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Album review: HYPOCRISY – End Of Disclosure
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Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Peter Tagtgren is one of the busiest men in the music business. When not offering his production skills to artists like Destruction, Marduk, Overkill and Amorphis (to name a few) or when he’s not touring … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, End Of Disclosure, Hypocrisy, issue, melodic Death Metal, Peter Tagtgren, review
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Album review: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM – Ugly Noise
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Metal Blade – Out Now. The relationship between the Arisona-based Metallers Flotsam And Jetsan and Brian Slagel’s Metal Blade Records has been marked by many highs and lows over the last three decades and the last time that these two … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, Erik A.K, Flotsam And Jetsam, issue, metal, review, Ugly Noise
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Album review: U.D.O – Steelhammer
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AFM Records – [Release date 21.05.13] Udo Dirkschneider is a man who simply does not understand the meaning of slowing down. Even though he has recently witnessed the departure from the U.D.O ranks of his long-time friend and collaborator Stefan … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, heavy metal, issue, review, Steelhammer, U.D.O, Udo Dirkschneider
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Album review: SATAN’S WRATH – Galloping Blasphemy
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Metal Blade – Out Now. Classic, old-school, vintage, retro or whatever-else-you-want-to-call-it Metal has always been massively supported in Greece. I mean, this is the country whose fans covered all expenses themselves just to see bands like Omen and Manilla Road … Continue reading →
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Tagged 80s, album, Galloping Blasphemy, issue, metal, Old School, review, Satan's Wrath
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Album review: SIX FEET UNDER – Unborn
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Metal Blade – Out Now. Constant band line up changes are normally the stuff of nightmares for any devoted fan as they normally tend to affect both the style and character of a band. In the case of the Floridian … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, Chris Barnes, Death Metal, issue, review, Six Feet Under, Unborn
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Album review: VREID – Welcome Farewell
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Indie Recordings – Out Now. London has always been a desired destination for Rock bands since the inception of the genre. One band which has consistently made an effort with visiting the capital of the United Kingdom, mainly as an … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, Black Metal, issue, review, Vreid, Welcome Farewell
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Album review: SHAI HULUD – Reach Beyond The Sun
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Metal Blade – Out Now. Hardcore is a genre that operates within clearly defined parameters and which obeys strict rules; it is a genre that’s long been associated with massive simply-crafted and highly energised Punk-sounding riffs and passionate shouting vocals. … Continue reading →
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Album review: ORCHID – Wizard Of War
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Nuclear Blast – Out Now. If, as I really hope, you are frequent visitors of our album reviews page you will remember that back in January, I was quite generous when rating “Heretic” – the four track E.P of the … Continue reading →
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Album review: ROTTING CHRIST – Κατά τον Δαίμονα Εαυτού
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Season Of Mist – Out Now. Rotting Christ is a band that I have always admired, not only for their musically daring and impressive material but, most importantly, for the honesty and ethos that has accompanied them throughout their twenty … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, Black, Dark, Extreme, issue, metal, review, Rotting Christ, Sakis Tolis, Season Of Mist, Κατά τον Δαίμονα Εαυτού
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Album review: BEDEMON – Symphony Of Shadows
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Svart Records – Out Now. Bedemon is a name that not many people, however much involved in Heavy Metal music, are expected to know. This has mainly to do with the fact that, even though they have been in existence … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, Bedemon, Doom, heavy metal, issue, review, Symphony Of Shadows
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