by Sebastian Kluth
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...
Lire la suiteAlmost 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...
Lire la suiteAxel 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...
Lire la suiteJapanese 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...
Lire la suiteThe 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...
Lire la suiteJapanese 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...
Lire la suiteJapanese 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...
Lire la suiteHelloween'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...
Lire la suiteJapanese 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...
Lire la suiteHow 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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