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Quarantine days in Wakefield: July 8th 2020

Quarantine days in Wakefield: July 8th 2020

The madness ends - A review of Spacemak3r's Spacemak3r III

The madness ends - A review of Spacemak3r's Spacemak3r III

Spacemak3r's third output concludes the trilogy about a schizophrenic child named Alex who makes up imaginary creatures that haunt him in his eventful everyday life. The band describes its genre as circus metal and this is surprisingly accurate. Contemporary...

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Ambitious power metal with folk, progressive and symphonic elements - A review of Drakarium's Acte II

Ambitious power metal with folk, progressive and symphonic elements - A review of Drakarium's Acte II

DrakariuM is a power metal quartet that fluidly integrates folk elements, intellectual French lyrics and progressive song writing into its fascinating sound. The band started as a high school band a decade and a half ago and released its eponymous extended...

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Atmospheric black metal meets traditional horror tales - A review of Carach Angren's Franckensteina Strataemontanus

Atmospheric black metal meets traditional horror tales - A review of Carach Angren's Franckensteina Strataemontanus

Carach Angren's Franckensteina Strataemontanus is an elaborate conceptual record inspired by German legends that oozes with atmosphere, creativity and energy. The sixth studio album of the Dutch symphonic black metal trio might even be the group's greatest...

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Unintentionally hilarious but weirdly entertaining - A review of Verotika's Motion Picture Soundtrack

Unintentionally hilarious but weirdly entertaining - A review of Verotika's Motion Picture Soundtrack

One has to admit that Verotika's Motion Picture Soundtrack blends in very well with the actual movie: it's unintentionally hilarious, at times shockingly bad but weirdly entertaining. The movie is a project by musician, producer and writer Glenn Danzig...

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Raw but melodic black metal inspired by the Scandinavian pioneers of the nineties - A review of Mgla's Exercises in Futility

Raw but melodic black metal inspired by the Scandinavian pioneers of the nineties - A review of Mgla's Exercises in Futility

Since Mgla's third full length effort Exercises in Futility has recently won the Metal Archives poll for best album of the decade, I became curious enough to give said album a spin. I had heard about Mgla before but never ever listened to a record of...

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Promoting Mongolian culture in an authentic way - A review of The HU's The Gereg

Promoting Mongolian culture in an authentic way - A review of The HU's The Gereg

The HU is a folk rock quartet from Ulaanbaatar that promotes Mongolian culture with the use of traditional instruments such as horsehead fiddle morin khuur, traditional lute tovshuur, Jew's harp tumur khuur and end-blown flute tsuur. The vocals consist...

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Quarantine days in Ottawa: July 1st 2020

Quarantine days in Ottawa: July 1st 2020

Uncovering new territories - A review of Алексеевская Площадь / Alexy's Square - Оставить след / To Leave a Mark

Uncovering new territories - A review of Алексеевская Площадь / Alexy's Square - Оставить след / To Leave a Mark

Russian trio Alexy's Square had always meandered between hard rock, symphonic rock and heavy metal in its early career but seems to have finally found its very own niche on its fifth and best output that is fittingly entitled To Leave a Mark. This timeless...

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Celebrating the beginning of my summer holiday in Wakefield

Celebrating the beginning of my summer holiday in Wakefield