by Sebastian Kluth
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Xiaoyu or Rain in English is a promising symphonic power metal quintet from Guangzhou in the People’s Republic of China. Founded back in 2005, the band released a first full length record in 2008 which can be loosely translated as “Forest Pavilion” and...
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Xiaoyu or Rain in English is a promising symphonic power metal quintet from Guangzhou in the People’s Republic of China. Founded back in 2005, the band released a first full length record in 2008 which can be loosely translated as “Forest Pavilion” and...
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"Feuertaufe" is the first and until now only single of the diversified and yet more mature "Kunstraub" record that pretty much resumes the main strengths of German medieval rock band In Extremo. This track is the obvious single choice on the album. The...
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Anthrax's "Chile on Hell" is not only the best live release so far this year but also the best show of the band that was captured by cameras and microphones. The Chilean crowd is simply out of this world. Right from the opening riffs of "Among the Living",...
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HammerFall had always somewhat been the Manowar of European power metal: overtly epic song structures, talented musicians wasting their talent by playing a rather redundant melodic metal style, battle hymns with simplistic lyrics, a slightly silly image...
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A couple of years ago I wrote a quite emotional negative review of Edguy’s “Age Of The Joker” but I decided to let the album grow on me and give it a second chance. More than three years after its initial release, I must sadly admit that this is still...
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Deep Mountain is an interesting black metal band from Tai’an, Shandong province in the People’s Republic of China because this quartet almost has nothing to do with metal music whatsoever. The three men and one woman mostly play laid back acoustic neofolk...
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Sex Machineguns is back in strength with this energizing teaser in form of three new songs. The band had been on hiatus since the departure of its previous drummer Ken’ichi in 2012. The two remaining members had joined forces with two other musicians...
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For the last fourteen years it has been a popular trend in the metal scene to bash any new In Flames release because many closed-minded old-school metal heads are still living in the past millennium, unable to turn the page and accept that In Flames is...
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Overkill is one of several thrash metal legends that have returned in full strength to somehow reanimate the genre over the past few years. After the mean Ironbound and the surprisingly young and fresh sounding The Electric Age, the powerful White Devil...
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