Formed in 1995, BLACK WIDOWS soon left their indelible mark on the Portuguese metal scene but recognition further afield could be said to have been slow in latching on to the band. It is something we can only see changing… Read More ›
King Diamond
Hails of metal and imagination; talking Shattered
US metallers Shattered have a sound which quite simply made us take notice so with big thanks to guitarist Tony Pettry we explored the band , its beginnings, sound, and plenty more… Hello and thanks for taking time out to… Read More ›
Toxik – Breaking Class
As the number of metal bands returning after extensive breaks or simply break-ups often decades earlier keeps going up so are the amount of impressive releases emerging from these reunions. Adding to the list and almost heading it is the… Read More ›
Thy Fallen Kingdom – Fear The Hunter
Wearing its old school inspirations proudly on its sleeve, Singapore thrashers Thy Fallen Kingdom unleash debut album Fear The Hunter, an encounter swift to fire up ears and neck muscles. The nine track aggressor is not a proposition to change… Read More ›
Forcing dreams with realisation: talking ESCAPETHECULT with founder Peter G. Shallmin
A proposition which increasingly impresses and continually reshapes thoughts and emotions the more time shared with it, All You Want To is one of the year’s most intriguing, ingenious, and exciting progressive metal explorations. It comes from ESCAPETHECULT, a band… Read More ›
Escapethecult – All You Want To
All You Want To is a persistent little temptation, an album which admittedly did not really blow thoughts and senses away initially but did engage them in a pleasing and intriguing proposition. Away from its aural embrace though hooks and… Read More ›
E-Force – The Curse
For all newcomers to the band, disregard the off putting name and get your claws into one cracking album from E-Force. Though formed in 2001, the band’s moniker has never nestled easily with us but it has not stopped the… Read More ›
Kill Ritual – The Eyes Of Medusa
Having been thrilled and impressed by their debut album The Serpentine Ritual in 2012 and more than intrigued by the single Harder Than Stone earlier than this year, anticipation was high for the sophomore full-length from US metallers Kill Ritual…. Read More ›
Necrocurse: Grip of the Dead
Listening to Grip of the Dead, the debut album from Swedish death metallers Necrocurse you just know some critics and genre fans are going to say we have heard it all before, and though arguably a… Read More ›
Katana: Storms Of War
If eighties metal from the likes of Iron Maiden, Saxon, Judas Priest etc spark those burning fires within then the new album from Swedish rockers Katana is a definite one for you. For the rest like us where the sight… Read More ›
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