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Powerplay 286 March/April 2026
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
With their incredible new live album and blu-ray, and their upcoming headline show at Wembley Arena, Powerwolf finally fulfil their destiny and take their place in the premier league of power metal. Zakk Wylde shares his pain at the loss of Ozzy Osbourne and tells us how it shaped the latest Black Label Society album, we discover how Angus McSix found a new hero to front their band, Axel Rudi Pell exceeds expectations yet again, and The Gems find themselves in a much more positive place on their second album. We also interview Exodus, Lions Share, Keys, Pil & Bue, Refestramus, Beyond The Dead Of Night, Toys That Bite, The Groggy Dogs, Nerve Star, No Murder No Moustache, and Da.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Viewpoint, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWERED UP
Sabaton, Foreigner, Amaranthe, Ice Nine Kills, Epica, Creeper, The Devil Wears Prada, Whiskey Myers, Motocultor Across Europe Tour, Charlotte Wessels, The Legendary Orchestra, Bobbie Dazzle, TX2, Bldsugr!.
POWER PLAYS
Tyketto, Bldsugr!, Schattenmann, Greyhawk, Ellefson-Soto, Dune Aurora, Versus, Full House Brew Crew, The Losts, Nite Stinger, Rollerball, Edenbridge, Metal De Facto, Walk In Darkness, Rave In Fire, Starbenders, Hanabie, Black Oak County, Lowe.
POWER CUTS
Michael Monroe, Karnivool, Lion’s Share, Keys, Powerwolf, The Eternal, Black Dog Moon, Forbidden Seed, Rails To Roads, Greyfox Conspiracy, Doomherre, Avalanche, Struck/Down, Lomor, Night Thieves, Clawfinger, Bob Saliba, No Murder No Moustache, Silence Reigns, Long Distance Calling, Gotthard, Valient Sentinel, Marianas Rest, Course Of Fate, Induction, The Funeral Portrait, Godzillionaire, Black Magic Tree, Paul Gilbert, Ron Coolen, Turbo’s Tribunal, Robin Trower, Ryder, Urne, Our Mirage, Oathbound, Bitter Price, Transatlantic Radio, King’s Vengeance,Vandor, Bendida, Stud Farm Mafia, Stormzone, Kardang, Superchained, Profiler, Gladenfold, Wolverine, Autumn’s Child, Mother Vulture, Helix, Even Angels, Vreid, As The Palaces Burn, Cyclone, Parker Barrow, Jester Majesty, Bastion Rose, Temple Balls, Dr. Schafausen, Peyton Parrish, John Macko Music, Cell Games, Toys That Bite, Fili Babiano’s Fortress, Numenor, Pavic, Asia, Demons My Friends, Blossoms Fall, Hammer King, J.B.O., The Medea Project, Set It Off, Static-X, Austen Starr, Imperatore, Cyanide, Dymytry Paradox, The Veer Union, No Love, Ashes Awaken, Indigosaur, Black Swan, Sky Valley Mistress, Olymp, Velcro Sunset, Moonlit Masquerade, Kmfdm, Dispyria, Killerwitch, Salome, Wille & The Bandits, Perpetual Fire, Black Lung, Philip Shouse, Hermano, Dyssidia, One Last Day, Fabiano Negri & Covidados, Suncraft, Toxic Pub, Unwell, Neal Morse Band, Nanowar Of Steel, Electric Hydra, Daidalos, A Thousand Horses, Desert Storm, Supralunar, Pil And Bue, Tigercub, Phenomy, Ian Highhill, Gabrielle De Val, Shadowborn, Kezia Gill, Hoaxed, Hamasaari, Uga Buga, Skindred, Story Of The Year, The Black Crowes, Confess, Kerrigan, Dogs In Charge, Ravenspell, Lord Of The Lost, Stainless, Beyond The Dead Of Night, Leaves Eyes, Refestramus, Capillary, Violet Orlandi, Fyres, For My Pain…, Kate’s Acid, Nerve Star, The Sheepdogs, Shoreline, Symphony Of Sweden, Satanic Squirrel, Cave, Flight Recorder, Spreading The Disease, Aeon Gods, The Gems, Brusic, Fighter V, Andradite, System Overload, John Corabi, Axel Rudi Pell, Obey The Sun, Asterise, Oreyeon, Frozen Factory, Walls Of Babylon, Kubika, Venus 5, Fabienne Erni, Meteora, Furi Helium, Angus McSix, Spiral Fracture, Big Big Train, Megadeth, Hyshtral, Axe Dragger, Violet, Neverland Train, Rozario, Kal-El, Nervosa, DA, The Groggy Dogs, Black Label Society, Exodus.
