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Warlord

Tyrants

TYRANTS was a completely new band for me when I started listening to it. Now, though, they sound like a band that I would love to see live and hear more from. And yes, the sooner the better.

A Creepy Night Live

Trick Or Treat

But it is very simple conclusion that I can and will draw on TRICK OR TREAT and “A Creepy Night Live”. Whatever I feel about the music, this is an outstanding live recording for those who love this kind of Melodic Power Metal or Pony Metal, whatever you wish to call it.

Age Of Chimairas

Stone Horns

If the rest of the upcoming album “Chimaira” has been penned, played, recorded and released with the same level of quality as this “Age Of Chimairas” song, you are in for a treat.

Live!

Nighthawk

It doesn’t matter which song you choose on “Live!”, the speed, intensity and conviction they are bringing to us as listeners must have you jumping from your seats, wagging your hips, tapping your feet and even banging your head, if even slightly, as to miss none of the good music you are hearing.

Dystopian Dreams

Harmagedon

These Scandinavian metalist didn’t come here to fuck around.

Amen

Nubian Rose

A band that defines itself on a foundation of strong melodies, great hooks, big guitars, and a powerful female vocalist will definitely grab my attention from the start, so I’ll venture into this review with high expectations and, unlike my high school years, I’ll actually pay attention.

Polarity

Night Thieves

NIGHT THIEVES have stuck the landing with “Polarity.” I love the groove, I love the rhythm, I love the vocals.

Marching On

Notörious

“True Norwegian Glam Metal” is how NOTÖRIOUS self describes their musical style. Truth be told, Norway is known more for Death metal than Glam Metal, and more for Soaring White Mountains than Glam Metal, and more for hosting the Nobel Peace Price than Glam Metal, so forgive me if I’m a little skeptical, but I will give them every chance to make me a believer.

The Crimson Temple

Varathron

Hellenic black metal stalwarts VARATHRON return with a surgingly confident slab of fist-waving, head-banging, filthy tunes for the masses.

Black Star Gnosis

Demoncy

Avant-garde Satanic black metal band make a bold statement with "Black Star Gnosis," a worship album for the archfiend.

Latome

Bathory Legion

This album was a personal take on what many of us have come to define as “music” in the traditional sense of the word. It was much more experimental, and a dark story lies somewhere within, and at its core, it was very frightening to listen to.

Vivid Black

Ektomorf

Romanian heavy hitters.

Turning Point

Becoming The Lion

A softer kind of heavy.

Charcoal Grace

Caligula’s Horse

For me, this is a landmark album for the band. They have always existed in the outer recesses of Progressive Metal in the past. But here, they put it all together into a synergistic whole of outstanding musicianship and wondrous melodies that encapsulate the listener. This is an early contender for album of the year for sure.

Darkspace II

Darkspace

Perhaps the best part was all of the layers that the band added, each one piling on top of the listener like another weight on your psyche, until you crack because you just can’t take it anymore. Take a journey to the places you never wanted to visit with “Darkspace II.”

Lustmord – Much Unseen Is Also Here

For me, the album was as mysterious and amalgamous as the cover art. If you are old enough to remember, it sounds a lot like I-Dosers…something that takes root inside your soul and slowly turns it black.

Encomium to Extinction

Carcinoid

Aussie band CARCINOID's new EP "Encomium to Extiniction" is a bombastic, heavy slab of traditional doom and death that pushes the edges of the coffin.

Exalt and Despair

Selenoplexia

Chicago band SELENOPLEXIA navigates the bloodied waters of blackened death through a surging arterial current of post-metal glory.

Hell On Earth

Sulfuric Storm

One man band SULFURIC STORM brings an anti-racist death metal plea from the Brazilian underground.

Nocturnal Vampyric Bewitchment

Azathoth's Dream

Pennsylvania's AZATHOTH'S DREAM show that the Keystone State is more than just chocolate, shitty sports fans and steel mills.

