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On sale on our web site and in the shops   POWERPLAY 275 JULY 2024   INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES Ian Gillan tells us about writing and recording the band’s 23rd album which has the rather odd title ‘=1’ and is the first to feature new guitarist Simon McBride. Ian also recounts how he was assisted by a friend who he describes as a mad scientist! Visions Of Atlantis push the (pirate) boat out even farther this month with their superb sequel ‘Pirates II - Armada’ (p8), Dream Evil return from a seven year recording gap with the modestly but appropriately titled ‘Metal Gods’, and we talk to Tailgunner who are flying the flag for the new breed of British traditional metal. Also this month are chats with Robert Jon & The Wreck, Grand Slam, The Commoners, Evolucija, Hellgrimm, Inner Axis, Death In Paradise, Before Sunday, War Grave, and Petrolbreath, plus Tony Pijar shares his Top 20 favourite list of current new wave of traditional heavy metal bands, and we put Metal Queen Doro’s albums under the spotlight.   REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Viewpoint, The New Power Files, Editorial.   POWERED UP Bruce Dickinson, Five Finger Death Punch, Yes, Kansas, Call Of The Wild Festival, Symphony X, Uli Jon Roth, Riverside, Heathen, Lil Ed And The Blues Imperials, Ice Nine Kills, When Rivers Meet, Black Smoke Trigger, Romeo’s Daughter, Kira Mac, Klone, Malevolence, Jayler, Dusk Brothers.   POWER PLAYS Visions Of Atlantis, Orden Ogan, Halestorm, Nothing More, Whaledog, Beasto Blanco, Scarlet Rebels, Category 7, Sarke, Saint Diablo, Vhaldemar, Orange Goblin, Soulbound, Beaux Gris Gris And The Apocalypse.   POWER CUTS Deep Purple, Kissin’ Dynamite, Keys, Seventh Dimension, Black Phantom, 96 Bitter Beings, Six Feet Under, Kittie, Vexing Hex, Velveteen Queen, Thola, Rifflord, Ereley, Equus, Paradise In Flames, Boneripper, Burntmill Ghosts, Royal Republic, Hartlight, Frequency Overload, Holycide, Loaded Billy, Factory Of Art, Thomas Nicholas Band, Shaun Stein, Bloody Falls, The Eternal, Status Quo, The Mercury Riots, Silver Horses, Jolly Jackers, Crippled Fingers, Cactus, D.A.D., Sanity, Zygnema, The Ghost Next Door, Hellbutcher, One Step Closer and many more 🤘🏻

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 31st May POWERPLAY 274 JUNE 2024 INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES Black Country Communion return after a seven year absence with glorious new album ‘V’. We chat to Glenn Hughes about the supergroup, which he believes has the potential to be one of the top five bands on the planet, and we ask him the big question that everyone wants answered: will the band ever tour again? Tico Tores and David Bryan tell us about the making of new Bon Jovi album ‘Forever’ and how they haven’t felt so good about an album since ‘Slippery When Wet’, Tom Englund shares his enthusiasm about Evergrey’s spectacular new album which exceeds all expectations and will certainly be one of our front runners for album of the year, and Kerry King talks about his heavy as Hell debit solo offering. Also this month we catch up with Axel Rudi Pell, Lacuna Coil, Kaipa, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Nestor, Defects, Tom Mansi & The Icebreakers, Sunburst, Millennial Reign, Dendera, and Paula Teles, plus Helloween receive our albums ranked treatment. POWERED UP Blind Guardian, Judas Priest, Sabaton, Joe Bonamassa, Slash With Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, Lordi, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Mammoth WVH, The 69 