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‘Damnum’ is the sixth album of Denver, Colorado based tech death metal outfit Allegaeon. The band, founded in 2008, delivers a musical curveball, combining the relentless heaviness of death metal with layers, known from prog metal bands. A song that shows all aspects of Allegaeon’s sound is ‘Into Ember’. Deep Florida-laden growls, excellent clean vocals... Continue Reading →
One of the most exciting heavy metal albums this year comes from New York. Sanhedrin is the sender of this electrifying longplayer that is entitled ‘Lights On’. The band doesn’t have a very long track record yet there is a lot to discover. Sanherdin, that’s Erica Stoltz (ex-Hammers Of Misfortune), Nathan Honor (ex-Vermefüg) and Jeremy... Continue Reading →
Five, four, three two, one … midnight. Witching hour. This time it’s less the witches that appear, it’s the reaper. Scythe, fire and knife, all accessories connect with Cleveland-based metal enthusiast Athenar and his project Midnight. Founded in 2003 Midnight release numerous singles and EP before a full-length debut reached the record stores in 2011.... Continue Reading →
Former Elf/Rainbow musicians formed Bible Black in 1980 in New York. Gary Driscoll and Craig Gruber started the band which also included Duck McDonald (g) and singers with familiar names. McDonald was friend with Louis Murello aka Eric Adams and although the plan didn’t work out, Adams made a career with Manowar. Still looking for... Continue Reading →
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 →
NWoBHM-veterans Tygers Of Pan Tang unleashed a new EP called ‘A New Heartbeat’. In a way, a new heartbeat is the credo of the 2022 release since the band introduce with Francesco Marras a new guitarist and Huw Holding, a new bass player, while Gav Grey provided the groove for this release. The EP contains... 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 →
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