Author Paul Maddison
Before Steve Harris formed arguably the biggest heavy metal band on the planet, Iron Maiden existed as a completely different band. Formed in Basildon,Essex, these chaps were inspired by the likes of Cream, until Led Zeppelin caught their eye that… Continue Reading →
Polish grindcore/death metal will either be one thing or the other, good or very chaotic and very bad. It is the former thankfully on this latest in a long line of releases by this band. Immediate comparisons come to the… Continue Reading →
Since reforming in 2002 (originally active between 1989 to 1998), Norway’s “deathpunk” icons have gained much media attention, I have certainly heard a lot about them, but until now, I was unaware of any of their material. That said, I… Continue Reading →
US Heavy/Power Metal group Power Theory re-released their debut album only last year, in such a short space of time, they are back with ‘An Axe to Grind’. The music is very traditional metal, as the genre definition would suggest,… Continue Reading →
This Swedish death metal band actually formed in 1990, split up in 1995 with some members playing in Blood Mortized from around 2007. Stroll onto 2010 and Malfeitor gets back together. Previous projects like Blood Mortized wanted to capture that… Continue Reading →
From what I remember of this band’s debut album ‘Human Harvest’ they were a harsh rotten death metal band from Sweden. Go forward a mere two years, and these Swedes have earned their rotten death metal stripes. The sound is… Continue Reading →
As I dodged the rain and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, a little used venue was about to host a cool gig line up. Tufnell Park Dome is a good venue, a very wide stage but not very deep,… Continue Reading →
When Accept guitarist Herman Frank is not busy with his main band, he is continuing to produce classic quality metal albums like this one, his second since 2009’s ‘Loyal to None’. From the first moment I pressed play, this album… Continue Reading →
I have followed this genuine old school Swedish death metal band since their first couple of demo’s, following the release of their debut album (‘The Esoteric Order’) last year, Puteraeon have gone from strength to strength. With each release that… Continue Reading →
This is a Norwegian studio project that started in 2007 that features a couple of big names, mainly relating to vocal duty personnel. Graham Bonnet (yep – Rainbow/MSG etc.) and Michael Kiske (Unisonic/ex-Helloween) are the big hitters, the other musicians… Continue Reading →
This was interesting from the start, a PR sheet with no track list and a CD with no track list, so as we are nice and organised at Ave Noctum, the track list was finally found via some method or… Continue Reading →
Originally founded in 1997 as a covers band, then subsequently re-grouped in 2008 (after a short reunion around 2003), Cyclophonia are another epic power metal band fromNorway. There are ever present comparisons in the melodies to Finnish powerhouses Sonata Arctica,… Continue Reading →