Hollow

Hauntologist

Much of the guitar work on the album is responsible for the dreamy but frightening and at times completely hopeless feeling that stays with the listener throughout the album, and the sound is as bleak as the album cover. This is an album that will force you to confront things that you thought were buried for good. The fear of the unknown is one of the most powerful fears the human psyche can face.

Lost Tapes Vol. 1

Trapeze

If you still don't know what TRAPEZE was about, this album offers you a fine opportunity to do so. HEAR IT N-O-W!

Destination Destruction

Satan’s Fall

A melodic and hooking Heavy Metal album with Speed/Poweer Metal influences is what is offered to you by this Finnish quintet.

Rainmaker (Reissue)

Rainmaker

This reissue of the Swedish quartet first (and only) album shows as good music is never eroded by time.

Tears Of The Gorgon

March to Die

This album is an answer for all those that say that traditional Heavy Metal is dead.

So Shall It Be

Freakshow

These four veterans of North American Glam Metal and US Metal scene are up to something VERY GOOD!

Dawn Of Malevolence

Bloodphemy

If you want to hear a traditional Death Metal album with some improvements, this album is for you.

Revolution

Acrolysis

. I will say that I do enjoy listening to songs like “Serpentine”, on which you can hear what ACROLYSIS is capable of when they let the adoration go and just sound like themselves.

True Bearings

Freeways

The NWOBHM generation, however, will really be able to melt into what FREEWAYS is offering on “True Bearings”.

Corridors

Unmothered

I would class this as the Dark and Dangerous Goth brother of MASTODON. UNMOTHERED has surpassed all my expectation. This is mint.

Really Good Terrible Things

North Sea Echoes

This album is so unassuming but emotionally impactful at the same time, and as I mentioned above, the duo of Alder and Matheos is able to say so much with so little sonority. That is the mark of truly exceptional songwriting.

Kosmos Brenner

Golden Core

I must conclude that this album, as interesting as it is, will be hard to many listeners to assimilate. They are all over the place in terms of a style, although many hardened elements rule. I am very interesting in learning more about the band however and listening to their next release, and appreciate their willingness to explore.

VIII

Vicinity

Out of Trondheim, in the cold shores of Norway, VICINITY have been crafting their mix […]

The White Elf

Dungeon Wolf

I have to just say it; this is the worst EP I ever heard in my life. DUNGEON WOLF sounds more like People Without Talent on their “The White Elf” EP.

Revealed

Realation

I really didn’t want to label REALATION as a “thinking man’s” hard rock band, but these guys really know how to dig down deep within their inner self and social consciousness, so the label truly fits.

tamat

Paint the Sky Red

“All good things come to an end” the old proverb says. Indeed. This is the band’s swan song, and what a mark they have left in music.

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Warlord

Tyrants

A Creepy Night Live

Trick Or Treat

Age Of Chimairas

Stone Horns

Live!

Nighthawk

Dystopian Dreams

Harmagedon

Amen

Nubian Rose

Polarity

Night Thieves

Marching On

Notörious

The Crimson Temple

Varathron

Black Star Gnosis

Demoncy

Latome

Bathory Legion

Vivid Black

Ektomorf

Turning Point

Becoming The Lion

Charcoal Grace

Caligula’s Horse

Darkspace II

Darkspace

Lustmord – Much Unseen Is Also Here

Lustmord – Much Unseen Is Also Here

Encomium to Extinction

Carcinoid

Exalt and Despair

Selenoplexia

Hell On Earth

Sulfuric Storm

Nocturnal Vampyric Bewitchment

Azathoth's Dream

Hollow

Hauntologist

Lost Tapes Vol. 1

Trapeze

Destination Destruction

Satan’s Fall

Rainmaker (Reissue)

Rainmaker

Tears Of The Gorgon

March to Die

So Shall It Be

Freakshow

Dawn Of Malevolence

Bloodphemy

Revolution

Acrolysis

True Bearings

Freeways

Corridors

Unmothered

Really Good Terrible Things

North Sea Echoes

Kosmos Brenner

Golden Core

VIII

Vicinity

The White Elf

Dungeon Wolf

Revealed

Realation

tamat

Paint the Sky Red

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