Eyes, Wind Rose, Kris Barras Band, Xandria, South Of Salem, All For Metal, Nanowar Of Steel, Shadowsmile, The Bites, Sellsword, The Night Eternal, Celavi, The Nocturnal Affair, Budderside, Crimson Veil, Warlock A.D., Hellbearer. REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Viewpoint, Editorial. POWER PLAYS Evergrey, Pain, Axel Rudi Pell, Kerry King, Dendera, Amongst Liars, Flamekeeper, Anvil, Demon, Reliqa, Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Dirty Denims, Reach, The Commoners, Greenleaf, Violent Eternal. POWER CUTS Bon Jovi, Vain, Millennial Reign, earthtone9, Loverboy, Nestor, Sunburst, Mad Hatter, Evolucija, Dååth, Petrolbreath, Kaipa, Tyrants & Kings, Krissy Matthews, The Watchers, Smash Into Pieces, Warhorse, Altar Of Oblivion, Savage Wizdom, Deviltrain, Bat, Senistro, Hades, The Heathen Scÿthe, Preacher Stone, Maverick, Angels Of Babylon, Kickhunter, Postum – 0, The Outfit, Shrapnel, Evildead, My Diligence, Thomas Nicholas Band and so much more! 🤘🏻🎸

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 26th April   POWERPLAY 273 MAY 2024   INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES Accept singer Mark Tornillo shares some stories and tells us about the band’s fantastic new album ‘Humanoid’ which includes ten razor-sharp and bone-crushing Accept anthems and one beautiful ballad. Nancy Wilson tells us all about the upcoming Heart tour and what it’s like to be on the road as a seventy-year-old. Sebastian Bach returns with a peach of a new solo album that fans of Skid Row need to hear. And we talk to Billy Idol’s guitarist Billy Morrison about the A-listers who contributed to his debut album. Also this month we catch up with Freedom Call, Lee Aaron, Collateral, Ghostkid, Wheel, Mike Matney, The Last Element, Pirate Queen, Ramblin’ Preachers, Enquire Within, Ruled By Raptors, Nastergal, and The Fires Below, plus promoter George previews this year’s Masters Of Rock festival and we bring you our in-depth look at the festival events for the rest of the year.   POWERED UP Judas Priest, Saxon, Uriah Heep, Black Stone Cherry, FM, Mr. Big, Dragonforce, Amaranthe, Rick Wakeman, Girlschool, Lillian Axe, Alcatrazz, Leaves’ Eyes, Massive Wagons, Mammoth WVH, Nita Strass, Metalite, Infected Rain, Saint Asonia, Northtale, Twister, Brave Rival, Catalyst Crime.   REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Viewpoint, The New Power Files, Editorial.   POWER PLAYS Accept, Gothminster, Unleash The Archers, Apocalyptica, Drungi, Stormborn, Crosschains, New Horizon, Ghøstkid, Saturday Night Satan, Unshine, Rise Of Asura, Billy Morrison, The Middlenight Men, Chase The Comet, JD Miller.   POWER CUTS Slash, Pirate Queen, Imminence, Matney, Nastergal, Enquire Within, Collateral, The Fires Below, Wheel, Freedom Call, The Milk Men, Coventhrall, Alicate, Ravage, Shadowdance, Vanden Plas, Guenna, High Desert Queen, Melodious Deite, The Rah’s, Ferrett, The Treatment, Bloodorn, Warlord, Handsome Jack, Symphonity, The Vulcan Itch, Jinjer, Bob Saliba, Rydholm Säfsund, Lost Zone, Mephisto, Keygen Church, Animalia, Concrete Age, Greystone Canyon, Dvne, Marty Friedman, Gatecreeper, Hunter, Northlane, The Ghost Inside, Travis Jon Evans, Anette Olzon and many more 🤘🏻

