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When it comes to reviews and reviewing in general, much of what informs opinion and context is predicated on a band’s relative longevity, previous releases, gigs seen, comments made, proliferous (or not) media (paid or not) presence, interviews etc. etc…. Continue Reading →
As soon as a recent Dynazty track starts playing, it’s instantly recognizable as being them. This Modern Melodic Heavy Metal band occupy their own shelf (for want of a better visualisation) on the wall of Metal. Their music being as… Continue Reading →
Time for a French dose of Morbid Fear who are ready to poison us with their debut dose of Hemlock. Established by musician JCEX who was later joined by vocalist Sakrifiss their work is described as ‘Haunting black metal’ and… Continue Reading →
A double album from Germany’s Träumen Von Aurora whose name translates as Dreaming Of Aurora. It is rare you get bands releasing two albums on the same date but this very skilled and accomplished act has done just that with… Continue Reading →
I have a love/hate relationship with bands like Grave Digger, or indeed their contemporaries such as Running Wild, Blind Guardian and Helloween. On the one hand, the soaring, epic imagery conjured in their songs is hard to ignore, causing even… Continue Reading →
Back in 2013 I reviewed Edenbridge’s “The Bonding”, for these hallowed pages and I stated that I had heard many Edenbridge releases, didn’t really gel with them and wasn’t really sure why. I’ve become kind of the go-to guy for… Continue Reading →
I doubt many people who know me would believe that once all the social armour and painstakingly copied behaviour has been jettisoned, I consider myself a small, and rather quiet soul inside. I think too much, I have little in… Continue Reading →
“Can we overcome our nature and make higher minded choices to better humanity and our planet? Or are we lost in a never-ending cycle of shadow?” That is the question pondered by progressive metal outfit Dreadnought from Denver, Colorado, on… Continue Reading →
This is a debut EP from Miasmes who promise a bit of raw and dirty old school black metal. The fact that the lyrics are in French is immaterial as it’s a language that lends itself to black metal, not… Continue Reading →
It’s five years since I gave “Deceases” a 9 out of 10 review on this very site. In Covid Years that is no time at all. So here are the crushing Finns back once again to drop the heavy on the world. In case you don’t know… Continue Reading →
Time to pack those musical travel bags and head off in the mind at least to Greece. A nice place for sure but as we travel from South to North the narrations at hand are not going to be full… Continue Reading →
Paraded as being “as subtle as a horny bull and equally gentle”, “The Sinking” is this groove metal band’s fifth album. They’ve done their time, having been in existence since 1999, releasing albums from 2005, and playing live at Wacken… Continue Reading →