Tag Iron Maiden
Just an hour and a bit before this interview was due to take place I could have literally killed technology as I had what can only be described as a bastard power cut. Surrounded by candles with analogue phone… Continue Reading →
For some reason this Swedish band’s debut album did not connect with me at the time of the review cycle, since its release I’ve learnt to live with it, but ‘Phoenix’, their second full length album is an absolute metal… Continue Reading →
Since the 12th century, King Arthur’s quest for the Holy Grail, the cup used by Christ at The Last Supper, has held generations spellbound – but why? For £9 Easyjet could have got the King of the Britons to Venice…. Continue Reading →
In January 2013 Finnish metal band Masterstroke release their fourth album “Broken”. To find out more, Andrew Doherty interviewed Janne Juutinen and Jussi Kulomaa the band’s drummer and keyboardist respectively. AN: Hello! Thanks for agreeing to answer a few questions… Continue Reading →
Viking Metal bands have been ten-a-penny for some time, to the extent that to discover a NEW band of marauders is becoming tiring. One feels for Athelstan or Alfred the Great who had them popping up ad nauseam. God save… Continue Reading →
I don’t know why but I expected much more from this bands third full length which is based on the concept of the Viking invasion of Ireland. Claiming to fuse Celtic influences with metal is nothing new whatsoever and in… Continue Reading →
Ah like a nagging child repeatedly asking are we there yet or can I please, go on can I please, metalcore resolutely remains a force within metal and like said nagging child we might want it to shut up or… Continue Reading →
Destinity have been in the business now for over 15 years and have a quite substantial back catalogue, a statistic I was rather surprised to find out having never heard of them before in the slightest. I am however a… Continue Reading →
Denmark’s Anubis Gate performed recently at ProgPower Europe 2012 following the release earlier in the year of their self-titled album, their 5th since 2001. While there, Andrew Doherty met Kim Olesen, guitarist and band member since the beginning. An… Continue Reading →
Thunderstick was the namesake of the ex-Samson drummer who formed this band in the early eighties whilst his former band was on a rapid downhill decline following the departure of Bruce Dickinson to Iron Maiden. This CD release is a… Continue Reading →
Bearing a cover with computer-generated comic book Nazis, I didn’t know quite what to expect from this sophomore album of Canadian band, Mortör. Naturally the themes of war and weaponry (as further evidenced in their song titles) hinted at thrash… Continue Reading →
With each passing week, we seem to be assailed by yet more bands keen to celebrate the twin lodestones of Occultism/Satanism and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (or ‘NWOBHM’ to you and me). In Solitude, Blood Ceremony and… Continue Reading →