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I was aware of this latest effort from Rhapsody Of Fire well before it came up for review and pre-ordered the geeky dragon statue version of the release plus a coloured vinyl to placate my vinyl addiction some time ago…. Continue Reading →
After dabbling with Thy Catafalque over the past few releases I have to say: nothing quite prepared me for this. The band has always been an interesting one to watch thanks to main man Tamás Kátai’s fairly unique blend of… Continue Reading →
I’ve had quite a few Israeli bands in my review pile this month from various quarters as this sextet releases a debut of ambitious power metal complete with soaring operatic vocals. I have a penchant for this scene that started… Continue Reading →
If you pay any attention to Gus G, the guy who delivers the killer axe work in Ozzy Osbourne’s band you will know that he seems to be a workaholic. His exponential creative energy has seen the guitar maestro do… Continue Reading →
This Russian label may not release stacks of stuff but the bands they do seem to find always have an interesting quality about them and come from places that you would not always associate metal music with. The other album… Continue Reading →
Master Massive are a very enigmatic band. There isn’t much information floating about on the internet about them and the press sent with this release was less than helpful. After some digging, I managed to discover that the foundations for… Continue Reading →
I must admit, it’s been a really long while since I’ve heard a new album with this sound. Sure, there are doom metal bands, and even sub-genres aplenty, but I’ve not heard anything this classic sounding for many years. To… Continue Reading →
Nefarious is one of those albums that just sounds special right from the very off, which is a pleasant surprise! Having given it a good while to soak in, and letting every nuance and punctuation fall into place, jigsaw-like, I… Continue Reading →
Speaking with my British Metal Musician and Fan’s hat on (available from all good retailers kids…), it’s slightly irksome that the UK has given little to the Metal World of major influence since the early 80’s. It’s OK, it’s fine,… Continue Reading →
Female fronted symphonic metal is not usually my bag baby but a good friend of mine Maria Hereros – presenter of Sex To 9 on TotalRock radio for the last 10 years champions Diabulus In Musica so I left scepticism… Continue Reading →
Due to a combination of early doors and meeting up with people, for once I completely broke my own rule of trying to make sure I covered all the support bands by walking in just as the second of them… Continue Reading →
Victor Smolski likes to push the Power Metal boundaries, he’s been doing that since he recorded his first Rage studio outing back in 2001. It’s possible Lingua Mortis Orchestra has come about because Rage founder Peavy has thought it was… Continue Reading →