小雨 / Rain - 繁华落境 / Downtown Fall Border (2014) - Progressive and sacral symphonic metal from China - 94% (20/09/14)

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Xiaoyu or Rain in English is a promising symphonic power metal quintet from Guangzhou in the People’s Republic of China. Founded back in 2005, the band released a first full length record in 2008 which can be loosely translated as “Forest Pavilion” and...

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小雨 / Rain - 繁华落境 / Downtown Fall Border (2014) - Progressive and sacral symphonic metal from China - 94% (20/09/14)

Par kluseba

Xiaoyu or Rain in English is a promising symphonic power metal quintet from Guangzhou in the People’s Republic of China. Founded back in 2005, the band released a first full length record in 2008 which can be loosely translated as “Forest Pavilion” and...

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小雨 / Rain - 繁华落境 / Downtown Fall Border (2014) - Progressive and sacral symphonic metal from China - 94% (20/09/14)

Par kluseba

Xiaoyu or Rain in English is a promising symphonic power metal quintet from Guangzhou in the People’s Republic of China. Founded back in 2005, the band released a first full length record in 2008 which can be loosely translated as “Forest Pavilion” and...

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In Extremo - Feuertaufe (2014) - For collectors only - 75% (18/09/14)

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"Feuertaufe" is the first and until now only single of the diversified and yet more mature "Kunstraub" record that pretty much resumes the main strengths of German medieval rock band In Extremo. This track is the obvious single choice on the album. The...

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Anthrax - Chile on Hell (2014) - The perfect concert - 99% (18/09/14)

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Anthrax's "Chile on Hell" is not only the best live release so far this year but also the best show of the band that was captured by cameras and microphones. The Chilean crowd is simply out of this world. Right from the opening riffs of "Among the Living",...

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HammerFall - (r)Evolution (2014) - It's a long way back to the top - 75% (10/09/14)

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HammerFall had always somewhat been the Manowar of European power metal: overtly epic song structures, talented musicians wasting their talent by playing a rather redundant melodic metal style, battle hymns with simplistic lyrics, a slightly silly image...

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Edguy - Age of the Joker (2011) - Age of the bad jokes - 36% (07/09/14)

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A couple of years ago I wrote a quite emotional negative review of Edguy’s “Age Of The Joker” but I decided to let the album grow on me and give it a second chance. More than three years after its initial release, I must sadly admit that this is still...

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深山 / Deep Mountain - 忘忧湖 / Lake of Solace (2014) - Charming Chinese traditions in a neofolk garment - 90% (07/09/14)

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Deep Mountain is an interesting black metal band from Tai’an, Shandong province in the People’s Republic of China because this quartet almost has nothing to do with metal music whatsoever. The three men and one woman mostly play laid back acoustic neofolk...

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セックス・マシンガンズ / Sex Machineguns - 未練Fire! (2014) - Three powerful facets of a resurrected legend - 85% (07/09/14)

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Sex Machineguns is back in strength with this energizing teaser in form of three new songs. The band had been on hiatus since the departure of its previous drummer Ken’ichi in 2012. The two remaining members had joined forces with two other musicians...

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In Flames - Siren Charms (2014) - A slap in the face of those grown old nostalgics - 87% (05/09/14)

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For the last fourteen years it has been a popular trend in the metal scene to bash any new In Flames release because many closed-minded old-school metal heads are still living in the past millennium, unable to turn the page and accept that In Flames is...

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