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Category Archives: PURE METAL (All posts)
FEAR FACTORY Gig Review
Support Acts: Textures & Sacred Mother Tongue London Koko, Tuesday the 18st of December 2012 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Photos by Fabiola Santini Five years ago, the possibility of having vocalist Burton C.Bell and guitarist Dino Cazares share the … Continue reading
TESTAMENT (Alex Skolnick) Interview
There are not many guitarists in Thrash Metal who can compete with Testament’s maestro Alex Skolnick in terms of sound, feel and execution and his performances in “Dark Roots Of The Earth” have been an integral ingredient in the album’s … Continue reading
GRAVEYARD Gig review
Support Acts: Spiders London O2 Islington Academy, Thursday the 6st of December 2012 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis December has always been a very busy month gigs wise, with many bands choosing the United Kingdom as the place to celebrate … Continue reading
A LIFE ONCE LOST – Ecstatic Trance
Season Of Mist – Out Now Metalcore has always been my least preferred genre and chances are that this will continue to be the case as most bands of this style tend to be fairly generic and predictable in their … Continue reading
TESTAMENT gig review
Support Acts: Malefice & Xerath. London Koko, Friday the 30th of November 2012 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Photos by Fabiola Santini There are many items that can be found in my storage room, things which I have kept as … Continue reading
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GRAVEYARD – Lights Out
Nuclear Blast – Out Now I have always been a strong believer that the creation of new music is a process where old ideas are recycled and presented from a fresh and modern perspective. Nowadays there are plenty of such … Continue reading
Gig review – Opeth – ABC, Glasgow – 13/11/12
This was a first for me tonight as I had never witnessed either of the two bands before, but I had read plenty of good press on both, so I was looking forward to the live experience. It was a … Continue reading
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DESTRUCTION – Spiritual Genocide
Nuclear Blast – Out Now No-one can claim to have been regularly visiting our pages or reading our Metal reviews this past decade or so and not having come across the name Destruction before! Apart from being one of the … Continue reading
GYPSYHAWK – Revelry & Resilience
Metal Blade – Out Now It is official; most people who are into Heavy Metal also enjoy Rock n’Roll music! I mean, there has always been a strong connection between the two genres with bands like Motorhead and Thin Lizzy … Continue reading
KINGS OF ASGARD – …To North
Metal Blade – Out Now The story of the Epic/Viking Metal outfit King Of Asgard is similar to that of many bands which serve the above-mentioned genre. Four musicians with previous services in similar-sounding bands decide to join forces, create … Continue reading
SODOM Gig review
Support Acts: Gospel Of The Horns, Ancient Ascendant. London Underworld, Sunday the 18th of November 2012 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Photos by Fabiola Santini Fighting a cold and attending a gig on a Sunday night are two pretty incompatible … Continue reading
EREB ALTOR – Gastrike
Napalm Records – Out now Black Metal has truly become one of my genres of choice over these last ten years, however, the sheers number of new bands which appear on an almost daily basis has resulted in many top … Continue reading
RED LAMB – Red Lamb
Hansel and Gretel (Release date – 10th Dec 2012) Red Lamb is a bit of a thrash metal supergroup formed by ex-Anthrax guitarist Dan Spitz and Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine. They have enlisted several friends to record this … Continue reading
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OPETH ( Mikael Akerfeldt) Interview
Swedish prog metallers Opeth are currently back on tour around the UK and Europe and I caught up with mainman Mikael Akerfeldt before the tour commenced to talk tours, recording and more … You’re back out on tour around … Continue reading
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Interview: BOBBY LIEBLING (Pentagram) – January 2012
When I first interviewed Bobby Liebling, the frontman of the legendary Doom Metal outfit Pentagram, back in 2011 I thought that this would be a one-off experience but the Gods seem to be favouring us all recently. Following another classic … Continue reading
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PENTAGRAM Gig Review
Support Acts: Gentleman’s Pistols London Relentless Garage, Thursday the 1st of November 2012 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Photos by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Pentagram’s Bobby Liebling has made many attempts in the past to bring over to the UK his … Continue reading
Gig Review – KAMELOT – 7 November 2012
Support Acts: Xandria, Triosphere & Blackguard London Forum, Wednesday 7 November 2012 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Photos by Ant May www.planetmosh.com The first time I came across US Symphonic Power Metallers Kamelot was back in 1999 when a copy of … Continue reading
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LUCA TURILLI’S RHAPSODY Gig Review
Support Acts: Freedom Call, Orden Ogan & Vexillum. O2 Islington Academy, Monday 12 November 2012 Photos by John Adams Yiannis Stefanis reports: Attending a Monday night gig is becoming a real struggle as the years go by but there were … Continue reading
ALLEGAEON – Formshifter
Metal Blade – Out Now. Allegaeon is a fairly young modern Death Metal outfit that has already enjoyed a fair share of exposure in music-related media since its inception back in 2008. Signed by legendary Metal Blade records on the … Continue reading
MYCELIA – Isolator
Self Release (Release Date – out now) When I popped this EP in my laptop, the ever reliable iTunes had it labelled as ‘pop’. Listening to it though, it is about as far removed from pop as you … Continue reading
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LOUDNESS – Eve To Dawn
FROSTBYTE – Out Now There are certain songs that will forever stay in my memory as they have been instrumental in helping shape my personality and musical tastes as a young teenager. One such song was “Heavy Chains” – a … Continue reading
CASTLE – Blacklands
VAN RECORDS – Out Now No one can deny that the 70s has been probably the most important decade in the history of Rock as the sound and style that was developed during this period continues to influence Rock and … Continue reading
ELUVEITIE – The Early Years
NUCLEAR BLAST – Out Now It was only eight months ago that Folk Deathsters Eluveitie presented the world with their 5th studio album “Helvetios” and there is yet another with their name on the sleeve being released. As the title … Continue reading
VOIVOD (Denis “Snake” Belanger) INTERVIEW
I remember how there was a time in my life when the idea of seeing the Canadian Prog Metallers Voivod live would have seemed like a dream but this October, not only was I to enjoy a one and a … Continue reading
GEOFF TATE – Kings & Thieves
Inside Out – Release date: 29/10/2012 The 20th of June 2012 is the day that is carved in my memory – the day when the unthinkable happened: Michael Wilton, Scott Rockenfield & Eddie Jackson informed the world through an announcement … Continue reading
