It is fair to say that many hard rock bands and releases are generally predictable, not necessarily bad, just that you know what you are going to get before a note is played and there is often no distinction from… Read More ›
Metal Blade Records
Battlecross – Pursuit of Honor
Distinct uniqueness and originality is a few and far between occurrence in music today, the possibility of finding something that is so new that jaws drop and heartbeats stop is becoming as rare as honesty in politicians. So the next… Read More ›
Malefice – Awaken The Tides
Reading metalers Malefice have been tagged by many as being not only the UK’s leading metal band but also one of Europe’s elite since almost day one of their existence. Whether that is true is an individual assessment but they… Read More ›
The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual
The 2009 release of Deflorate from Detroit’s The Black Dahlia Murder, laid waste to the opposition at the time and set a bench mark for all melodic death metal bands to try and emulate. It also set a definite marker… Read More ›
Sister – Hated
Since their beginnings in 2006 Stockholm glam metal punks Sister have gained much notoriety for their impressive live shows, and with the added release of demos have fuelled a growing anticipation for a full length album. The release of Hated… Read More ›
Between the Buried and Me – The Parallax Hypersleep Dialogues EP
The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues is an EP of just three tracks, but a trio of tracks that in length, substance and quality are immense and powerfully rewarding. The sound within the release invades and consumes, leaving one an… Read More ›
Intensus – Self Titled
Reviewing an album like the self-titled one from Intensus is certainly not easy if even possible. There is no good or bad about it and there really is neither a like or dislike option with it, it is simply a… Read More ›
Unearth – Darkness In The Light
Whatever the view of the band’s previous album The March, which was mixed at best, Massachusetts metalers Unearth are back on form with their fifth album Darkness In The Light via Metal Blade Records. To say the band is fired… Read More ›
In Solitude – The World. The Flesh.The Devil
All the talk about In Solitude from Uppsala in Sweden is that they are possibly the heir apparent to the throne of Mercyful Fate/King Diamond and certainly after listening to their new album The World. The Flesh.The Devil, released on… Read More ›
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