POWERGAME - The Lockdown Tapes MCD

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Founded in 2012 by singer and guitar player Matty, POWERGAME stands for pure passion for the NWOBHM. The band’s name was taken from the Tokyo Blade-song with the same title, but of course many other bands of that era like Tygers Of Pan Tang, Samson, Tank, Raven, Holocaust, Angel Witch, Demon and Iron Maiden are big influences for the band. Following some major line up-changes, a demo called “Raw Heavy Metal” (2013) and the self-released album “Beast On The Attack”, “Masquerade” marks the previous peak for the quartet from Bielefeld, Germany. Razor-sharp riffs, twin guitar-leads, pumping bass, driving drums and Matty’s characteristic voice are the ingredients of the band’s songs. The songs come to the point but still include enough details to stay thrilling for a long period of time. As an example, listen to the canon the guitars are playing in the band’s anthem ‘Powergame’. After the release of "Masquerade" the bands was playin' a lot of fantastic concerts - sadly bad interrupted by the worldwide spreading of the Covid-19 virus! Doesn't matter, the band was using the unexpected "free time" to write new material. The result of this work is called "The Lockdown Tapes" hell yeah!), will be out as Mini CD and the band can't await to go back on stage!