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 29th March POWERPLAY 272 APRIL 2024 INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES A band that has always walked its own path, after experimenting with greater use of rap, alt, and pop on previous album ‘Circles’, San Diego metallers P.O.D. have pared their latest album ‘Veritas’ down to it’s much more Powerplay friendly metal core. “Everything about it is a bit heavier and more in your face,” says frontman Sonny Sandoval. Balance Of Power return with their first album since 2003, Feuerschwanz delight the non-German speaking world with a collection of songs in English, and we talk to new prog metal supergroup Whom Gods Destroy. Also this month are interviews with Gun, Rage, FM, Sonic Universe, Folterkammer, Nonexister, Susan Santos, Revenant, These Wicked Rivers, Final Coil, Deadaudiosaints, and Kaos Krew, plus ahead of talking to Accept next month about the release of their metal as Hell new album ‘Humanoid’ we look back on their essential-for-all-metal-fans back catalogue with an albums ranked feature. POWERED UP Alestorm, Gun, Korpiklaani, Tesseract, Gloryhammer, Currents, John 5, Beast In Black, Being As An Ocean, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Heidevolk, Brothers Of Metal, Connor Selby, Unprocessed, Oceans Ate Alaska, The Callous Dauboys, Sentinels. REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial. POWER PLAYS Kris Barras Band, Blue Oyster Cult, Sonic Universe, Throne Of Thorns, Khirki, Electron, Feuerschwanz, FM, Rage, Vulture, Freddy And The Phantoms, Blood Opera, The Neptune Power Federation, Setyoursails. POWER CUTS Gun, Dead Reynolds, P.O.D., Ayreon, Ramblin Preachers, Kickin’ Valentina, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Coffin Storm, Sebastian Bach, Korpiklaani, Millhaven, Glitter Wizard, Blaze Bayley, King Zebra, Cigar Box Band, Far Beyond, Art Of Anarchy, Kill The Lights, Anubis, About Us, Marble Ghosts, The Day We Left Earth, Waste A Saint, Deadpeach, Voyager-X, Sunday Factory, The Lunar Effect, Suldusk, Emergency Rule, Meanstreak, Datcha Mandala, Deadaudiosaints, Edit The Tide, Rotting Christ, Heavy Temple, Ashes Of Billy, Pushing Daisy and so much more! 🤘🏻🎸

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 23rd February   POWERPLAY 271 MARCH 2024   INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES Almost two decades since his last solo offering, Bruce Dickinson blows us away with his fantastic new album ‘The Mandrake Project’. Created along with Bruce’s long-time collaborator, guitarist and producer Roy Z, the concept album will be complemented by a series of twelve comics that tell its story. We talk to legendary former Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars about his sublime debut solo album, a thoroughly modern affair that will surprise everyone, Scott Stapp tells us about his latest solo offering and discusses the possibility of the Creed reunion tour making it to the UK, and we catch up with the not so British favourite UK prog rock band Big Big Train. Also this month are chats with Dragonforce, New Years Day, Alestorm, Lionheart, Hammer King, Blind Channel, Philip Sayce, Midas Fall, Edge Of Ever, Psychos, and No Worth Of Man, plus heavy metal originators Black Sabbath receive our albums ranked treatment.   POWERED UP The Darkness, The Outlaws, Spock’s Beard, Bad Nerves, Steve Overland & Jim Kirkpatrick, Wayward Sons, South Of Salem, InMe, Final Coil, The Marianna Hollow, Hats Off Gentlement It’s Adequate, Holding Absence, Muddibrooke, Dark Divine, The River.   REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial.   POWER PLAYS Bruce Dickinson, Leah, Amaranthe, Stygian Crown, Final Coil, Skeletal Remains, Frozen Rain, Savaged, Ancient Vvisdom, Kristoffer Gildenlöw, New Years Day, Steve Hackett, Alterium, Dust Bolt, Revolution Saints, Troy Redfern, Dragonforce.   POWER CUTS Mick Mars, Blind Channel, Durbin, Big Big Train, No Terror In The Bang, Suicidal Angels, Whiteabbey, Crucible, Susan Santos, D’luna, Cognizance, Crazy Lixx, Social Disorder, Cave, The Great Alone, Blackout Problems, Z02, Goat Major, Faith Circus, Amigo The Devil, Diabol Boruta, Flames Of Fire, Austrian Death Machine, Wax Mekanix, Midas Fall, Byron, Reeper, Dreamworm, Ministry, Midnight, Noage, Wade Black’s Astronomica, Anahata, Palace Of The King, Whom Gods Destroy and many more! 🤘🏻🎸

