, Skarlett Riot, Witch Fever, Jack J Hutchinson, Collective Soul, Majestica, Bobbie Dazzle, Silveroller, Kelsy Karter & The Heroines, and Interceptor.
Cyan Kicks, Wheel Of Time, Electric Boys, Secret Rule, Blackberry Smoke, Vogelfrey, Evil Scarcrow, Brave Rival, Darklon, Hellcats, WitchDoktors, Starforce, Syellvris, The Hot One Two, Epinikion, Fabula Rasa, Soulbound, Esprit D’Air, Fireborn, Eye Of Melian.
Paradise Lost, Alter Bridge, Soen, Templeton Pek, Spriggan Mist, Shiraz Lane, Villain Of The Story, Hounds, Bersærk, Paul Lidel’s Scream Therapy, Hell In The Club, Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side, Midnite City, Crazy Party, Creed, Chasing Demons, Sanity’s Rage, Lovelorn Dolls, Effex, Pinn Dropp, Lunar & The Deception, As Rome Burns, The Love Gangsters, Night Resident, Meteora, Thrice, Odc, Germán Pascual, Aeternia, Sideburn, Blacklist Union, Age Of Emergence, Invaded, Daidrum, Absinthe Green, Kanadia, Slash, The Skelters, Wolftooth, Dear Youth, Nereis, Infinite Dream, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apolcalypse, Inhuman, Cassidy Paris, Spectral, Pavlov’s Dog, Atlas&I, Redshark, Notörious, Black Soul Horde, Juliet’s Ruin, Liam St John, Sparzanza, Doro, Mausoleum Gate, Faith In Agony, Leprous, Mantah, Voodoo Highway, Another Realm, Omnium Gatherum, War Grave, Annisokay, Flames Of Heaven, Nirmata, November, Heartlay, Now Or Never, 1914, Steel Arctus, Starbynary, In Virtue, Peterified, Leilani Kilgore, Solar Sons, Feather Mountain, Defecto, Bite The Bullet, Chez Kane, Thron, Lycanthro, Goatfather, Alfonso Conspiracy, Babylon Ad, Deus Culpa, Dolmen Gate, Spock’s Beard, Return To Darkness, Devils And Icons, Eld Varg, Zero 9:36, Raven Black, Typhus, Kamelot, The Hara, Outerburst, Angelo Perlepes Mystery, Astronoid, Gotham, Beyond The Black, Sarayasign, Wildhunt, Galahad, Kill The Robot, Lynch Mob, Dave Tinelt, Jim Peterik & World Stage, Varras, Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts, 84 Days, Mage, Mick Mashbir, Vendetta Bloom, Myth Of Logic, Glasgow Kiss, David Hause, Casket Rats, Hyperion, Havamal, Graham Bonnet Band, Enemynside, Def Leppard, Pearls & Flames, Starmen, Jimi Jamison, Myth Carver, Yellowcard, Jupiter Cyclops, Taylor Acorn, Leap, Sumo Cyco, Idol, Coreleoni, Rvh Project, Steve Hogarth, Ironbound, Sleek, Idol Throne, Tale Cue, Tapeworm Electric, Hard To Explain, Mayhem, Coldrain, Space Of Variations, Ignescent, Rob Moratti, Symphonity, Spencer Mckenzie, Myrath, Bullet, Dieversity, The Reticent, Red Sands, Xathra, Fargo, Kreator, Darktribe, Tailgunner, Mezzrow, Caskets, Bangalore Choir, A.Y.M., Treat, Stolen Soul, All Seeing Eyes, Stargazery, The One, Reveal, The Devil Wears Prada, Artillery & Storm, Mirador, Gluecifer, N.Y.C., Pentesilea Road, Dream Theater, Therion, Kivisydä, Sweatmaster, Creeper, Francis Rossi, The Deccan Traps, The A.X.E. Project, Hideclose, D’ercole, Uuhai, Erdling, Sister, Stonebourne, Phantom Vengeance, Cold Night For Alligators, Iron Maiden, Thunder, Serpico.
The arrival of a new Alter Bridge album is always a reason for celebration, and in the case of their latest one, the band believe in it so much that they have chosen the once-in-a-career option of making it self-titled. We joined Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti in London to find out more. Francis Rossi has surprised us all with an unexpected new solo hard rock album, Tunisian/French wonders Myrath blow us away with their incredible new offering, and young British metal mob Tailgunner live up to the hype about them being the new Iron Maiden. Also in this issue are interviews with Swedish prog sensations Soen, along with Bullet, Headless, War Grave, N.Y.C., Spencer Mackenzie, and Tale Cue, plus we pick our favourite albums of 2025, and there are a fair few surprise entries and omissions!
AOR Underground, The New Power Files, Editorial.
