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Album review: VAN CANTO – Voices Of Fire
earMusic [Release date 11.03.16] Van Canto are back and this time they have come up with a vocal metal opera. They have teamed up with German author Christoph Hardebusch, who has come up with the story line based on his … Continue reading
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Tagged album, choral, Christoph Hardebusch, EarMusic, metal, review, VAN CANTO, Voices Of Fire
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Interview: EXUMER
Dillon Grant put some questions to Exumer’s founding member singer/bassist Mem V. Stein. The band has just released a new album, ‘The Raging Tides’, on Metal Blade Records. The new album, “The Raging Tides” is your fourth studio album and potentially … Continue reading
Album review: HEAT OF DAMAGE – Open Fire
Self Release (Release date 01.10.15) Heat Of Damage hail from the Johnny Cash-endorsed Folsom in California, although not from the penitentiary as far as I know. The band have been together for a few years and this is their debut … Continue reading
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Tagged album, California, Folsom, Heat Of Damage, heavy rock, Jarad Easter, Jeff Haugh, Machine Head, metal, Open Fire, review, Trivium
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Album review: MYRATH – Legacy
earMUSIC [Release date 29.04.16] As a fan of multi-cultural bands, in particular within the metal world, anything that is even remotely ethnic sounding is going to get a good word from me. So few bands will dare wear their roots … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Legacy, metal, Myarth, progressive, review, rock
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EP review: SPREADING THE DISEASE – Viral
https://www.facebook.com/spreadingthedisease.official Spreading The Disease hail from Kent and the five piece consist of Adam May (vocals), Julien Riquelme (lead guitar), Martin Osborne (vocals/rhytmn guitar), Steve Saunders (bass) and Edd Saunders (drums). This is the band’s debut EP ahead of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthrax, EP, Machine Head, metal, review, screamo, SLIPKNOT, Spreading The Disease, Thrash, Viral
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Gig review: ENTER SHIKARI – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 19 February 2016
Enter Shikari, a band renowned for their live performances, be it in the living room of bassist Chris Batten’s parent’s house (see video for ‘Sorry You’re Not a Winner’), the summer festival fields or in this instance, Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. … Continue reading
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Tagged Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Enter Shikari, gig, Hardcore, metal, punk, review, rock, the King Blues, the Wonder Years
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Quick plays: RAZORBATS, RAGE, SAGA, STAR CRYSTAL
RAZORBATS – Camp Rock www.razorbats.com [Release date 15.09.15] Razorbats hail from Norway and they like their 70′s rock that’s for sure, as you can hear bits of Alice Cooper, Kiss and on ‘Getaway’ you could be listening to a long-lost … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Camp Rock, Follow Me, melodic rock, metal, My Way, punk pop, Rage, review, rock, Saga, Star Crystal, The Pleasure & The Pain, the Razorbats
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Album review: ANTHRAX – For All Kings
Nuclear Blast [Release date 26.02.16] I will admit it has been awhile since I heard an Anthrax album right through, although I was a big fan back in their 80′s period when thrash metal was at its commercial peak. This … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anthrax, classic, For All Kings, metal, review, Thrash
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Album review: SOTO – Divak
earMUSIC [Release date 01.04.16] Soto’s debut album ‘Inside The Vertigo’ came and went early last year, and judging by the critical reaction perhaps splitting some of the core JSS fanbase as it marked a return to the more hard-hitting metal … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Divak, heavy metal, heavy rock, Jeff Scott Soto, Journey, metal, review, Soto, Talisman, Tempestt, Yngwie Malmsteen
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Quick plays: TREETOP FLYERS, SERENITY
TREETOP FLYERS – Palomino [Release date 11.03.16] This is the second album from this London five piece and listening to the album you would think you were back in the 1970′s and the West Coast sound of artists like Crosby, … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s music, album, Codex Atlantus, metal, Palomino, power metal, review, rock, Serenity, symphonic, the Treetop Flyers
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Album review: AVANTASIA – Ghostlights
Nuclear Blast [Release date 29.01.16] Tobias Sammet is back with another instalment of his Avantasia project. This one follows on thematically from ‘The Mystery Of Time’ album, with the lead character, a young scientist, unwittingly drawing the attention of a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AVANTASIA, Bob Catley, Dee Snider, Edguy, GEOFF TATE, Ghostlights, Jorn Lande, metal, Michael Kiske, Nuclear Blast, opera, review, rock, symphonic, Tobias Sammet
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Album review: TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Noises From The Cathouse
