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Powerplay 288 July/August 2026
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
With sides aching from the banter and dad jokes, we sit down with Ian Gillan and Ian Paice to find out about Deep Purple’s hilariously named new album, ‘SPLAT!’. Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan strikes out on his own with a punk rock album full of energy and vitality, Erik Gronwall shares the highs and lows of his musical career and his battle with leukenia, we catch up with Pete Blakk about new metal supergroup Lex Legion which features four members of King Diamond’s classic 1980’s line-up, and Armored Saint roar back into action with new album ‘Emotion Factory Reset’, plus we have interviews with Steve Hogarth, Xandria, Moonspell, Dominum, Rexoria, Parker Barrow, Evig Natt, WEBB, Hellrazor, Moosehead, The Tirith, Who On Earth, Sum Of Seven, and Magic Of The Marketplace.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Viewpoint, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWERED UP
Joe Bonamassa, Tyketto, Ad Infinitum, The Hu, Apocalyptica, The Rasmus, Dogma, South Of Salem, Death Angel, Creeper, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Angel, Bywater Call, Vio-Lence, Skarlett Riot, Starz, Florence Black, Incite, The Howling, De’Lour, Secret Rule, Sam Morrow.
POWER PLAYS
Bolan, Leatherwitch, Teramaze, Draconian, Only Sons, Iron Kingdom, Narnia, Solemnity, Cyhra, Amberian Dawn, Savatage, Eva Under Fire, Hrothgar, Highway, Awaiting Abigail, The Karma Effect, Devil’s Train, Holy Wars, Vision Divine.
POWER CUTS
Armored Saint, The Howling, Rexoria, The Tirith, Moosehead, Port Noir, Painkiller, We Three Kings, Sleeping Pulse, Dimmu Borgir, Rockett Love, Dekadenza, Ak And The Red Kites, Steve Hogarth, The Who, Toxic Shock, The 69 Eyes, Varg, When Rivers Meet, Rock Justice, Teaze, Mosfite, Joseph Tholl, Waste A Saint, Elder, Alvader, Spread Eagle, Blossom Cult, Sins Of Shadows, Shadowborne, Extinct, Savage Mania, The Cruel Intentions, Diamonds And Guns, Telomyras, Dream Drop, Modus Black, The Crooked Skulls, Overruled, Crimson Glory, Blind Revolution, Virginmarys, The Medea Project, Metatrone, Splitview, Rocketsmith, The Paradox Twin, The Dungbeetle Conspiracy, Enter Shikari, Slaamaskin, Since 2000, Ignition, Outline, Sum Of Seven, Acacia Avenue, Voidchaser, Godthrymm, Tones Of Rock, Solace, Elegant Weapons, Cj Wildheart, Tesla, Fireball Ministry, Eternal Evil, Black Sites, Battleroar, Veins, Thirsty, Krooked Tongue, Gozu, Alice Cooper, Warhog, Maryscreek, Prime Creation, Pro-Pain, Unzucht, Ethereal, The Dead Reynolds, Metall, Acid Reign, Ember Sea, Upper Lip, Suncraft, Susurration, Knife Bride, Dark Divine, Derdian, Moonlight Haze, Lex Legion, Harsh., Master Dy, Parker Barrow, Luna Marble, Yoth Iria, Next Deed, Angellore, 16, Thunder Rising, Cactus, Who On Earth, Fatal Vision, Northborn, Melancholost, The Sideshows, Iconic, The Fuse, The Reality Surreal Time, Outshine, Smoking Snakes, Azrael, Crying Steel, Webb, Starscream, Masquerage, Still Living, Karcius, Grand, Eternal Recurrence, The Limit, Godsmack, Seven Metal Sins, Devildriver, Tidal Wave, The Dead Daisies, Dead Pony, Triosphere, Master Massive, Pride Of Lions, Dominum, Red Giant, Clairvoyant, Kingsphere, Ironwill, Geoff Tate, Element Of Fate, Hokka, Stygian Mind, Kristoffer Gildenlow, Joe Bonamassa, Eradikated, Changing Places In The Fire, Voivod, The Carburetors, Oïkoumen, Moonspell, 11 Theory, Lufeh, Marchello, Racimo, Ruthless, Lucid Dreaming, Crystal Winds, Steve Hogarth, Teksuo, Different Light, Inthraced, Koyo, The Feelgood Mclouds, The Devil Wears Nada, The Cab, Western Front, The Amity Affliction, Okay You Win, Goddess, Ghost Avenue, Lynch Mob, Hellrazor, Imperium, Lockhart, Remember The Monsters, Spirit Adrift, Dennis Atlas, Held., Khemmis, Mattador, Xandria.
INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES
With sides aching from the banter and dad jokes, we sit down with Ian Gillan and Ian Paice to find out about Deep Purple’s hilariously named new album, ‘SPLAT!’. Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan strikes out on his own with a punk rock album full of energy and vitality, Erik Gronwall shares the highs and lows of his musical career and his battle with leukenia, we catch up with Pete Blakk about new metal supergroup Lex Legion which features four members of King Diamond’s classic 1980’s line-up, and Armored Saint roar back into action with new album ‘Emotion Factory Reset’, plus we have interviews with Steve Hogarth, Xandria, Moonspell, Dominum, Rexoria, Parker Barrow, Evig Natt, WEBB, Hellrazor, Moosehead, The Tirith, Who On Earth, Sum Of Seven, and Magic Of The Marketplace.
REGULARS
AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Viewpoint, The New Power Files, Editorial.
POWERED UP
Joe Bonamassa, Tyketto, Ad Infinitum, The Hu, Apocalyptica, The Rasmus, Dogma, South Of Salem, Death Angel, Creeper, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Angel, Bywater Call, Vio-Lence, Skarlett Riot, Starz, Florence Black, Incite, The Howling, De’Lour, Secret Rule, Sam Morrow.
POWER PLAYS
Bolan, Leatherwitch, Teramaze, Draconian, Only Sons, Iron Kingdom, Narnia, Solemnity, Cyhra, Amberian Dawn, Savatage, Eva Under Fire, Hrothgar, Highway, Awaiting Abigail, The Karma Effect, Devil’s Train, Holy Wars, Vision Divine.
POWER CUTS
Armored Saint, The Howling, Rexoria, The Tirith, Moosehead, Port Noir, Painkiller, We Three Kings, Sleeping Pulse, Dimmu Borgir, Rockett Love, Dekadenza, Ak And The Red Kites, Steve Hogarth, The Who, Toxic Shock, The 69 Eyes, Varg, When Rivers Meet, Rock Justice, Teaze, Mosfite, Joseph Tholl, Waste A Saint, Elder, Alvader, Spread Eagle, Blossom Cult, Sins Of Shadows, Shadowborne, Extinct, Savage Mania, The Cruel Intentions, Diamonds And Guns, Telomyras, Dream Drop, Modus Black, The Crooked Skulls, Overruled, Crimson Glory, Blind Revolution, Virginmarys, The Medea Project, Metatrone, Splitview, Rocketsmith, The Paradox Twin, The Dungbeetle Conspiracy, Enter Shikari, Slaamaskin, Since 2000, Ignition, Outline, Sum Of Seven, Acacia Avenue, Voidchaser, Godthrymm, Tones Of Rock, Solace, Elegant Weapons, Cj Wildheart, Tesla, Fireball Ministry, Eternal Evil, Black Sites, Battleroar, Veins, Thirsty, Krooked Tongue, Gozu, Alice Cooper, Warhog, Maryscreek, Prime Creation, Pro-Pain, Unzucht, Ethereal, The Dead Reynolds, Metall, Acid Reign, Ember Sea, Upper Lip, Suncraft, Susurration, Knife Bride, Dark Divine, Derdian, Moonlight Haze, Lex Legion, Harsh., Master Dy, Parker Barrow, Luna Marble, Yoth Iria, Next Deed, Angellore, 16, Thunder Rising, Cactus, Who On Earth, Fatal Vision, Northborn, Melancholost, The Sideshows, Iconic, The Fuse, The Reality Surreal Time, Outshine, Smoking Snakes, Azrael, Crying Steel, Webb, Starscream, Masquerage, Still Living, Karcius, Grand, Eternal Recurrence, The Limit, Godsmack, Seven Metal Sins, Devildriver, Tidal Wave, The Dead Daisies, Dead Pony, Triosphere, Master Massive, Pride Of Lions, Dominum, Red Giant, Clairvoyant, Kingsphere, Ironwill, Geoff Tate, Element Of Fate, Hokka, Stygian Mind, Kristoffer Gildenlow, Joe Bonamassa, Eradikated, Changing Places In The Fire, Voivod, The Carburetors, Oïkoumen, Moonspell, 11 Theory, Lufeh, Marchello, Racimo, Ruthless, Lucid Dreaming, Crystal Winds, Steve Hogarth, Teksuo, Different Light, Inthraced, Koyo, The Feelgood Mclouds, The Devil Wears Nada, The Cab, Western Front, The Amity Affliction, Okay You Win, Goddess, Ghost Avenue, Lynch Mob, Hellrazor, Imperium, Lockhart, Remember The Monsters, Spirit Adrift, Dennis Atlas, Held., Khemmis, Mattador, Xandria.