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My Refuge have a record deal and an album out! After favourably reviewing their self-financed EP in 2013 it appears sanity has prevailed and someone has signed them up for their debut full length album…and here it is! Largely based… Continue Reading →
Distant Sun are a three piece from Moscow, Russia. Playing a brand of metal which could best be described as one part power metal to one part speed metal and one part thrash, the band has a heavier take on… Continue Reading →
Ah, Wolfpakk, so we meet again…and my, what big teeth you have! I had the honour of reviewing their previous outing “Cry Wolf” in 2013, which on the whole was very good (if I ignore the Michael Bolton meets Disney… Continue Reading →
There are times when a band’s own distinctiveness can become a millstone around their neck – when the unique path that they forged can, as the years progress, begin to resemble something of a creative straitjacket compelling them to continue… Continue Reading →
Comprised of Roland Grapow (Masterplan, ex-Helloween), Thomen Stauch (ex-Blind Guardian), Mario Lochert (ex-Visions Of Atlantis), Dominik Sebastian (Edenbridge), Jan Vacik (ex-Dreamscape) and Urban breed (ex Tad Morose), Serious Black have some weight behind them to back up the tag of… Continue Reading →
German Power Metal has a history, a tradition. If you are going to step up and be the future of German Power Metal then you have to make damn sure you have it’s past covered. You can’t cover it all… Continue Reading →
Shadow Host, if you didn’t know (and I didn’t) are a thrash / power metal band from Moscow that have been in existence since 1993 and this is their fifth studio album. On top of those 5 records they’ve also… Continue Reading →
Listening to this latest offering from Sinbreed is like being in a Power Metal wind tunnel! A relentless, galloping double-kick onslaught that when turned up loud feels like it’s blowing your hair back a-la Gromit’s ears. One after another, like… Continue Reading →
Iron Savior are a band that have been around for a while, whilst I was admittedly guilty of ignoring some of their past releases, especially after the departure of Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray), this new release kicks my doubts into… Continue Reading →
Iced Earth are an institution of consistency in recent times and this being the second release to feature now relatively long time member Stu Block on vocals the promise is quite exciting based on their last effort ‘Dystopia’. Of course,… Continue Reading →
Baden Metal’ (it sez ‘ere) is a German local scene support platform that has been on the go since 2002. It released it’s first compilation – an unsigned local Metal band compilation, back in 2008 called “Rise Of The Griffin”… Continue Reading →
The last time I had any involvement or listened to any of Sacred Steel’s albums was way back in 1998 with their ‘Wargods of Metal’ release. Move forward a few years and these German’s are still doing what they were… Continue Reading →