Sparta - Welcome to Hell (2014) - Finally a passionate debut album after 35 years - 79% (27/05/14)

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Sparta is a band that was founded in Mansfield, United Kingdom as early as 1979. At its earliest stages, the band had been known as Xerox. The five young men were part of the popular New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement and released two promising...

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Sparta - Welcome to Hell (2014) - Finally a passionate debut album after 35 years - 79% (27/05/14)

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Sparta is a band that was founded in Mansfield, United Kingdom as early as 1979. At its earliest stages, the band had been known as Xerox. The five young men were part of the popular New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement and released two promising...

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Sparta - Welcome to Hell (2014) - Finally a passionate debut album after 35 years - 79% (27/05/14)

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Sparta is a band that was founded in Mansfield, United Kingdom as early as 1979. At its earliest stages, the band had been known as Xerox. The five young men were part of the popular New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement and released two promising...

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Omnium Gatherum - The Redshift (2008) - Promising elements but no breakthrough yet - 79% (27/05/14)

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I was really enthusiastic to cover a record by Omnium Gatherum since I had seen them live earlier this year. The band managed to mix energizing melodic death metal with highly atmospheric, enchanting, and melancholic progressive passages and especially...

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Anvil - Hope in Hell (2013) - There is some hope for sure - 80% (27/05/14)

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“Hope In Hell” is the 15th record of the legendary Canadian heavy metal institution Anvil that finally got some well-deserved and needed attention after the release of the documentary “Anvil: The Story Of Anvil” five years ago. What followed was some...

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Crematory - Antiserum (2014) - Too much of a routine job - 52% (27/05/14)

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You really know what to expect when you’re listening to a Crematory record. Germany’s most popular gothic metal band comes around with simple song writing structures put into catchy mid tempo songs between three and five minutes. The band mixes crunchy...

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Rebellion - Arminius: Furor Teutonicus (2012) - No fury, just routine - 69% (27/05/14)

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After the big bang at the end of the year 2010 when three out of five members left the Teutonic power metal band Rebellion, I was eager to hear what the band’s sixth album “Arminius: Furor Teutonicus” would sound like. In fact, nothing has changed at...

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Civil War - Civil War (2012) - An average debut EP from the Sabaton clones - 65% (26/05/14)

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After the departure of four members of the famous Swedish power metal outfit Sabaton, the four guys decided to hire Stefan “Pizza” Eriksson as bassist from the death and thrash metal band Hell Patrol as well as from death metal band Volturyon and singer...

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Blaze Bayley - Russian Holiday (2013) - Introspective lyrics in acoustic grace - 72% (26/05/14)

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After the release of the polarizing but in my opinion incredibly strong “The King Of Metal” last year, Blaze Bayley went on to perform several acoustic shows with his new and talented Belgian guitar player Thomas Zwijsen. They decided to do also a few...

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Gamma Ray - Master of Confusion (2013) - Great studio tracks but weak live material - 70% (26/05/14)

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While we were waiting for an upcoming new full length release, German power metal veterans Gamma Ray came around with a new EP featuring two brand new studio tracks, two cover songs and six live tracks from the last release “Skeletons & Majesties” that...

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