Classic heavy metal intertwining dark, melodic twists is the modus operandi for UK’s Neverworld on their debut album "Visions of Another World". Guitarist Ben Colton has a glass shattering vocal range, in line with Rob Halford and Midnight from Crimson Glory, while musically the band favors a sonic synthesis of Savatage, King Diamond, and Judas…
Ex-Blaze Bayley guitarist Andrea Neri (for 3 years in a live capacity across Europe) started this new Italian band Stage of Reality as a power hard rock band. The debut album "The Breathing Machines" is a 10 song conceptual record, almost George Orwell-ian "1984" oriented where humans are merely terminals of society, without feelings, opinions,…
After a debut album in 2009 "Splinters of Life", Italy’s Flashback of Anger dealt with a series of lineup changes (bassist Andrea Torricini joining in 2013, lead guitarist Andrea Anichini this year) and securing a new record deal. What we have here on "T.S.R." (Terminate and Stay Resident) is a 10 track album in the…
Punk-oriented speed metal from the Italian trio Overcharge, "Accelerate" cuts to the chase in 10 songs that rev up the engine and under 30 minutes, get the job done. Between bassist Fabietto’s hoarse, gruff word actions and drummer Panzer’s steady down beats, guitarist Josh has no trouble racing up and down his six string gung…
The album reminds somewhat of Behemoth some years ago. The whole blackened death metal sound reeks from the whole album, and that is not a bad thing. The album’s sound is consistent and over all quite enjoyable. It starts off with an amazing drum part in "Sacrilegious Majesty", wich later becomes a very standard blackened…
Ministry – The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen is one hell of an interesting biography that beautifully captures and chronicles the turbulent, chaotic, and downright insane life of Ministry mainman Al Jourgensen. To tell you the truth, I have never been a major of fan of the works of Ministry or of Jourgensen’s side…
Occultation have proved with their debut "Three & Seven" that they master this retro vibe of occult hard rock inspired by 80´s bands like Witchunter General and Coven. Occultation hails from NY and like their peers The Devils Blood and Huntress they are female fronted, plays a sort of doomish rock and keeps their themes…
Belgian melodic metal here from Megasonic – as "Intense" is their debut album, a 13 song effort that consists of 11 originals plus two closing cover tracks for "Down to Mexico" (Paul Gilbert) and "Does Your Mother Know" (ABBA). The band has a dramatic, almost theatrical nature during a ballad like "Love Lost Love" that…
Death/thrash fra Bergen av meget høy kvalitet. Gode låter, god produksjon og lyd, mange flotte musikalske og vokale øyeblikk og tvers igjennom ei herlig skive. Sånn akkurat passe brutal, kjapp og variert. Det er det beste jeg kan si om «Stay of Execution» akkurat nå. «Stay of Execution» er bandets andre fullengder og definitivt deres…
At this point, post-metal oriented alternative music has multi-faceted appeal when musicians take the right tact. Fusing different aspects of varying genres and creating a landscape of material that is moody, atmospheric, endearing, reflective, hypnotic, expansive – truly becomes a life altering experience if you choose to succumb to its swirling, outer world textures. This…
Thrash i Revolverkjellaren! Thrash fucking Metal-kveld! THRASHHH!!! Når eg kjem ned i kjellaren er her nesten ingen. SO BRA! Då vert det god plass og ingen som er i vegen for lyden. I ventetida spelast store delar av Darkthrone «A Blaze in The Northern Sky» på anlegget. På scena skal Sodomizer frå Brasil og US-bandet…
‘Eternal Depression’ is the debut full-length from Serbian thrashers Alitor and a mighty first effort it is. In terms of sound it harks heady days of Bay Area thrash but it also has a slightly progressive feel. Sometimes the guitar lines remind me of later output from Death. This is a good thing. The fact…
Returning for another album are premiere vocalists for the power/progressive metal genre in Russell Allen (Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob) and Jorn Lande (ex-Masterplan, solo). Handling the bulk of songwriting, guitars/bass, and production duties this time is Timo Tolkki, a change in scenery from Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear). This fourth album "The Great Divide" is a…
DEVILMENT "The Great and Secret Show" track by track video with all band members.
This German power metal band has taken their time to release their second album: eight years have passed since their independent debut "Separated from Today" – with a three song EP of the same title as this album coming out in 2010. Those same three songs – "The Grand Design", "Bless the Buried Child", and…
Abysmal Dawn er et amerikansk death metal band som ligger litt i samme gate som en del svenske death metal band som Vomitory, Aeon og Tribulation samt sine landsmenn i Suffocation, Morbid Angel og Nile (minus det egyptiske). Rett frem brutal death metal med noen spede forsøk på å kjøre litt roligere, noe bandet absolutt…
Det er mye unormalt med BLASTFEST. Ikke nok med at festivalen er på vinteren. De klarer på andre året og dra inn en meget imponerende lineup og den har de like godt klar og offentliggjort hele fire måneder før festivalstart. Der kan mange andre lære litt.Linepen ble komplett i kveld da GRIMFIST, SCHIRENC PLAYS PUNGENT STENCH og WATAIN ble klare. Sistnevnte er sammen med SATYRICON og AT THE GATES headlinere.Nytt av året er at en fjerde dag er innført og denne vil inneholde konserter på Garage og et ekte metallbåtcruise med livemusikk, mat og drikke.
A death metal evening is usually the cause of painful necks, heads and/or limbs for the following days and Cannibal Corpse/Revocation/Aeon concerts live in Oslo were no exception from this rule. Especially since the concert took place on a Saturday day and allowed people to party hard and long. The concerts took place at Vulkan…
Active since 2005, the Swedish speed/thrash outfit Tyranex contain a lot of the raw, youthful qualities that attracted me to this genre in my teen years. "Unable to Tame" is their second full-length album, an 8 song affair that whirls by in a tidy 36 minutes. What makes this exciting is the fact that the…
Vesania var et band jeg utelukkende sjekket ut fordi dette var det andre bandet til Behemoth bassist Orion. Jeg husker jeg likte debuten «Firefrost Archanum» ganske godt og at jeg var så heldig at jeg fikk både intervju og en samtale med Orion backstage på John Dee om skiva. Jeg husker også at jeg var…