Angel Air Records [Release date 05.02.16] Remember the days when any self-respecting rock band had to have a “Y” replacing the “I” in its name, at least one umlaut over a vowel and the kind of curly-locked barnets which would … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angel Air Records, classic rock, metal, Noises From The Cathouse, NWOBHM, re-issue, review, Robb Weir, rock, Tygers Of Pan Tang
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DVD review: BLACK VEIL BRIDES – Alive and Burning
Eagle Vision [Release date 25.09.15] There is no doubt about it, Black Veil Brides are a great live band, heavy as you like yet melodic throughout. Formed in 2006, and having released 4 acclaimed albums, the band are part Motley, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive and Burning, Black Veil Bride, DVD, Eagle Vision, glam, metal, review, rock
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DVD review: TWISTED SISTER – We Are Twisted F***ing Sister
Monduo Films [Release date 11.03.16] Twisted Sister – part cartoon, part waxwork, 100% rock n’ roll. This DVD release of Andrew Horn’s 2014 film charts the history of the band from their earliest incarnation back in 1972 up to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dee Snider, DVD, glam, metal, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, Twisted Sister, We Are F***ing Twisted Sister
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Album review: RHINE – An Outsider
[Released 05.02.16] To mix Thrash with Death Metal is asking for elitists to come crawling from the walls. However different the two genres may be, it is hard to pick the differences out in Rhine’s music. This is a good … Continue reading
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Tagged album, An Outsider, Death Metal, metal, review, Rhine, Thrash
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Album review: DREAM THEATER – The Astonishing
Roadrunner Records [Release date 29.01.16] Epic. Sprawling. Career defining? Perhaps. Dream Theater have unleashed upon its adoring fans an album of such substantial girth that it makes the job of reviewing it reasonably tough. DT are known for super long … Continue reading
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Tagged album, concept, Dream Theater, James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, melodic, metal, progressive, review, the Astonishing
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Album review: ESCAPE THE FATE – Hate Me
[Release date 30.10.15] “Hate Me” is the 5th studio album from the Las Vegas formed band. Escape the Fate (ETF) are most notable for being the first band of outspoken Falling in Reverse frontman, Ronnie Radke. They also have worked … Continue reading
Album review: PRIMAL FEAR – Rulebreaker
Frontiers Records [Release date 22.11.15] Teutonic metal merchants Primal Fear return with their 11th studio album “Rulebreaker” which follows a similar path to 2014’s well received “Delivering The Black” opus. Primal Fear were founded way back in 1997 when bassist … Continue reading
Album review: BRAINSTORM – Scary Creatures
AFM Records [Release date 15.01.16] Brainstorm’s 11th studio album “Scary Creatures” follows hot on the heels of 2014’s “Firesoul” and features ten more Euro-style power metal numbers. The Bavarian band were formed way back in 1989 and released their first … Continue reading
Album review: EXUMER – The Raging Tides
Metal Blade [Release date 29.01.16] Old fashion thrashin’. It can’t be put more simply than that. Exumer released both “Possessed by Fire” and “Rising from the Sea” at the height of thrash’s popularity, the 80s. This is a band that … Continue reading
EP reviews: MORE THAN MOST, HOMEWRECKR
EP Review: MORE THAN MOST – Impossible Is Temporary Self release [Release date 05.02.16] This is the debut EP from the London five piece who formed back in 2014. They describe themselves as ‘electronic alt-rockers’ and contain elements from the … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, Homewreckr, Impossible Is Temporary, Linkin Park, metal, More Than Most, review, The Blackout, The Wreckning; rock
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Quick plays – HELLSPRAY, HURON, THE SHAMBOLIC
Album review: HELLSPRAY – Bring On The War Self Release [Release date 07.08.15] This is the second album by Swedish metal band Hellspray following on from their debut ‘Part Of The Solution’. The band master in hard and fast metal … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anders Moberg, Bring On The War, CD, Doom, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Hellspray, Huron, metal, Motorhead, review, rock, Skindred, The Dead, The Dead Stay Dead, The Dying and The Damned, The Shambolic, When The Kill Code Fails, Zac Wylde
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Album review: MANIMAL – Trapped In The Shadows
AFM Records [Release date 20.11.15] Manimal return with their brand of Swedish metal in the form of “Trapped In The Shadows” but for me the band name is a little off putting as it serves as a reminder of that … Continue reading
News: R.I.P. DAVID BOWIE
R.I.P. DAVID BOWIE 1947-2016 David Bowie has died at the age of 69 from cancer. His son, film director Duncan Jones, confirmed the news and a statement was issued on his social media accounts: “David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded … Continue reading
Album review: PRONG – X: No Absolutes
SPV www.spv.de [Release date 05.02.16] Formed in New York City in 1986, Prong are a band that has flew under the radar to many in years gone by. The typical 80s thrash metal band also include many aspects of hardcore … Continue reading
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Tagged album, album X - No Absolutes, metal, Prong, punk, review, rock, SPV
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