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by Sebastian Kluth

Kill it with fire - A review of Celtic Frost's Prototype

Kill it with fire - A review of Celtic Frost's Prototype

I know it seems like beating a dead horse but since I have only recently come across Celtic Frost's infamous Prototype demo, I simply have to say that this might be the worst release I have ever listened to. That means something after having explored...

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Hammer high for the band's greatest live record so far - A review of HammerFall's Live! Against the World

Hammer high for the band's greatest live record so far - A review of HammerFall's Live! Against the World

When I discovered heavy metal more than a decade and a half ago, many veterans told me that HammerFall's first few studio albums were very influential but that the Swedish quintet was a lackluster live band. I couldn't disagree more since I got the occasion...

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Trendy electronic rock music without a soul - A review of Within Temptation's Entertain You

Trendy electronic rock music without a soul - A review of Within Temptation's Entertain You

After three dreadful studio albums with the faceless The Unforgiving, the pop cover compilation The Q-Music Sessions and the unfocused oddball Hydra, former symphonic metal heavyweights Within Temptation finally released a decent output with Resist that...

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Overwhelming diversity explored in a structured way - A review of Atrocity's Die gottlosen Jahre

Overwhelming diversity explored in a structured way - A review of Atrocity's Die gottlosen Jahre

Atrocity has always been a band that has changed its style so much that few people could keep track. The band started as grindcore pioneers Instigator, continued to play technical death metal, then offered industrial metal before evolving into gothic...

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Timeless melodic thrash metal with a modern edge - A review of Outrage's Run Riot

Timeless melodic thrash metal with a modern edge - A review of Outrage's Run Riot

Legendary Japanese thrash metal quartet Outrage has been around for thirty-eight years as we speak and has released fourteen studio records so far. Even though the band never went on hiatus and even pulled through the nineties that saw many genre colleagues...

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Leaving its early years behind - A review of Myrath's Live in Carthage

Leaving its early years behind - A review of Myrath's Live in Carthage

Despite playing charismatic Middle Eastern folk metal, Tunisian quintet Myrath has been going through quite a few changes throughout its career. The band's first two albums could easily be classified as progressive metal that needed some spins to open...

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Needs some time to grow but offers high replay value - A review of Leaves' Eyes The Last Viking

Needs some time to grow but offers high replay value - A review of Leaves' Eyes The Last Viking

Four years after Leaves' Eyes nasty split with lead singer Liv Kristine, many people wondered whether the group would recover from those events and whether it would carry on at all. After a few lackluster singles and extended plays, Sign of the Dragonhead...

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Could have been excellent with a different vocalist - A review of Armored Saint's Punching the Sky

Could have been excellent with a different vocalist - A review of Armored Saint's Punching the Sky

There are gifted singers who have a unique, memorable and charismatic vocal style that one could easily identify among many others. However, some of these singers are somehow unable to capitalize on their natural talent and always sound exactly the same....

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First automnal snowfall in Gatineau

First automnal snowfall in Gatineau

Indian summer in Gatineau

Indian summer in Gatineau