Across its busy year 2018 unleashed a horde of gripping and rousing metal, rock, and noise driven releases. Here we pluck out those covered by The RingMaster Review which had the juices flowing most lustfully of all… 1. Black Space… Read More ›
In Vain
Maudlin – Sassuma Arnaa
Most of us are captivated by the sea; whether sitting on the bracing edge of a cliff top, looking through a shore fixed window, or walking its skin lapping edge drawn and fascinated by the emotive call and lures it… Read More ›
Tides of change: Talking Currents with In Vain
There have already been some truly striking releases in 2018 and maybe no more so than the new album from Norwegian metallers In Vain. Currents is a progressive metal adventure which surprises at every twist and enthrals at every turn…. Read More ›
In Vain – Currents
Just a handful of weeks short of five years back, Norwegian metallers In Vain released the ear gripping Ænigma. It was a release which brought and honed all the potential and impressive attributes of its two predecessors to one seriously… Read More ›
Immension – Love Never Dies
Earlier this year British metallers Immension released their highly anticipated and impressively enjoyable debut album In Vain. It was an encounter wearing the Sheffield band’s influences openly on its sleeve whilst tempting ears with their own specific craft in songwriting… Read More ›
STUNNING NEW VIDEO SINGLE FROM IMMENSION RELEASED
Steel City metallers ‘Immension’ continue their climb with the brand new video single for ‘In Vain’ which is taken from their debut album of the same name and out in stores now. Watch ‘In Vain’ right here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9poeYC-qeXY By… Read More ›
Immension – In Vain
Continuing where their previous EP left off whilst showing greater rigorous invention and accomplished songwriting, British metallers Immension release debut album In Vain to reaffirm the potential of their already potent emergence. It is not an encounter destined to leave… Read More ›
The RingMaster Review’s Metal/Rock Best of 2013
In a year of breath-taking rapaciousness and passions igniting sonic aggressiveness from the extensive depths of metal and rock in all its various rabid disguises, it is not easy to select the best albums to have eagerly and skilfully savaged… Read More ›
Breaching the aggressive beauty: an interview with Johnar Haaland and Kristian Wikstøl from In Vain
We may only be three months into the year but Norwegian progressive extreme metal band In Vain has made a startling claim for album of the year with the stunning Ænigma. The third album from the band is a compelling… Read More ›
In Vain: Ænigma
It has always been known or certainly suggested through their previous albums that Norwegians In Vain were masters at merging conflicting extremes, the release of third album Ænigma is the undisputed truth of that thought and declaration. The… Read More ›
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