Born in a pub in Southern Finland five years ago, Astralion set forth into the world of power metal with the motto, “Forget the...

Power metal seems to be a genre tailor-made for rocking huge stadiums packed with thousands of screaming fans. Whether it’s the use of keyboards,...

If you prefer your metal to be in the symphonic or power metal vein, chances are you have heard, or are a fan, of Amberian...

Album titles that are needlessly long aside, have you ever wondered what would have happened if Dave Mustaine had made a progressive power metal...

California isn't really the first place that one's mind goes when thinking of modern power metal. Once upon a time, however, it was a...

"I honestly think that you don't have to believe anything. If you really want to know you can know; your eyes can be opened and you can see these kind of things"

Just like it happened with Gamma Ray, Stratovarius is a band that I discovered through their live material. Their 1998 album Visions of Europe...

Following the discords in the band around 2004, many were right to assume that Stratovarius would join the myriad of bands that were massively...

There are a lot of bands that had been broken up for a long while after a fruitful career, but decided that their run...