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Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas, Mark Kelly and Ian Mosley, these guys are also known as Marillion. The quintet worked on a new album called ‘An Hour Before It’s Dark’, the successor of the ‘F E A R’ album from 2016. The title of the newest Marillion record gives room for interpretation. ‘An Hour... Continue Reading →
Cobra The Impaler is the brainchild of ex-Aborted guitarist Tace DC who, together with four brothers in crime, started the outfit. ‘Colossal Gods’ is the title of the album the quintet had in the making and that has found its way to the record stores. To realize his musical project, Tace looked for companions and... Continue Reading →
It wasn’t a given that thrash metal veterans Vio-Lence would return with new material. The bigger was the surprise when the Californian metal icons announced a new EP in June last year. Vio-Lence started in 1985 in Oakland, California. The quintet belongs to the pioneers of a thrash metal and although having with ‘Eternal Nightmare’... Continue Reading →
Well, Sabaton is certainly a band that polarizes. There are true fans that appreciate every release and live show from the Swedish power metal outfit. At the same time the group of metalheads that can’t relate to band, sound, and music. What is undisputed, however, is the success story of the Swedes who have been... Continue Reading →
Sludge metal pioneers Crowbar recently announced a new album which is always a very welcomed news. Kirk Windstein started the band in 1990 in New Orleans and ‘Zero and Below’ is the 12th delivery from the American quartet. The new album contains ten songs, all equipped with the typical Crowbar trademarks. There are the typical... Continue Reading →
German death metal power engine Deserted Fear premiered with ‘My Empire’, an album that brought the band some attention. Things started to move more rapidly after having signed a record deal with Century Media, the label that also releases the fifth full-length longplayer of the Eisenberg, Germany based band. Three years after ‘Drowned by Humanity’... Continue Reading →
Mountaineer hail from sunny and warm Oakland, California. Formed in 2015, the band has released three albums since then. Bloodletting', their third album, was published in 2020 and now it's 'Giving Up the Ghost' that again allows the listener to dive into post-rock oriented soundscapes. Acting as a sextet since 'Bloodletting', Mountaineer delivers a balanced... Continue Reading →
Edmonton, Canada isn’t just the home of one of the best ice hockey teams. The headquarter of thrash metallers TYMO is also based in Alberta. TYMO started in 2014 and released two longplayers to date. These days the third longplayer has been unleashed to excite metalheads all over the world. TYMO is purely based on... Continue Reading →
The artwork of Scorpions longplayers often created some attention and sometimes even led to controversial discussions. What is remarkable with their new album ‘Rock Believer’ is the screaming person on the cover, reminding of the iconic artwork of the ‘Blackout’ album from 1982. The good thing is, that it isn’t only the artwork that reminds... Continue Reading →
Dutch bass player Joost van der Graaf is known from his time with bands like Dew-Scented. His bass can be also heard on Pestilence’s latest album ‘Exitivm’. In 2020 Van der Graaf started with Choreomanic a solo project and the self-titled album is the debut. Musically Choreomanic has not that much to do with the... Continue Reading →
‘Here Be Monsters’ is the title of the new album from UK melodic rock powerhouse Ten. At the same time, it is the first of two longplayers Gary Hughes, John Halliwell and bandmates worked on during the days of pandemic. There is now real link between the two records. It was more the great flow... Continue Reading →
New York-based Immolation isn’t a band that floods the market with new releases. Their release pattern entails a new longplayer every 3-5 years and considering the fact of ‘Atonement’ having been unveiled in 2017 the time was right in early 2022 to launch a next smashing metal album. Immolation is still driven by the two... Continue Reading →
Blood Incantation released ‘Hidden History of the Human Race’ an album that combined the brutality of death metal and the math of metal in a pretty good fashion. Being harsh on the one side a multi-layered too created extra tension which benefited the album. Three years later the quartet from Denver, Colorado returns with ‘Timewave... Continue Reading →
Italian metal outfit Mortuary Drape might have been ahead of the curve when they started their journey into extreme metal in the mid ‘80s. At least they belong to the pioneers when it comes to European death- and black metal. Driven by main man Wildness Perversion the band premiered in 1994 with ‘All the Witches... Continue Reading →
It seems like the pandemic hasn’t had an impact on the musical creativity of Neal Morse. The musician from California has various outlets for his creative flow and with D’Virgilio, Morse, Jennings a next project was started by the singer and multi-instrumentalist in 2020. Sometime during the pandemic and lockdown, Morse wrote songs that in... Continue Reading →
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