Tag Archives: Norwegian

Album review: THE WINDMILL – Tribus

Posted on January 8, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

Apollon Records [Release date 15.11.18] ‘Tribus’ may be somewhat derivative as a lot of prog is these days. But you can’t deny the musicianship. This is the Norwegian band’s third studio album and it gets mixing and mastering treatment from … Continue reading →

Album review: AUDREY HORNE – Blackout

Posted on January 1, 2018 by jason

Napalm Records [Release date 12.01.17] Norwegian hard rockers Audrey Horne return with their sixth album and first in three years since 2014′s ‘Pure Heavy’. Now that album and its predecessor, ‘Youngblood’ had some real first pumping anthems, however ‘Blackout’ lacks … Continue reading →

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Album review: PYMLICO – Meeting Point

Posted on November 23, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Apollon Records [Release date 07.10.16] We’ve had an obsession with all things Scandinavian in recent years and the fourth album from Norwegian instrumentalists Pymlico contributes to this Nordic sense of intrigue. Wholly instrumental, prog/jazz fusion in approach, the band is … Continue reading →

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Album review: CHRISTINA SKJOLBERG – Come And Get It

Posted on February 21, 2014 by petefeenstra

Ruf Records [Release date 28.01.14] Christina Skjolberg’s ‘Come And Get It’ is the tale of a blonde Norwegian leather clad blues-rock guitarist recording in English under the watchful eye of a Finish producer/guitarist, on a German … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEAVES’ EYES – Symphonies Of The Night

Posted on January 1, 2014 by jason

Napalm Records www.leaveseyes.de There are a lot of female fronted symphonic metal bands out there now and a lot do tend to blend into one another, with a few notable exceptions and Leaves’ Eyes are one such exception. The soaring … Continue reading →

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Album review: ACELSIA – Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow

Posted on February 13, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

The debut from Norwegian three piece Acelsia, has a sound far bigger than its component parts. With all songs written by vocalist / pianist Marlene Markussen and guitar, bass and synth player Odd Henning, and with Bjorn Tore Erlendsen (of … Continue reading →