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Album review: SHADES OF REMEMBERANCE – Veil

Posted on October 25, 2013 by petefeenstra

   Burn All Records [Release Date: 26.04.13] Ohio’s Shades Of Remembrance are metal band with proggy leanings on an album that straddles both genres rather than fuses the two. ‘Veil’ duly delivers enough speed, intensity, resolute playing and dark themes to … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE FLOWER KINGS – Desolation Rose

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Yiannis

Inside Out – Out Now. It was almost a year ago that I was granted a thoroughly delightful and highly entertaining interview with Roine Stolt during which I openly questioned his priorities by stating that having a band like The … Continue reading →

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Album Review: DARK DESIGN – Prey For The Future

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Yiannis

Heaven And Hell Records – Out Now. Young bands are the lifeblood of any music scene and innovations in recording technology have only seen their numbers grow in recent years. Sadly, easy access to said technology does not always guarantee … Continue reading →

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Album Review: CHURCH OF VOID – Dead Rising

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Yiannis

Svart Records – Out Now. Debut albums from young and up-and-coming bands are released pretty much on a daily basis but, judging from many positive past experiences, it is mainly those which carry the seal of approval of the independent … Continue reading →

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Album review: RUNNING WILD – Resilient

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Yiannis

SPV – [Release date 7.10.13] Few bands can claim to have fans across the globe who are as passionate and devoted to their craft as those belonging to the legendary German Heavy/Power Metalers Running Wild. Even they, however, had their … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANNIHILATOR – Re-Releases- Double Live Annihilation , All For You, Schizo Deluxe

Posted on September 23, 2013 by david.wilson

      UDR Music  (Release date – out now) Following Annihilator releasing their new album ‘Feast’ recently, the band’s new label, UDR Music has re-released three of their previous albums to allow potential new fans to catch up on … Continue reading →

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Album review: FATES WARNING – Darkness In A Different Light

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Yiannis

Inside Out [Release date 30.09.13] When Jim Matheos, leader of the Connecticut-based Progressive Metal legends Fates Warning, decided to put his band into a dormant recording state back in 2004, even he could not have expected this period to last … Continue reading →

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Album Review: ANNIHILATOR – Feast

Posted on September 6, 2013 by david.wilson

      UDR [Release date 26.08.13] This album is the 14th studio release from Canadian thrashers Annihilator. I have been aware of the band for many years but have never really warmed to them, even their ‘Alice In Hell’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: ASHES OF ARES – Ashes Of Ares

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Yiannis

Nuclear Blast [Release date 6.09.13] The concept of high profile musicians combining forces and working on side projects is as old as Rock music itself – still, as if by instinct, I always find myself negatively predisposed towards any collection … Continue reading →

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Album review: EWAN DOBSON – Acoustic Metal

Posted on August 30, 2013 by petefeenstra

Candy Rat Records [Release date 06.02.13] ‘Once you see the line between metal virtuosity and classical music the challenge begins.’ So says Canadian guitarist Ewan Dobson whose 2 CD ‘Acoustic Metal’ is a challenging, innovative and hugely enjoyable CD. If … Continue reading →

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Album review: ONSLAUGHT – VI

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Yiannis

AFM Records [Release date 20.09.13]   When the Bristol-based Thrash Metalers Onslaught decided to give this music business thing another try back in 2005, quite a few people, myself included, were slightly sceptical as to how long this second phase … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEADLOCK – The Arsonist

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Yiannis

Napalm Records – Out Now. The combination of brutal male and angelic female vocals, better known as the “beauty and the beast” phenomenon in Metal music,  first appeared in the mid 90s and was popularised by leading bands of the … Continue reading →

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Album review: CHURCH OF MISERY – Thy Kingdom Scum

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Yiannis

Rise Above – Out Now. Church Of Misery is a Japanese Doom/Stoner Metal quartet that I barely knew up until a couple of years ago. It was a highly energetic and fairly inspirational show at the London Underworld that first … Continue reading →

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Album review: PHILIP H.ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS – Walk Through Exits Only

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Yiannis

Season Of Mist – Out Now. Philip H. Anselmo is probably one of the few active musicians who, I would presume, is in the enviable position of being able to sit back and rest on his laurels without having to … Continue reading →

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Album review: TROUBLE – The Distortion Field

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Yiannis

FRW RECORDS – Out Now. Being a top quality singer involves much more than having a good voice, it requires charisma – although what that actually is can be difficult to define sometimes. In Eric Wagner, Chicago based Doom Metal … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLOOD CEREMONY – The Eldritch Dark

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Yiannis

Rise Above – Out Now. Ask me to provide you with a list of all the bands I adore and you are guaranteed to find among them important names like Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. These legends of … Continue reading →

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Album review: BURZUM – Sol Austan, Mani Vestan

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Yiannis

Byelobog Productions – Out Now. Having paid his dues to both the Norwegian penitentiary system and society at large, Kristian Larsson “Varg” Vikernes has since been a very busy man indeed. Under his highly controversial moniker Burzum, and with the … Continue reading →

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Album review: POWERWOLF – Preachers Of The Night

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Yiannis

Napalm Records – Out Now. Fans of Heavy Metal have understood the importance of and pledged their allegiance towards the mighty riff since guitar wizard Tony Iommi first began to perfect his power chords back in the late 60s. But … Continue reading →

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Album review: GLORYFUL – The Warrior’s Code

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Yiannis

Massacre Records – Out Now. Making a name for oneself in the music industry has always been an uphill battle and, with recession and slow economic climate still affecting many, the prospects for any of the old continent’s young bands … Continue reading →

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Album review: HELRUNAR & ARSTIDIR LIFSINS – Fragments – A Mythological Excavation

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Yiannis

Prophecy Productions – Out Now. As a teenage metalhead immersed in the Heavy Metal scene of the mid 80s, I had often relied on split releases, whether in full length, EP or singles format, as a means of keeping myself … Continue reading →

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Album review: PURSON – The Circle And The Blue Door

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Yiannis

Rise Above – Out Now. Retro rock is enjoying a renewed wave of interest and, and in typical fashion for the music industry, record labels are in a rush to capitalise on it by signing as many such bands as … Continue reading →

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Album review: JAMES LABRIE – Impermanent Resonance

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Yiannis

Inside Out  [Release Date: 29.07.13] Dream Theater are a multi-million making Prog Metal machine and, as such, rightfully the main priority of all the band members. With a new studio album scheduled to be released late this summer, the idea … Continue reading →

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Album review: AMON AMARTH – Deceiver Of The Gods

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Yiannis

Metal Blade – Out Now. Swedish Viking warriors Amon Amarth have been enjoying the interest of the music world for quite some time now, but theirs is a rise that’s been both steady in character and, based on the quality … Continue reading →

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Album review: AGE OF TAURUS – Desperate Souls Of Tortured Times

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Yiannis

Rise Above – Out Now. London has long been the breeding ground of all-things Metal in the UK, but it is specifically its Doom Metal community which seems to have been more active in terms of output these last few … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEW-SCENTED – Insurgent

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Yiannis

Metal Blade – Out Now. Dew-Scented is a band pretty close to my heart, as my first ever album review was for their 5th studio album “Impact”. It seemed quite appropriate, therefore, that I should be the one to also … Continue reading →

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