The exceptionally cool vocalist Blaze Bayley (ex-Iron Maiden, Wolfsbane) always delivers the goods and this upcoming ten-track effort of his entitled ”War Within Me” is a real treat and a thrilling listening experience. As is usually the case, you can just tell that Bayley has poured his heart and soul into this hard-hitting and beautiful…
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Swedish Death metal act Pantokrator releases new album January 29th
This short and concise 10-minute EP by the renowned Mortiis came out in December last year and might well have passed some of you out there by, so I figured that I would write a few words on the cursed piece and simply point out that this is quite the interesting (and vile) little gem.…
Mongolia Honors The HU With Release Of Special Commemorative Coin
South African hard rockers Oooth unleash the video for new single Your Lies
Why I have never heard about this Turkish death metal trio before this excellent EP I’ll never know. Serkan Niron (vocals, bass), Mustafa Gürcalioğlu (guitars, songwriting) and Engin "Aberrant" Güngör (drums) pummel you with a brutal yet nuanced and catchy barrage of sophisticated craft for 4 tracks in under 25 minutes, combining classic stylings of…
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The Tasmanian melodic black metal force Atra Vetosus will unleash this 3-track EP in late January and this is a bleak delight to yours truly as it transcends the conventions and barriers of the aforementioned genre and by incorporating some subtle progressive influences and post-metal tendencies into the fiery mix. Words such as epic and…
Volbeat to release 15-anniverary limited vinyl edition of debut album
The highly skilled Neal Morse staged his "Jesus Christ the Exorcist" prog rock concept album at Morsefest back in 2018, and this deluxe package consisting of two CDs and a DVD captures the whole performance and nicely illustrates just how huge in scope and elaborate the whole thing is. From a purely musical perspective, this…
Former ANATHEMA duo Darren White and Duncan Patterson have reunited under the moniker ANTIFEAR.
The new (2020) label Petrichor has really sparked my interest with this fresh Adelaide, South Australian outfit DESCEND TO ACHERON and their debut "Transcience Of The Flesh" EP with brutal techical death and black metal combo for both impressive skills and songwriting as well as variety displayed across the 6 track 21:27 minute material. Although…
Årabrot med ny EP med tittelen The World Must Be Destroyed ut nå
This relentlessly bleak fucker came out in mid-December 2020 and is not merely a fiery mesh of face-melting black metal and ugly crust punk but also a rather fitting way to cap off last year from a musical and lyrical perspective. "Under Tiden Jag Sälde Min Själ Till Satan" is a wild and ferocious trip…
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a copy of noted Deep Purple expert Jerry Bloom’s latest literary endeavor entitled "In the Shadow of the Wizard: Rainbow 1975-1976", which is a huge, beautiful, and above all outstanding piece that focuses solely on what is arguably the best and most important era(s) of Rainbow.…
Earthless release video from Live In The Mojave Desert series. Five new films and five new live albums from Earthless, Nebula, Spirit Mother, Mountain Tamer, and Stoner
This one nearly slipped away from my pile of stuff to review, but I am glad that I found this cool-looking digipak again due to the fact that the Swedish outfit Eclipse are totally at the top of their game here and deliver a blistering blast of massive-sounding hard rock capable of lifting your spirits…
SLAVES TO FASHION will release the concept album "The History of Heavy Metal
This recent reissue of “A Long Day’s Night” by the legendary American hard rockers Blue Öyster Cult is a most welcome addition to this writer’s catalogue as I missed out on the atmospheric live offering when it was originally issued in 2002. This 2020 edition has been completely restored and remastered, and it looks and…
