A poor man's interpretation of Kim Bendix Petersen meets Thrash or Die - A review of Agent Steel's No Other Godz Before Me

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American thrash metal quintet Agent Steel is basically a solo project by founding member and vocalist Johny Cyriis from Brazil. All other members have only joined the band in the past two years. Guitarist Nikolay Atanasov hails from Bulgaria. Bassist...

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Birthday bash with many guests and surprises - A review of Ensiferum's 10th Anniversary Live

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After three demos, two studio albums, one single and one compilation, Finnish folk metal quintet Ensiferum celebrated its tenth anniversary with an intimate show in its hometown on New Year's Eve. The concert featured new singer Petri Lindroos on stage...

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Spotify Playlist: NoFX in Twenty Songs

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Ladies and gentlemen! Today, I will complete the trilogy of American pop punk playlists with veterans NoFX. I discovered the band about eighteen years ago when a classmate of mine put some of its songs on a sampler. Initially, I thought that the songs...

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Spotify Playlist: NoFX in Twenty Songs

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Ladies and gentlemen! Today, I will complete the trilogy of American pop punk playlists with veterans NoFX. I discovered the band about eighteen years ago when a classmate of mine put some of its songs on a sampler. Initially, I thought that the songs...

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Reviewing Japan's overlooked rock veterans Ningen Isu - Ninth part: Kaijin Nijuu Mensou / The Mystery Man of Twenty Faces (2000)

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Progressive doom metal about horror stories Ningen-Isu's ninth studio album is entitled Kaijin Nijuu Mensou which translates to The Mystery Man of Twenty Faces. This is a conceptual album about the works of Japanese horror author Edogawa Ranpo whose short...

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Empowering lyrics meet musicianship stuck in the past - A review of Evanescence's The Bitter Truth

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Evanescence has been around since the mid-nineties but has been on two hiatuses and has only released four regular albums with original new material. This is the fourth album that has been teased with four singles. It includes twelve songs with a length...

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Great guitar play and solid songwriting but average rhythm section and unimpressive vocals - A review of Smith/Kotzen's Smith/Kotzen

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Richie Kotzen of The Winery Dogs and Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden have been friends for many years and have finally decided to release an album together. The project is blandly entitled Smith/Kotzen and so is the record. The duo has released three singles...

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Mafia Inc (2019) - An interesting alternative to The Irishman - 8/10 (22/03/21)

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Mafia Inc is an epic gangster drama from Quebec that is partially based upon true events. It tells the story of a tailor's son who got rejected by his father and his dying mother and becomes a member of a mafia family in Montreal because he is friends...

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Reviewing Japan's overlooked rock veterans Ningen Isu - Eighth part: Nijuu Seiki Sousoukyoku / Twentieth Century Funeral Song (1999)

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All aboard the ghost train Ningen-Isu's eighth studio record Nijuu Seiki Sousoukyoku translates to Twentieth Century Funeral Song. The record indeed has a gloomy, mysterious and sinister tone. This isn't only due to the fitting lyrical topics but to a...

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Black metal outbursts meet folk elements and sound samples - A review of Vengeful Spectre's Vengeful Spectre

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Vengeful Specter is a Chinese blackened folk metal quintet from Guangdong Province that has just released its first eponymous full length effort. It features five regular tracks and an instrumental interlude with a total running time of thirty-six minutes....

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