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Cycle of the Dying Sun (Dawn of Ashen Realms)

Runemagick

Overall, this wasn’t a bad album by any stretch, it just didn’t challenge me much as a listener. Many of the songs had a similar sound and the slow pace didn’t combine well with the somewhat bland riffs.

Lore

Cultic

Cultic, the newest album from the Pennsylvania extreme metal band, Lore is definitely a strange and different […]

Leo Rising

Danko Jones

Formed in 1996 Danko Jones hail from Ontario Canada.Over their nearly 30 year history the […]

Shady Side Of Town EP

Electric Boys

The Electric Boys from Stockholm Sweden were formed in 1988,a band who’s roots are 70’s […]

Set The Dark On Fire

Edenbridge

I am hesitant to call "Set The Dark On Fire" their best album ever, but it just might be.

Poems of Spellcraft

Draculum

Each of the six tracks is a bit of mystery, beckoning the listener to unravel them. Signposted by year, the titles hint at a possible unified narrative if not by characters than at least by theme.

Light and Desolation

Blizaro

Light and Desolation, the newest album from doom metal band Blizaro, is nothing short of weird and bizarre, […]

Dismal Thoughts

Abysmal Descent

“Dismal Thoughts” goes beyond traditional Death Metal; it smartly blends Death Metal with Doom Metal and progressive elements

The Second Death

Katakomba

“The Second Death” delivers traditional Swedish Death Metal sound with modern elements. The album has pace, rawness, aggression, devastating chainsaw guitars, and a blood-freezing melodic framework

Legends

Sabaton

There is not one wrong note on this album. All the songs are well balanced, very easy for the ears and most of all, of a very high quality. I can only applaud what I hear on “Legends”, as SABATON have once again given you a completely finished product that is ready to be admired.

Built To Destroy

N.Y.C.

It is clear for me that N.Y.C. comes over a lot stronger, makes a lot better impression when they play loud and straight ahead. That’s when the class and their experience shows itself, when they really have an impact with “Built To Destroy”.

Burning Death

BURNING DEATH might be the band to reach superstar status, but as long as they’re around they’re bringing us as listeners a lot of pleasure with “Burning Death”.

Black Widow Nebula

Caelestra

Synths kept a steady presence throughout, sometimes rising with a fist and other times settling back in the shadows, but they were always knocking. Harsh vocals brought a measure of hard truth to the album, while cleans kept things pristine at times. It was the way these things were combined into a seasoned stew that made for such an an excellent listening experience.

Rat City Rockers

Casket Rats

Casket Rats are a a gritty,no nonsense,analog focused Hard Rock.The band deliver raw,street fighting,unapologetic rock […]

Shadows Of The Dying Light

Sarayasign

Sarayasign return with "Shadows Of The Dying Light", their most ambitious release yet—a sweeping, cinematic […]

Malicious Spears

Archaic Thorn

Ahh. Hand-drawn cover art. It's nice to see.

Precipice

Lychgate

A precipice is the edge of a very steep cliff, and that’s what I felt the entire time...standing so close to death. This was a pleasantly strange, unsettling listening experience for me, and the closest feeling that I can think of to describing it might be either the liberation, or the horrible guilt, one feels when they have just taken the soul from a fellow human.

Só Quem Viu o Relâmpago à Sua Direita Sabe

Kaatayra

After two listens, I am still not entirely sure what I think about the album. The band leaves the door open for mystery, and even your own imagination. Harsh vocals contrast with traditional Brazilian folk music in a way that just keeps you on your toes throughout the experience, and if nothing else, its mysteries are buried deep within.

The Wild Card

Treat

The songs themselves are simple and straight forward, they just come to the point. If you are looking for intricate structures, for different sorts of breaks and/or all kinds of variety in a song, forget it. If you want all those ingredients throughout the record, you are in for a TREAT, as “The Wild Card” has all that in spades.

A Test Of Strength

Zero Tolerance

A Test Of Strength” is a solid, decent but also extremely entertaining album. I doubt that ZERO TOLERANCE will achieve world dominance with this album but I am sure that they are going to gain a lot of praise from a lot of Thrash and Heavy Metal fans.

The Carcass Choir

Monachopsis

"A techdeathmess from the midlands," you say...

Canvas

Mors Verum

When I hear the term Death Metal, I get images of rotting flesh, destruction and death, and even guttural noise. But here, the music was alive…moving, breathing, never standing still. It’s ardent enough for the common fan, but also offers a kaleidoscope of other sounds for those of us looking for something different.

De l'Abîme au Plérôme

Sanctvs

Overall, this was a solid album to listen to. It didn’t necessarily offer anything new to the genre, but you can hear the fire and the passion behind the compositions, as well as the artist’s skills.

