Album Reviews
Cage – Ancient Evil
After releasing an album with Death Dealer last month, yet another album with Sean Peck on vocals is set to be released. Cage has been around since 1992 and are, for me, one of the [Read »]
Album Reviews
Dragonheart – The Battle Sanctuary
Holy F***, I didn’t see this one coming. In general, I’m rather sensible in picking new releases because I want to enjoy what I review. I expected some good power metal with rather cliché lyrics about wars [Read »]
Album Reviews
Death Dealer – Hallowed Ground
Original, progressive, new paths taken etc. etc. are words and expressions that don’t describe this album. If you are looking for something like that, you can stop reading and wasting your time. But if you like good, [Read »]
Album Reviews
Royal Hunt – Devil’s Dozen
Andre Andersen and his compatriots in Royal Hunt experienced their biggest success in the mid-90’s with D.C. Cooper behind the microphone, so the excitement was big when they decided to reunite back in 2011. Not [Read »]
Album Reviews
Nergard – A Bit Closer To Heaven
Do not be fooled: Nergard is not really a band. Nergard is one man who’s pulled together various vocal talents from the melodic and powermetal genres. Some of the eight songs on ‘A Bit Closer [Read »]
Album Reviews
Hibria – Hibria
Those of you with a good memory will remember that I rated Hibria’s 2013 album, ‘Silent Revenge’, with 84 points and I was very pleased about the music. With a consistent line-up this time, I [Read »]
Album Reviews
Wings Of Destiny – Time
Well, this is a fairly typical power metal album from six Costa Rican metalheads calling themselves Wings Of Destiny. It is quite formulaic. All of the lyrics are about mythology or angels. Ok, it’s power [Read »]
Album Reviews
Iron Kingdom – Ride For Glory
Heavy Metal has always been a very traditional genre where old trends never really seem to die. This is also why it is not surprising to hear a modern Heavy Metal album that sounds like [Read »]
Album Reviews
Powerwolf – Blessed & Possessed
Blessed indeed I am to have the opportunity to listen to the new Powerwolf album and to write a review. After listening several times, indeed I am possessed by the gospel Atilla Dorn is again preaching [Read »]