Daily Archives: November 21, 2014

Album review: EMPYRIUM – The Turn Of The Tides

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Yiannis
EMPYRIUM – The Turn Of The Tides

Prophecy Productions – Out Now. When Markus Stock, otherwise known as Ulf Theodor Schwadorf, decided to put his Dark Symphonic Folk Metal project Empyrium to rest back in 2002 he did so by claiming that the band needed to “move … Continue reading →

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Album review: KING OF ASGARD – Karg

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Yiannis
KING OF ASGARD – Karg

Metal Blade – Out Now. Sometimes, the choice of an appropriate name is really worth its weight in gold. Take, for instance, the Swedish Melodic Death/Viking Metal quartet King Of Asgard. I had absolutely no clue whatsoever what these lads … Continue reading →

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Album review: UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN – Baphomet Pan Shub-Niggurath

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Yiannis
UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN – Baphomet Pan Shub-Niggurath

Iron Bonehead – Out Now. If you were to ask me to name one good reason why I chose to review the third studio release of the Death Metal quartet Unaussprechlichen Kulten my response would be that I find the … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEMONIC RESURRECTION – The Demon King

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Yiannis
DEMONIC RESURRECTION – The Demon King

Candlelight – Out Now. Coming from a country as tradition-orientated as India and playing Extreme Metal cannot be an easy thing but this is exactly what the six members of the Blackened Death Metal outfit Demonic Resurrection decided to do … Continue reading →

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Album review: GOATWHORE – Constricting Rage Of The Merciless

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Yiannis
GOATWHORE – Constricting Rage Of The Merciless

Metal Blade – Out Now. It is a well known and universally accepted fact that people understand and appreciate music in different ways – something that, I am sure you agree, makes this beautiful form of human expression such an … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE TEXAS FLOOD, Hard Rock Hell, Pwllheli, 14 November 2014

Posted on November 21, 2014 by GRTR! HQ
THE TEXAS FLOOD, Hard Rock Hell, Pwllheli, 14 November 2014

The opening slot on any of the stages can be daunting but for The Texas Flood it’s even more so as these young guys take on their biggest gig yet. After going to Glasgow and winning the top slot at … Continue reading →

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Gig review: VARDIS – Hard Rock Hell, Pwllheli, 15 November 2014

Posted on November 21, 2014 by GRTR! HQ
Vardis - Hard Rock Hell, Pwllheli, 15 November 2014

Band reformations always form differences of opinions but the few thousand people watching Vardis on the main stage at Hard Rock Hell delivered their overwhelmingly positive verdict. After being apart for almost 30 years, drummer Gary Pearson, after a lot … Continue reading →

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