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by Sebastian Kluth

Wild Heavy Metal Party on a Friday Night - A Review of Enforcer's Nostalgia

Wild Heavy Metal Party on a Friday Night - A Review of Enforcer's Nostalgia

Swedish heavy metal quartet Enforcer had released a quite controversial record with Zenith four years ago that flirted with commercially successful hard rock music of the eighties in the key of Def Leppard, Dokken and Scorpions while also employing occasional...

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The Runes Show the Way to the Sun - A Review of Elvenking's Reader of the Runes - Rapture

The Runes Show the Way to the Sun - A Review of Elvenking's Reader of the Runes - Rapture

Almost four years after its first entry Reader of the Runes - Divination, Italian power folk metal sextet Elvenking is back with the second entry in the series that is entitled Reader of the Runes - Rapture. The quality of the band's eleventh full length...

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It's a Challenge to Stay Awake While Making It Through - A Review of Axel Rudi Pell's The Ballads VI

It's a Challenge to Stay Awake While Making It Through - A Review of Axel Rudi Pell's The Ballads VI

Axel Rudi Pell's The Ballads series have usually offered a decent combination of more recent studio tracks, a few intriguing new songs and inspired cover versions. However, said series has recently been running out of steam and its sixth entry is by far...

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Madness Has Become the Common State of Affairs - A Review of Dir en Grey's Phalaris

Madness Has Become the Common State of Affairs - A Review of Dir en Grey's Phalaris

Japanese quintet Dir en Grey is a band that is extremely challenging to describe even though the group has been around for twenty-five years and counting as it is. This band combines genres that seem incompatible on paper. Elements of classical music...

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Soundtrack to a Gothic Wedding - A Review of The 69 Eyes' Death of Darkness

Soundtrack to a Gothic Wedding - A Review of The 69 Eyes' Death of Darkness

The 69 Eyes were one of the first gothic rock bands I discovered as a teenager along with other Scandinavian groups such as HIM and The Rasmus. The band's most famous song ''Lost Boys'', a tribute to the quirky horror movie with the same title from the...

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Reaching Adulthood in a Mature Way - A Review of Babymetal's The Other One

Reaching Adulthood in a Mature Way - A Review of Babymetal's The Other One

Japanese kawaii metal sensation Babymetal has been going through massive changes since the release of its previous studio record Metal Galaxy. The band had to cancel numerous concerts due regional crises and the ongoing pandemic. The group released its...

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An Uncompromising Return of Heavy Metal - A Review of Anthem's Crimson & Jet Black

An Uncompromising Return of Heavy Metal - A Review of Anthem's Crimson & Jet Black

Japanese heavy metal veterans Anthem have been trying out a few questionable experiments in recent years such as newly recorded versions of some cuts from the middle years on Nucleus and a collaboration with vocalist Graham Bonnet and keyboarder Takahama...

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An Unexpected Product of Its Time - A Review of Helloween's The Dark Ride

An Unexpected Product of Its Time - A Review of Helloween's The Dark Ride

Helloween's tenth studio album The Dark Ride stands out as the group's most sinister output that flirts with contemporary trends such as industrial metal, gothic rock and symphonic power metal. This release can also be seen as the crowning achievement...

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Between Nostalgia and Repetition - A Review of Galneryus' Between Dread and Valor

Between Nostalgia and Repetition - A Review of Galneryus' Between Dread and Valor

Japanese progressive power metal icons Galneryus have recently been deciding to release more compact records that are situated somewhere between extended plays and full length efforts. While predecessor Union Gives Strength could be seen as the crowning...

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State of Slowly Progressing Schizophrenia - A Review of In Flames' Foregone

State of Slowly Progressing Schizophrenia - A Review of In Flames' Foregone

How come someone like I who has been defending melodic death metal veterans In Flames time and again in the past hasn't come around to reviewing the band's fourteenth studio album yet? The answer is quite simple: this album has left me bored, cold and...

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