ROCKA ROLLAS - The War of Steel Has Begun

[Stormspell_Records]

New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal from Sweden. Classic Judas Priest and early Running Wild clashed at a party and from this unlawful carnal orgy a bastard child was born - the mighty ROCKA ROLLAS!

To be unleashed upon the masses by Stormspell Records in Fall 2011.

Sound samples:

http://soundcloud.com/stormspell/rocka-rollas-heavy-metal-kings

http://soundcloud.com/stormspell/rocka-rollas-dark-future

[Stormspell_Records]

If you get by the artwork and give the audio samples a chance, you could be for a nice surprise... just saying

[Michael@SacredMetal]

Yeah, this rocks!!
"Heavy Metal Kings" is a killer tune!

[HeavyMetalManiac666]

Cool stuff! I guess the CD will be bought

[flo/thrash attack zine]

yep good stuff. the logo is not the best eyecatcher though :D

[Stormspell_Records]

yep good stuff. the logo is not the best eyecatcher though :D

We'll remedy this on the sophomore release when, hopefully, we'll be fully involved in the cover/layout/design decisions.

[Acrylator]

yep good stuff. the logo is not the best eyecatcher though :D

Do you mean the logo itself or its placement and color in the artwork?
I think the choice of the position in the light explosion is very clever - this and the dark red makes it pop out.
The logo itself is not the best but quite okay. The shapes of the letters look a bit like a mixture between the logos of ARIJA, KUBLAI KHAN and AC/DC.

[Stormspell_Records]

I'm okay with the logo. There are too many recent logos just written in some fancy downloaded font, and this is not one of them. The name of the band is cool too, Judas Priest is a huge influence on the music, so it is fitting. After all, it is just a fun side project by a dude doing everything himself (minus vocals).

The funny part is - it is more genuine and better than some of the "serious" NWOTHM bands like Cauldron or White Wizard, in my own opinion of course anyway.

We're hoping to generate some cash with this release so the guy can upgrade his drum set and next album to sound even better (which is already written and ready to be recorded).

[Sgt. Kuntz]

Not bad. Nice axework and a good, clean vocalist. "Thundersteel"-RIOT captures it well enough i would say.

[Stormspell_Records]

Yeah, in the most parts it is like Thundersteel with pirate era Running Wild riffs and some amazing solos. That dude is quite good. No Angelo Sasso either, all instruments are real.

[rapanzel]

Holy Shit, they did a STEEL cover

[qpr]

A few weeks ago I´ve heard the whole album and a lot of great songs on it.

Really like it.

[Stormspell_Records]

Big feature and exclusive interview in next issue of Close-Up magazine.