Album Reviews
Waken Eyes – Exodus
All songs on this album are written by Canadian Tom Frelek, founder of this band and taking care of the guitars and keys. As vocalis,t he invited Henrik Bath (Darkwater) which is bull’s eye. On [Read »]
Album Reviews
Millennial Reign – Carry the Fire
In 2010, Millennial Reign started as a solo project of Dave Harvey (bass, guitar) and together with singer Trae Doss and Brian Diffee on drums, the first album ‘Millennial Reign’ got released in 2012. Both members were [Read »]
Album Reviews
Dew-Scented/Angelus Apatrida – Immersed
In support of their “Thrash Mercenaries tour”, both bands (or the label) decided to release a 7″ split EP limited to 500 copies. Dew-Scented starts with covering the Vio-lence track “World In a World” from their ‘Oppressing the Masses’ album. [Read »]
Album Reviews
Nad Sylvan – Courting the Widow
Nad Sylvan is probably best known for his contribution on Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited project and on Roine Stolt’s side project Agents of Mercy. And now it’s time for his first solo album in twelve [Read »]
Album Reviews
Caligula’s Horse – Bloom
Album number three from Australia based alternative progressive rock band Caligula’s Horse, and their first one on a well-known label: InsideOut Music. Their first two albums were self-released (Bandcamp), and helped them make a name [Read »]
Album Reviews
Zebrahead – Walk the Plank
Big in Japan, that is this band from the USA for sure, here in Europe, however, the band is a lot less popular. With about one new album every two years, this is their 11th release [Read »]
Album Reviews
Ivanhoe – 7 Days
While Ivanhoe might be one of Germany’s longest serving progressive metal bands, they’ve never really managed to get their career off … and this new album, their seventh, probably won’t change that either. Their dark, [Read »]
Album of the Month
Avatarium – The Girl With The Raven Mask
In a way, doom metal is always a journey back in time to when Black Sabbath started it all. Heavy metal has developed quite a lot in the meantime – with lots of subgenres – [Read »]
Album Reviews
Aggravator – Populace Destructor
Old school thrash metal. Definitely old school thrash metal. This was the first thing that came to my mind after the first listen. Particularly the first song “Born In Uniform” reminds me a lot of [Read »]
Album Reviews
Grave – Out Of Respect For the Dead
Besides Entombed, Unleashed and Dismember, Grave stood at the cradle of pure Swedish old school death metal. Their first album ‘Into the Grave’ is a must own for everyone who names him-herself a death metal [Read »]