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Are you prepared? You should be. German Melodic Death Metal troupe IN SANITY are about to unleash chaos and pandemonium with their upcoming album Welcome To The Show. The title alone is enough to pique anyone’s curiosity and the album comes down on your hard. Welcome To The Show was recorded produced in the Greenman … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: In Sanity – Welcome To The Show
I first heard about Power Metal Quest Festival via a Facebook link last year, it featured a competition to win a pair of tickets for the event. I was fortunate enough to win said competition, so travelled down to Birmingham with a friend for the weekend and really enjoyed PMQF 2018. After my positive experience … Continue reading LIVE REPORT: Power Metal Quest Fest – The Asylum, Birmingham 28.09.2019
This is a band and an album for lovers of classic heavy metal. SCREAMER are a Swedish group with traditional heavy metal sounds and values; they want to have a good time, party and make music. This is their fourth studio album since their 2017 release Hell Machine, and the first studio album on their … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Screamer – Highway Of Heroes
Rock isn't dead and bands like ECLIPSE prove this is the case. If you are wishing for further evidence to support this claim, look no further than their upcoming release Paradigm. This will be their seventh studio album to be added to their already solid discography. The album kicks off with a mighty opener Viva … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Eclipse – Paradigm
Atmospheric black metal is a difficult thing to do right. You need the melodic elements to keep it interesting for the listeners but too many that it loses the power it gains from the raw sound that typifies the genre. One-man act ARX ATRATA achieves somewhere close to this for their latest release The Path … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Arx Atrata – The Path Untravelled
THRASHFIRE are a Thrash band from Turkey who started their musical journey in 2006. Their latest record Into The Armageddon proceeds two EPs and their debut album Thrash Burned The Hell from 2011. They were signed to Xtreem Music in 2015; which lead to the release of their second EP - Vengeance of Fire, many … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Thrashfire – Into The Armageddon
The Deviant Place Theory is the first album created by French Alternative Rock band HIDDEN PHASE. They started this project in 2016 and moved toward becoming an official studio project in 2017. If I was to describe it briefly, I would say it was a gentle and melancholic album but it can pack a punch. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Hidden Phase – The Deviant Place Theory
Imagine the vocal work from the likes of HAMMERFALL with a hint of SONATA ARCTICA, add in some slick guitar work from legends and fantastic lyrical content. The result? You get majestic melodies that make you thank the gods that TY MORN are bringing back those sounds from the golden era of metal. They released … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Ty Morn – Istor
In a world where the majority of us are glued to our screens, this album is appropriately titled. The album in question is Smartphone Rabbit Hole and it comes from Bluesy Rock Duo HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE. This is the third studio album from the duo and it was released today. The story of HENRY’S FUNERAL … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Henry’s Funeral Shoe – Smartphone Rabbit Hole
Heavy Metal therapy should be a thing. Think about it; you have had a stressful week or month; you attend a heavy metal show that matches this energy that helps you get it all out. You also enjoy this experience with likeminded individuals who might be there for the same reason. This was the feeling … Continue reading LIVE REPORT: Speed Queen, Toledo Steel and Skyryder – The Firehouse, Southampton 13.09.2019