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Category Archives: PURE METAL (All posts)
THERION – Les Fleurs Du Mal
Self Published – Out Now Being a recording artist for twenty five years non-stop is an achievement that not many musicians can lay a claim to but Christofer Johnsson, lead guitarist and driving force behind the Swedish Symphonic/Classical Metal outfit … Continue reading
THE RESISTANCE – Rise From Treason
e.a.r Music (Release date – 28.01.13) The Resistance are a new band but one with a fantastic pedigree. The mainstays in the band are Jesper Stromblad and Glenn Ljungstrom both of whom were in In Flames, Jesper being … Continue reading
ORCHID – Heretic
Nuclear Blast – Out Now Being a huge fan of the 70s I am quite content, yet somewhat baffled, by the music industry’s current fascination with the Rock scene of said era, and especially since a more commercially-orientated label like … Continue reading
DUNDERBEIST – Songs Of The Buried
Indie Recordings – Out Now As a rule, if you cannot explain to people how to do something then you are better off doing it yourself. That seems to be the motto of the Norwegian sextet Dunderbeist – a band … Continue reading
HAMMERFALL – Gates Of Dalhalla (2CD version only)
Nuclear Blast – Out Now Traditional Heavy Metal is a genre that is currently very popular with younger audiences, evidenced by the prominence of bands like Enforcer, Bullet and In Solitude in the hearts and…on the hard discs of many … Continue reading
RETALIATORY MEASURES – Withdrawal Syndromes
Massacre Records – Out Now The phenomenon of illegal downloading has put the whole of the music industry under pressure in recent times. Luckily, we still have labels wanting to promote new bands, such as Massacre Records, who have done … Continue reading
ISAW – The Identity
Self Release (Release date – out now) Influenced by Machine Head, Strapping Young Lad and Pantera amongst others, ISAW are a full on metal crew from Adelaide in Australia. The band have found success in their home country … Continue reading
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PROMETHEE – Nothing Happens, Nobody Comes, Nobody Goes
Bad Moon Records (Release date – 21.01.13) The Swiss are often held up as a rather boring nation of strict regulations and non-descript music. However metalcore crew Promethee are out to smash that image with this debut album … Continue reading
CYCLOPE VISION – Hammersmith
M&O Music (Release date – out now) Cyclope Vision started out as a one man studio project headed by Olivier Wittenburg and developed into a band project during the recording of this their first album. They play, and … Continue reading
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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
