Author Charlie Rance
Italian technical death band Hatesower were formed in 2009 (originally named Inside back in 2006 yet changed the name to Hatesower in 2009 and changed their musical direction) previously releasing 3 cds with Inside which gained them rave reviews in… Continue Reading →
Finnish folk metal titans are at it again, Korpiklaani ‘The Clan Of The Wilderness’ are now on their eighth album release ‘Manala (Underworld)’; after the spectacular Ukon Wacka I’m hoping for something special. Beginning with the track ‘Kunnia’ with some… Continue Reading →
Twas the year 1997 and two Polish gents decided to make a band… fast forward to 1999 and they record their first demo ‘Mirrormaze’. In 2001 the second demo ‘Die in Torment 666’. Then in 2002 a split CD called… Continue Reading →
Dirge Eternal are a Finnish metal band, formed in 2008 by vocalist Jani Perta with a love of horror and melodic music he went on the hunt for other musicians sharing the same interests. In May 2009 their first EP… Continue Reading →
The Other, are a band hailing from Germany, and at first glance you’d think they were Danzig! So it is no surprise to hear that back in the day they were a Misfits cover band called Ghouls in 1999. This… Continue Reading →
Norwegian slam death metallers Kraanium have been on the go since 2001, releasing a demo ‘No Respect for the Dead’ in 2002 then, from 2002 to 2006 the band took a break to concentrate on their other projects. Luckily the… Continue Reading →
Antropofagus. (Try saying that after a few!) Are Italian brutal death metallers who were first around in 1999 when they released their debut album ‘No Waste of Flesh’. Then two years later their EP ‘Alive is Good… Dead is Better’… Continue Reading →
Swedish power metal titans’ Sabaton’ have been wailing on about War for the past 13 years and have released 5 albums which includes the 2005 album “Primo Victoria” which gained them a huge fan base. Their music is addictive and… Continue Reading →
A brand spanking new band called Trioscapes has landed on my laptop, Experimental Jazz Fusion including a member of Between The Buried And Me? Well this is new! After only being together for just a year, the band are on… Continue Reading →
These Finnish power metallers formed in 1996 and called themselves ‘Tricky Means, but in 1999 they changed to ‘Sonata Arctica’ with members such as Tony Kakkow also of Northern Kings, an 80s karaoke style band with Nightwish Bassist/Singer Marco Hietala…. Continue Reading →
Thrash metal Yanks ‘Fueled by Fire’ have been active since 2002 releasing a 4 track demo ‘Life, Death and FBF’ then in 2006 another demo ‘Spread the Fire’ was recorded, thankfully the demo got them a gig at Los Angeles… Continue Reading →
A mystery band from London ‘The Mercy House, with hardly any information on how they became a band or anything on any demo’s beforehand I was quite intrigued to listen to these fella’s. Unfortunately the band were battling health issues… Continue Reading →