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Indian heavy metal is alive and well with Kryptos’ fourth full length effort. My last outing (‘The Ark of Gemini’) proved very positive and ‘Burn Up The Night’ is a touch fresher for me. The metal references on the album… Continue Reading →
So, if you were asked to name an Israeli metal band, my guess is that about 90% of you would automatically think of Orphaned Land. Well, you can now add Hammercult to your Israeli metal bands of note, with this,… Continue Reading →
Last year’s ‘Time Machine’ EP was a good starting point, although it seems there were too many comparisons to bands from their German homeland for their liking, admittedly I did this comparison on the earlier review of the said EP…. Continue Reading →
This may sound like a very odd statement to some people: but I find the idea of a world without Rage difficult to imagine. But, at the same time if you told me you’d never heard a single track by… Continue Reading →
Sweden’s Ambush (from Växjö to be precise) are one of those bands you wait a long time to find. Since their demo days I have been in awe of their talent for writing stunning real metal tunes with some definitive… Continue Reading →
Based on their recent split release with fellow countrymen Portrait, I find such an influence has rubbed off and with these Swedes fourth album, this sees RAM employ a touch darker essence comfortably displayed in the music, whilst retaining their… Continue Reading →
If you are in a current original band, but with a sound from a past era, you can elaborate your own sound with anything that has influenced you, see what comes out, and then leave it to reviewers to pinpoint… Continue Reading →
Day Three With a change in the weather forecast for this day a cooler temperature was welcomed as the ten minute drizzle on the walk down was the only rain we had contrary to the reports and some deluging… Continue Reading →
Coming right at you with a refreshed line up, U.D.O. blast into 2015 with a fresh sounding much more improved effort than previous albums released in recent years. History lessons are not required here, if you know metal you should… Continue Reading →
When three Teutonic metal legends unite in a Swiss nightclub to create a power trio which suddenly takes the European Metal Scene by storm, you know you have something special on your hands. With one part Destruction and two parts… Continue Reading →
The third release to feature Mark Tornillo sees this German metal institution making their music sound a lot more polished. Coupled with this is the raw metal energy that fills the air with tunes like the raging opener ‘Stampede’, whilst… Continue Reading →
German legends Grave Digger are back once again with a new album. The PR material was enough to whet my appetite as its claims this album is a return to classic Grave Digger in the vein of their first two… Continue Reading →