Helloween, Parkway Drive, Disturbed, Megadeth, Volbeat, Halestorm, Bush, Michael Schenker, Queensryche, Accept, Blackberry Smoke, W.A.SP., Saxon, Lord Of The Lost, Blind Guardian, Steel Panther, Armored Saint, Beast In Black, Dark Angel, Battle Beast, FM, Sonata Arctica, Paradise Lost, Thy Art Is Murder, Cavalera Conspiracy, Fear Factory, Lacuna Coil, The Amity Affliction, Sacred Reich, Wind Rose, Orden Ogan, Hirax, From Fall to Spring, Lovebites, Cyan Kicks, Bloodywood, Angus McSix, Ensiferum, Nonpoint, Dominum, Julien-K, Skarlett Riot, Witch Fever, Jack J Hutchinson, Collective Soul, Majestica, Bobbie Dazzle, Silveroller, Kelsy Karter & The Heroines, and Interceptor.
Cyan Kicks, Wheel Of Time, Electric Boys, Secret Rule, Blackberry Smoke, Vogelfrey, Evil Scarcrow, Brave Rival, Darklon, Hellcats, WitchDoktors, Starforce, Syellvris, The Hot One Two, Epinikion, Fabula Rasa, Soulbound, Esprit D’Air, Fireborn, Eye Of Melian.
Paradise Lost, Alter Bridge, Soen, Templeton Pek, Spriggan Mist, Shiraz Lane, Villain Of The Story, Hounds, Bersærk, Paul Lidel’s Scream Therapy, Hell In The Club, Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side, Midnite City, Crazy Party, Creed, Chasing Demons, Sanity’s Rage, Lovelorn Dolls, Effex, Pinn Dropp, Lunar & The Deception, As Rome Burns, The Love Gangsters, Night Resident, Meteora, Thrice, Odc, Germán Pascual, Aeternia, Sideburn, Blacklist Union, Age Of Emergence, Invaded, Daidrum, Absinthe Green, Kanadia, Slash, The Skelters, Wolftooth, Dear Youth, Nereis, Infinite Dream, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apolcalypse, Inhuman, Cassidy Paris, Spectral, Pavlov’s Dog, Atlas&I, Redshark, Notörious, Black Soul Horde, Juliet’s Ruin, Liam St John, Sparzanza, Doro, Mausoleum Gate, Faith In Agony, Leprous, Mantah, Voodoo Highway, Another Realm, Omnium Gatherum, War Grave, Annisokay, Flames Of Heaven, Nirmata, November, Heartlay, Now Or Never, 1914, Steel Arctus, Starbynary, In Virtue, Peterified, Leilani Kilgore, Solar Sons, Feather Mountain, Defecto, Bite The Bullet, Chez Kane, Thron, Lycanthro, Goatfather, Alfonso Conspiracy, Babylon Ad, Deus Culpa, Dolmen Gate, Spock’s Beard, Return To Darkness, Devils And Icons, Eld Varg, Zero 9:36, Raven Black, Typhus, Kamelot, The Hara, Outerburst, Angelo Perlepes Mystery, Astronoid, Gotham, Beyond The Black, Sarayasign, Wildhunt, Galahad, Kill The Robot, Lynch Mob, Dave Tinelt, Jim Peterik & World Stage, Varras, Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts, 84 Days, Mage, Mick Mashbir, Vendetta Bloom, Myth Of Logic, Glasgow Kiss, David Hause, Casket Rats, Hyperion, Havamal, Graham Bonnet Band, Enemynside, Def Leppard, Pearls & Flames, Starmen, Jimi Jamison, Myth Carver, Yellowcard, Jupiter Cyclops, Taylor Acorn, Leap, Sumo Cyco, Idol, Coreleoni, Rvh Project, Steve Hogarth, Ironbound, Sleek, Idol Throne, Tale Cue, Tapeworm Electric, Hard To Explain, Mayhem, Coldrain, Space Of Variations, Ignescent, Rob Moratti, Symphonity, Spencer Mckenzie, Myrath, Bullet, Dieversity, The Reticent, Red Sands, Xathra, Fargo, Kreator, Darktribe, Tailgunner, Mezzrow, Caskets, Bangalore Choir, A.Y.M., Treat, Stolen Soul, All Seeing Eyes, Stargazery, The One, Reveal, The Devil Wears Prada, Artillery & Storm, Mirador, Gluecifer, N.Y.C., Pentesilea Road, Dream Theater, Therion, Kivisydä, Sweatmaster, Creeper, Francis Rossi, The Deccan Traps, The A.X.E. Project, Hideclose, D’ercole, Uuhai, Erdling, Sister, Stonebourne, Phantom Vengeance, Cold Night For Alligators, Iron Maiden, Thunder, Serpico.