The Lamentations

Forever Autumn

“The Lamentations” is Autumn Ni Dubhghaill’s most stirring release to date, and not just in the emotional or sentimental sense but in a raw and visceral sense as well.

Aus uralter Zeit

XIV Dark Centuries

Five years has been a bit of a wait but then again, the band does measure itself in centuries so I guess I can’t really complain.

Tears

Sacrifice

If you ask me, this Japanese version of SACRIFICE should have been at least as big worldwide as the Canadian Thrash Metal band with the same name. There can’t be any doubt at all that these guys were capable of writing and recording bloody good music. On “Tears” that gives us over 44 minutes of beautiful Heavy Metal.

Heed The Prophecy (Reissue)

Paragon

PARAGON is an American band from Springfield in Ohio. These guys only existed from 1987 until 1992/1993, of that no one is exactly sure. In those times they played pure Melodic Progressive US Metal. Apparently, they wanted to sound like some of the big US Progressive Metal bands.

Free Fall

War Grave

The new record by London England thrash metal band War Grave, Freewill, is nothing short of an […]

Fiery Path

Infernal Presence

“Fiery Path” is traditional Black Metal with direct and punishing guitar riffs, aggressive growls, and blood-freezing melodies

Last Light Fades

Graves for Gods

This was an excellent Doom album. For one, the band’s vision was not just about long songs with slow, heavy beats, because they also added a flair for the psychedelic at times with lead notes, and even keys. This approach kept the dastardly depressing sound more active to the listener, and this is an album that all Doom fans should take a gander at.

Let Water Flow

Moon Wisdom

Overall, this was a decent listening experience, but I just didn’t get a firm enough handle on their sound through 30 minutes of runtime. I also didn’t hear much in the way of Punk or even Gaze sounds. Had they not mentioned that, I probably wouldn’t be as disappointed as I am.

The Greatest Gift Of All

Stryper

This is STRYPER from start to finish. Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock that will have you singing along in no time.

La Alma

Blossoms Fall

It is all just too neat, too controlled. I never get the feeling that the band is throwing everything they have at me, that they are holding back for future references and/or releases. If they are, that’s their bad, because that means that they are forgetting that you can only make a good first impression once.

Colors In Grey

Oathbound

Even though it all sounds rather nice, it also sounds very clean. A little bit too clean for a pure Metalcore band. The thing is that if you add the moniker Melodic in from of it, the whole description would make sense. Not that this is purely Melodic, but it doesn’t go as Hard and Heavy as Metalcore bands usually do.

As Mankind Rots

Paganizer

Because there is no two ways about it; every song that PAGANIZER plays on “As Mankind Rots” hits the spot just right. In just under 40 minutes time the band has made sure that the songs they write have that underlying tension that comers with the territory, whilst also allowing the listener to adapt to every tune with a great deal of ease.

Öröklét

Witcher

I thoroughly enjoyed the sound the band presents on the album. It has that thick darkness of Black Metal with a counterbalance of solemnity. However, besides the final song, the first four had too similar of a sound and it just wasn’t quite diverse enough for me. It’s good, but it could have been excellent with some subtle sound shifting.

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Cycle of the Dying Sun (Dawn of Ashen Realms)

Runemagick

Lore

Cultic

Leo Rising

Danko Jones

Shady Side Of Town EP

Electric Boys

Set The Dark On Fire

Edenbridge

Poems of Spellcraft

Draculum

Light and Desolation

Blizaro

Dismal Thoughts

Abysmal Descent

The Second Death

Katakomba

Legends

Sabaton

Built To Destroy

N.Y.C.

Burning Death

Burning Death

Black Widow Nebula

Caelestra

Rat City Rockers

Casket Rats

Shadows Of The Dying Light

Sarayasign

Malicious Spears

Archaic Thorn

Precipice

Lychgate

Só Quem Viu o Relâmpago à Sua Direita Sabe

Kaatayra

The Wild Card

Treat

A Test Of Strength

Zero Tolerance

The Carcass Choir

Monachopsis

Canvas

Mors Verum

De l'Abîme au Plérôme

Sanctvs

The Lamentations

Forever Autumn

Aus uralter Zeit

XIV Dark Centuries

Tears

Sacrifice

Heed The Prophecy (Reissue)

Paragon

Free Fall

War Grave

Fiery Path

Infernal Presence

Last Light Fades

Graves for Gods

Let Water Flow

Moon Wisdom

The Greatest Gift Of All

Stryper

La Alma

Blossoms Fall

Colors In Grey

Oathbound

As Mankind Rots

Paganizer

Öröklét

Witcher

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