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 26th January   POWERPLAY 270 FEBRUARY 2024   INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES Charlie Starr chats to us about Blackberry Smoke’s fantastic eighth album ‘Be Right Here’, arguably their best with its organic sound from being recorded with the whole band playing together in one room. “Sometimes if I look at my phone and see whose phone numbers are in there,” says Charlie reflecting on the band’s success, “it’s like what the fuck? How did I wind up with his phone number? The twelve-year-old me would be freaked out.” All-girl supergroup Exit Eden return with their second album and this time it is a mixture of covers and original material, Myrath singer Zaher Zorgati pleads with the world to end the wars, and The Gems tell us how three former Thundermother members came together to form a new band. We also talk to tAKiDA, Lucifer, Caligula’s Horse, Profiler, South Of Salem, Illumishade, Slope, Kelakos, Ordahlia Nera, The Survival Code, Promethium, and Goaten.   POWERED UP Greta Van Fleet, Halestorm, Marillion, Black Veil Brides, Corey Taylor, Foghat, Dragonforce, Amaranthe, The Almighty, Lorna Shore, Deathstars, Oxymorrons, Nanowar Of Steel, Balaam & The Angel, Rivers Of Nihil, Death Cult, Jared James Nichols, Dewolff, Priest, Liv Sin, Brother Cane, Shane Smith And The Saints, Hawklords, Mothica, Mt. Joy, Hannah Wicklund, Ingested, Stone Horses, Silveroller, Lili Refrain, Distant.   REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial.   POWER PLAYS Blackberry Smoke, Jack J. Hutchinson, The Gems, Dust & Bones, The Survival Code, Vitriol, Ruthless, Lutharo, Hard Excess, Infected Rain, Amalgama, Call Me Amour, Diamonds And Guns, Madder Mortem, Jenner, Mr Bison, Romuvos, Sonata Arctica, Dymytry, Royal Tusk.   POWER CUTS Foghat, Caligula’s Horse, Wicked Smile, Saxon, Cobrakill, From North, Freakwizard, Lucifer, Goaten, Abyss, Russell/Guns, Deithesis, Casey, Shadow Circus, Mass Hysteria, Youth Fountain, A Somerset Parade, Orbita Wiru, General Jack, Holy Wars, Black Daggers, Doomherre, Steel Rhino, Bad Rain, Eldritch, Untamed, Hiraes, Philip Sayce, Head Control System, Astray Valley and so much more 🤘🏻

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 24th November POWERPLAY 269 DECEMBER 2023/FEBRUARY 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 and many more 🤘🏻

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 27th October POWERPLAY 268 NOVEMBER 2023 INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES To celebrate her 40th anniversary in metal and the release of her fantastic new album ‘Conqueress - Forever Strong And Proud’ Doro takes us on a ride through the history of the Metal Queen. Sharon den Adel tells us about the important political and social messages on Within Temptation’s glorious new album ‘Bleed Out’, and we travel on tour with successors to Manowar’s crown All For Metal. Also this month are interviews with Angelus Apatrida, D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings, Go Ahead And Die, Cobra Spell, Satan’s Fall, The Blue Lena, Comaniac, Devine Lie, Foul Body Autopsy, Sangdragon, Imperium, Lark, Phoenix Lake, Dirty Mitts, The Rattlebacks, and