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This German quartet is definitely melodic metal, and while I tend to listen to a fair share of melodic death metal this stuff is different, though not a million miles away. I guess the primary difference has to be the… Continue Reading →
Ah, there we are. A beautiful clearing in the forest. The perfect woodland scene, a lilting, delicate sylvan song in the hazy air. Fresh air, beauty. Happy inebriated trolls enjoying the sights and the sounds of nature as they play…. Continue Reading →
Now stay with me (look at the score if you must) but I have to say that by the time I get to the first few seconds of the second track on Against All Odds, Ireland’s Eternal Helcaraxe have managed… Continue Reading →
Everly, Jackson, Gibb, Allman, Gallagher, Cavalera; I could go on but you should have joined the dots by now. Adding to that list of Bros in bands we now have the Von Hertzen’s who we are informed are the ‘wild… Continue Reading →
I enjoy good solid melodies with plenty of heavy guitar riffs and flowing but intricate lead breaks. Words of Farewell have those in spades. Opening track “Project Daybreak” isn’t terribly fast, but then it doesn’t need to be as there… Continue Reading →
Barren Earth are both a fairly new but also familiar sounding group whose fronds dig deep into the frozen soil of Finland and comprise members of many well known acts from the land synonymous with atmospheric doom and gloomy… Continue Reading →
Finlandia, oh how you are spoiling us. Having just about recovered from the excellent new Swallow The Sun album in February, barely a breath can be drawn before more atmospheric gloom and doom is served up by Barren Earth, who… Continue Reading →