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The equivalent of a holiday day in the melodic metal community took place nearly four weeks ago and those who attended this year are still talking excitedly about it. This year Power Metal Quest Fest offered up one of the strongest line-ups in the festival’s history with legendary DYNAZTY headlining, returning to the UK for … Continue reading LIVE REPORT: Power Metal Quest Fest 2023 @ The Asylum, Birmingham 30.09.2023
VICTORIUS toured the UK very recently and Power Metal Quest Fest was one of their stops. Rock Out Stand Out's Lotty Whittingham sat with bassist Andreas 'Triceratops' Dockhorn and guitarist Dirk 'Raptor' Scharsich about the tour, mental health and fantasy adventures. Hello Dirk and Andreas, thanks for joining us today. First of all as an … Continue reading “For forty minutes, you can expect action, speed and comedy.”
We present the final playlist of the year. This one features songs from albums that Lotty and Martin both chose as their top ten, Lotty's top ten singles and a couple of new singles to get us excited for the new year. Martin's choices include SAXON, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, CONFIDENTIAL, AVANTASIA, WOODS OF WONDERS, VICTORIUS … Continue reading ROCK OUT STAND OUT PLAYLIST: December 2022
There has been a whole plethora of releases this year and so many amazing ones too! As always, it has been incredibly challenging condensing these down into my Top 10 albums of 2022. 10: Confidential – Devil Inside This is a fantastic debut offering by CONFIDENTIAL who are a Norwegian Symphonic metal band founded by … Continue reading WORDS FROM THE TEAM – Martin’s Top 10 Albums of 2022
Another two weeks is up and the heat is turning up, literally the heat is on and festival season has well and truly started. The latest edition of the playlist should be great ones to sit and relax to with a cold pint or rock out to. The playlist kicks off by METALLICA classic, this … Continue reading ROCK OUT STAND OUT PLAYLIST – 16.07.2022
A note from Lotty: Hello all, hope you are doing OK. My mental health really slipped in the last couple of months and updating the playlists took the brunt of it so huge apologies from me and will get it back on track starting with this one. The playlist to kick it back up again … Continue reading ROCK OUT STAND OUT PLAYLIST – Half-Way Edition 2022
Following on from the first part of my post, here are albums that have made my year so far. Saxon – Carpe Diem Is an incredibly strong offering from the Barnsley Battalion that laid down the gauntlet for this years releases. There was a mix of historical accolades referenced along with modern-day affairs and even … Continue reading WORDS FROM THE TEAM: Martin’s Half-Way Choices – Albums
Dinosaurs, Ninjas and Power Metal? If this makes you as excited as I am then you are going to love this! Step into an alternate reality where humanity is under attack by an evil space ninja clan. Our protectors: the mystical and magical Dinogods. Herein lies the next instalment from VICTORIUS with their new album … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Victorius – Dinosaur Warfare Pt.2 – The Great Ninja War!
There are so many bands in the world today. Thanks to the joys of streaming platforms such as Bandcamp, Spotify and even Youtube, there are millions upon millions of songs available at the touch of your fingertips. My 10 bands to look out for in 2020 will most likely display some familiar names to some … Continue reading Martin’s Bands To Look Out For 2020