Kamira. POWERED UP Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Baby Metal, Ministry, Filter, Stonedead Festival, Fozzy, Delain, L7, Beast In Black, Visions Of Atlantis, Massive Wagons, Kris Barras Band, Wind Rose, All For Metal, Haunt, Hell Fire, Low Cut Connie, Dethlok, Seven Kindoms. REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial. POWER PLAYS Within Temptation, Cabrakaan, Hawkk, Blood Lightning, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Elegy Of Madness, Signum Regis, Cirith Ungol, Temperance, Theocracy, Conspiracy Of Blackness, Draconicon, Kamira, Hitten, Green Lung, Bird’s View. POWER CUTS The Struts, Staind, Diviner, Kaunis Kuolematon, Red County Jail, La Chinga, Bad As, D’virgilio, Morse And Jennings, St Madness, Bad Wolves, Wellwater Conspiracy, Stahlmann, Gypsy Pistoleros, Aries Field, Lynch Mob, Dirty Honey, Vambo, Cobra Spell, As The Sun Falls, Quasarbaorn, Foul Body Autopsy, Hyperia, Catch Your Breath, Temple Balls, Dirty Mitts, Ritual King, Dogma, Night Ranger, King Falcon, Karmamoi, Electric Black, Accidental President, Dirty Talons, Rozario, The Answer Lies In The Black Void, Go Ahead And Die, Slidhr, Hermano, Powerstorm, Unitytx, Blacklist Union, Seventh Crystal, Broadside, Mount Mary, I Am Low, The Iron Roses, Massive Scar Era, Ben Cutler, Angra, Michael Catton, The Blue Lena, Sevendust, Samurai Pizza Cats, Air Drawn Dagger, Satan’s Fall, Comaniac & many more 🤘🏻

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 29th September POWERPLAY 267 OCTOBER 2023 INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES With a new band member, a fantastic new album to promote, and an impending intimate UK tour to look forward to, there’s no wonder that Black Stone Cherry are ‘Screamin’ At The Sky’. Joe Bonamassa revisits his breakthrough album with ‘Blues Deluxe Vol.2’ and John Corabi tells us how he feels about rejoining The Dead Daisies. Also getting the Powerplay interview treatment this month are Serenity, Graveyard, Erja Lyytinen, Molybaron, Nervosa, Blackbriar, Molly Karloff, Tempt, Heavy Water, Wayfarer, Atlas, Tantrum, and Se7en Seraphim. POWERED UP Extreme, Alter Bridge, Goo Goo Dolls, Buckcherry, Yngwie Malmsteen, Glenn Hughes, Kamelot, The Struts, Sevendust, SOS Festival, Living Colour, Battle Beast, Xandria, Gov’t Mule, O.A.R., Deicide, Cats In Space, Mammoth WVH, Obsession, Cirith Ungol, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Night Demon, De Profundis, Dying Vision. REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial. POWER PLAYS Apostolica, Doro, Cold Culture, Spyder Byte, Mustang, Marduk, Grymheart, Black Stone Cherry, Nervosa, Never Obey Again, Shepherds Reign, Ignited, Sangdragon, Of Mice And Men, Oni, Theia. POWER CUTS Subsignal, Brian Durbin, Blackbriar, Hawthorne Heights, Eric Sardinas, Serenity, Chris Shiflett, Dead Feathers, Rich Kid Express, Atomic Kings, Hunter, Flowerleaf, Source, 20 Watt Tombstone, Revealing Chaos, The Cold Blooded Hearts, Last Breed, Intent, Artefuckt, Induction, Ronnie Atkins, Earthside, Rival Sons, Bonafide, Iron Saviour, Blind Man’s Gun, By Fire & Sword, Kings Crown, Mountain Of Power, Magnolia Park, Don’t Panic, Hannah Wicklund, Marene, Shocker, Prong, Beyond God, Sieges Even, Mercenary, Edge Of Forever, Contorsion, Meridian Sun, Dog Eat Dog, Skagarack, Mayhem, Rockett Love, Core Of iO, Coreleoni, Gary Hoey, Howling Giant, Midnight Daydream, Veritas, Diesel Boy, Icon Of Sin, Moonlight Sorcery, Generation Steel, Trevor Rabin, Knife Bride, Apotheus, Domino Drive, Heleven, Primordial, Sinnery, Kind, Later Sons, Årabrot, Brothers Osborne and many more!