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
With their incredible new live album and blu-ray, and their upcoming headline show at Wembley Arena, Powerwolf finally fulfil their destiny and take their place in the premier league of power metal. Zakk Wylde shares his pain at the loss of Ozzy Osbourne and tells us how it shaped the latest Black Label Society album, we discover how Angus McSix found a new hero to front their band, Axel Rudi Pell exceeds expectations yet again, and The Gems find themselves in a much more positive place on their second album. We also interview Exodus, Lions Share, Keys, Pil & Bue, Refestramus, Beyond The Dead Of Night, Toys That Bite, The Groggy Dogs, Nerve Star, No Murder No Moustache, and Da.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Viewpoint, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWERED UP
Sabaton, Foreigner, Amaranthe, Ice Nine Kills, Epica, Creeper, The Devil Wears Prada, Whiskey Myers, Motocultor Across Europe Tour, Charlotte Wessels, The Legendary Orchestra, Bobbie Dazzle, TX2, Bldsugr!.
POWER PLAYS
Tyketto, Bldsugr!, Schattenmann, Greyhawk, Ellefson-Soto, Dune Aurora, Versus, Full House Brew Crew, The Losts, Nite Stinger, Rollerball, Edenbridge, Metal De Facto, Walk In Darkness, Rave In Fire, Starbenders, Hanabie, Black Oak County, Lowe.
POWER CUTS
Michael Monroe, Karnivool, Lion’s Share, Keys, Powerwolf, The Eternal, Black Dog Moon, Forbidden Seed, Rails To Roads, Greyfox Conspiracy, Doomherre, Avalanche, Struck/Down, Lomor, Night Thieves, Clawfinger, Bob Saliba, No Murder No Moustache, Silence Reigns, Long Distance Calling, Gotthard, Valient Sentinel, Marianas Rest, Course Of Fate, Induction, The Funeral Portrait, Godzillionaire, Black Magic Tree, Paul Gilbert, Ron Coolen, Turbo’s Tribunal, Robin Trower, Ryder, Urne, Our Mirage, Oathbound, Bitter Price, Transatlantic Radio, King’s Vengeance,Vandor, Bendida, Stud Farm Mafia, Stormzone, Kardang, Superchained, Profiler, Gladenfold, Wolverine, Autumn’s Child, Mother Vulture, Helix, Even Angels, Vreid, As The Palaces Burn, Cyclone, Parker Barrow, Jester Majesty, Bastion Rose, Temple Balls, Dr. Schafausen, Peyton Parrish, John Macko Music, Cell Games, Toys That Bite, Fili Babiano’s Fortress, Numenor, Pavic, Asia, Demons My Friends, Blossoms Fall, Hammer King, J.B.O., The Medea Project, Set It Off, Static-X, Austen Starr, Imperatore, Cyanide, Dymytry Paradox, The Veer Union, No Love, Ashes Awaken, Indigosaur, Black Swan, Sky Valley Mistress, Olymp, Velcro Sunset, Moonlit Masquerade, Kmfdm, Dispyria, Killerwitch, Salome, Wille & The Bandits, Perpetual Fire, Black Lung, Philip Shouse, Hermano, Dyssidia, One Last Day, Fabiano Negri & Covidados, Suncraft, Toxic Pub, Unwell, Neal Morse Band, Nanowar Of Steel, Electric Hydra, Daidalos, A Thousand Horses, Desert Storm, Supralunar, Pil And Bue, Tigercub, Phenomy, Ian Highhill, Gabrielle De Val, Shadowborn, Kezia Gill, Hoaxed, Hamasaari, Uga Buga, Skindred, Story Of The Year, The Black Crowes, Confess, Kerrigan, Dogs In Charge, Ravenspell, Lord Of The Lost, Stainless, Beyond The Dead Of Night, Leaves Eyes, Refestramus, Capillary, Violet Orlandi, Fyres, For My Pain…, Kate’s Acid, Nerve Star, The Sheepdogs, Shoreline, Symphony Of Sweden, Satanic Squirrel, Cave, Flight Recorder, Spreading The Disease, Aeon Gods, The Gems, Brusic, Fighter V, Andradite, System Overload, John Corabi, Axel Rudi Pell, Obey The Sun, Asterise, Oreyeon, Frozen Factory, Walls Of Babylon, Kubika, Venus 5, Fabienne Erni, Meteora, Furi Helium, Angus McSix, Spiral Fracture, Big Big Train, Megadeth, Hyshtral, Axe Dragger, Violet, Neverland Train, Rozario, Kal-El, Nervosa, DA, The Groggy Dogs, Black Label Society, Exodus.