by Sebastian Kluth
Ross the Boss' Born of Fire offers energetic heavy metal inspired by the genre's golden era between the early eighties and early nineties. The album convinces with concise song writing as the tracks are about three and a half minutes long on average....
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Voici dix éléments qui ont retenu mon attention pendant ma fin de semaine épique à Chicoutimi 1. Le DVD d'Edguy à la Tabagie CM 2. Le chien John Snow 3. Les prétextes pour rester coucher 4. Lazy by Lazy 5. Similie 6. KARL 7. L'anticipation des jujubes...
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Things haven't been going well for Crematory recently due to numerous line-up changes throughout the past decade, financial difficulties and some heated online exchanges between band leader Markus Jüllich and some fans. Still, Crematory has shown lots...
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Thai thrash metal veterans Donpheebin consisting of three brothers on drums, guitars as well as bass combined with vocals had two very distinctive sounds throughout their career. On one side, the band focused on oppressive death and thrash metal sounds...
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Chapters is a very good retrospective in anti-chronological order to introduce fans to Amorphis' early years from its progressive and psychedelic rock masterpiece Am Universum back to the grumpy death metal outbursts on The Karelian Isthmus. This compilation...
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The first time I listened to this outstanding record was more than a decade ago on a warm summer night with a few friends around a campfire close to a river. The album fit perfectly under these circumstances and I asked the friend who had brought the...
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Stallion is a German quintet that celebrates classic heavy metal of the eighties on its third studio record Slaves of Time. Its mixture of heavy, speed and thrash metal is truly energetic and in the spirit of the golden era of said genres. The youngsters...
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I watched the excellent Lords of Chaos last night that prompted me to check out Mayhem's music once again. I realized that the background story, legacy and image of the black metal quintet is actually much more interesting than most of its actual music....
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Thurisaz is a Belgian quintet mixing black, death and doom metal in a very atmospheric way. This intimate concert here however is quite laid-back and focuses on acoustic elements over electric guitar play that is still present in a few moments however....
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