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 25th August POWERPLAY 266 SEPTEMBER 2023 INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES Alice Cooper talks to us at length about the wonderful stories behind his superb latest album ‘Road’, a broadly conceptual look at life for a gigging band. Following his departure from The Dead Daisies Glenn Hughes tells us about his plans for a solo tour to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Burn’, Phil Campbell talks to us about his phenomenal new album with The Bastard Sons, and German trailblazers Oomph! return with a new singer and a new album. We also catch up with The Flower Kings, 3TEETH, Soen, Karnataka, Sylosis, When Rivers Meet, The Unity, Syteria, Seraina Telli, Death Dealer Union, Supremacy, Albany Down, and Endless Exam. POWERED UP Kiss, Masters Of Rock Festival, Tons Of Rock Festival, Hollywood Vampires, LA Guns, The Quireboys, Die Kur, Tab Benoit, Aeons, Phobetor. REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial. POWER PLAYS Alice Cooper, Daedric, Atlas, Eclipse, Primal Fear, Starbenders, Borracho, Dom Martin, Atria, Shadow Smile, Los Morts, Noveria, Edenfall, S.O.R.M., Firewind. POWER CUTS Joe Bonamassa, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, Tempt, Rituals, Erja Lyytinen, Temic, The Mighty Bard, Fixation, Bloody Dice, 3TEETH, Stygian Fair, With Honor, Crowborn, Miss Vain, The Bites, Tarja, Starmen, Escape The Hive, Brujeria, Thelemite, Sodomisery, West Alley, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Death Dealer Union, Massasauga, Filter, Repentance, Tomb Of Giants, Tesseract, Why Amnesia, Atena, Electric Boys, The Cheats, Vega, Heimdall, Burner, Phoenix Lake, SiM, Midnight Fracture, Breforth, Ars Moriendi, Conquer Divide, Houston, Godthrymm, Hawkwind, Restless Spirit, Heave, Fabled Mind, Hexvessel, Supremacy, Annisokay, Atreyu, Kerrigan, Dress The Dead, Sinheresy, Pino Scotto, Soen, Sylosis, Johnny O’neill, Carthus, The Flower Kings, War For War, Kikimora, Takalaiton, Damn Freaks, Weekend Cigarettes, Paul Rodgers, Oomph!, The Word Alive, Molly Karloff, Grey Attack, Stray Gods, Martin Simson’s Destroyer Of Death, Onyria, Oxymorrons, Ronnie Romero, Kvelertak, Sarayasign, Raining Nails and more🤘🏻

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 28th July POWERPLAY 265 AUGUST 2023 INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES KK Downing shares some of his stories and tells us about the incredible new KK’s Priest album, which we reckon features the best ever vocal work from Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens. Cyhra blow us away with their third album, and Dragonforce front man Marc Hudson tells us about his wonderfully varied debut solo album, plus this month we interview Kataklysm, Spirit Adrift, The Dust Coda, She Burns Red, Crypta, Avkrvst, Krysaor, Martin Miller, Electron, Shipwrecker, Raze, and Rat Rod, and in this edition’s special feature we gaze into the rock and metal crystal ball to offer our predictions about the bands that we believe may have a world beating album in their future. POWERED UP Iron Maiden, Lord Of The Lost, Copenhell Festival, Sepultura, Kreator, Carcasss, Rhapsody Of Fire, Tarja, Tom Keifer, Winger, Eric Gales, Death Angel, Forged In Black, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, John Corabi, Windrose, Unto Others, Rosalie Cunningham, The Aristocrats, Eric Johanson, Neverworld, Stormborn. REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial. POWER PLAYS Velvet Insane, When Rivers Meet, Cyhra, Liverbox, Streetlight, Lost Zone, Dragonheart, Megaherz, Crypta, Seraina Telli, Heryos, Holding Absence, Lancer, Godiva, Hell In The Club. POWER CUTS Syteria, Spirit Adrift, Neal Morse Band, Mercy Music, Timechild, U.D.O., Albany Down, Blessed Black, Rage And Fire, Electron, Oblivion Protocol, Danko Jones, Blitz, Mario Rossi, Laurence Jones, Gilgamesj, Rainover, Rat Rod, Extrema, Cathalepsy, Princess Alice Manor, Don’t Sleep, Till The Dirt, Shadow Of Nyx, Infinite Spectrum, Bad Marriage, Mass Hysteria, Writing The Future, Royal Beggars, Dysplacer, Winterage, Forged In Black, Course Of Fate, She Burns Red, Corrozion, Bray Road, Exmortus, Jamie’s Elsewhere, The Mark Price Band, Jag Panzer, Des Rocs, Skindred, Messiahvore, Blindstone, Rian, Mur.Doc 104, Coastwise, Sacred Dawn, Meurtrieres, Royal Deceit, Protean Shield, Vordona, Spillage, Mother Misery, Plainride, Voice Of Baceprot, The Guess Who, Antioch, Rockin’ Engine, Sieges Even and much more

On sale on our web site now and in the shops from 30th June POWERPLAY 264 JULY 2023 INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES After starting his professional music career at fifteen in one of the biggest bands on the planet, Wolfgang Van Halen is now treading his own musical path. The second album by Wolfgang’s Mammoth WVH solo band is a heavier affair than the debut but still with melody as the key component. We caught up with the man himself to find out all about the new album and more. Feuerschwanz raise smiles and drinking horns with their latest instalment of folk metal anthems, Fifth Angel return to the sound of their debut with their fantastic fourth album, and we talk to Cassidy Paris, the young Australian that many in the music press are referring to as “the future of classic rock”. Also under the Powerplay spotlight this month are Virgin Steele, Ray Alder, Eleine, Prydain, Ivy Gold, Averlanche, Sacro Ordine Dei Cavalieri Di Parsifal, Trollgrad, Gallaher’s Green, and Imperatore, plus in this issue’s special feature we tell you all about the albums that we can’t live without but you have most likely never heard. POWERED UP Def Leppard, Helloween, Joe Bonamassa, Styx, Steel Panther, Alestorm, Slaughter, Winger, Pop Evil, Voivod, Call Of The Wild Festival, Gloryhammer, Uprising Festival, Dark Angel, Whiplash, Imperial Triumphant, Lutharo, Devil Master. REGULARS AOR Underground, Tygerman’s Tales, The New Power Files, Editorial. POWER PLAYS Prydain, A Life Divided, Degrees Of Truth, Zaria, Virgin Steele, The Balladmongrels, Voyager, Winterstorm, Attica, Vexed, Heart Line, Witchskull, Raze, Bloodbound, The Amity Affliction, All For Metal. POWER CUTS Girlschool, Ray Alder, Martin Miller, Elle Tea, Geminiidragon, Mats Karlsson, Hawkwind, Bullet To The Heart, Cattle Decapitation, Souls Worn Thin, Trading Aces, Fortunato, Alleycatz, Jason Charles Miller, Front Row Warriors, Void King, Schattenmann, Radux, The Dirty Nil, This Summit Fever, Superbloom, Outlanders, A Dark Halo, Krashkarma, The Used, Titan Blood, Feuerschwanz, Horslips, Horn, Agora, Cavalera, Riyah, Wonders, Hot Mulligan, Death Ray Vision, Ockra, The Stripp, Voivod, Alis, Vandenberg & much more!