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by Sebastian Kluth

Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

Do you remember Within Temptation? Yes, I’m talking about that Dutch band that played passionate gothic metal on early releases like Enter and The Dance, and then switched to magical and inspired symphonic metal on later albums like Mother Earth, The...

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Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

Do you remember Within Temptation? Yes, I’m talking about that Dutch band that played passionate gothic metal on early releases like Enter and The Dance, and then switched to magical and inspired symphonic metal on later albums like Mother Earth, The...

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Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

Do you remember Within Temptation? Yes, I’m talking about that Dutch band that played passionate gothic metal on early releases like Enter and The Dance, and then switched to magical and inspired symphonic metal on later albums like Mother Earth, The...

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Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

Within Temptation - Hydra (2014) - Boring pop music going from bad to worse - 33% (14/07/14)

Do you remember Within Temptation? Yes, I’m talking about that Dutch band that played passionate gothic metal on early releases like Enter and The Dance, and then switched to magical and inspired symphonic metal on later albums like Mother Earth, The...

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X-Mantra - Pralaya 2012 (2012) - Nepalese thrash metal from an open-minded band - 68% (14/07/14)

X-Mantra - Pralaya 2012 (2012) - Nepalese thrash metal from an open-minded band - 68% (14/07/14)

Raise the curtains for X-Mantra, a heavy and thrash metal band with some minor but very decent death metal influences. The five musicians hail from Kathmandu, Nepal, and form one of the country’s first and most important genre acts since their creation...

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Týr - How Far to Asgaard (2002) - A psychedelic doom metal version of Metallica - 79% (14/07/14)

Týr - How Far to Asgaard (2002) - A psychedelic doom metal version of Metallica - 79% (14/07/14)

Four years after its original foundation was cast, the progressive folk metal band Týr truly came to life with its first release How Far To Asgaard. Instead of the more power metal-influenced records that would follow, the band’s first strike is clearly...

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Týr - Eric the Red (2003) - An epic trip from doom over heavy to power metal - 96% (14/07/14)

Týr - Eric the Red (2003) - An epic trip from doom over heavy to power metal - 96% (14/07/14)

Only one year after the promising debut record How Far To Asgard, the authentic Faroese viking metal band Týr follows up with an album about the legendary Eric The Red, along with other famous figures and events in viking history. After a few line-up...

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Týr - Valkyrja (2013) - Consistent power with catchy yet versatile anthems - 87% (14/07/14)

Týr - Valkyrja (2013) - Consistent power with catchy yet versatile anthems - 87% (14/07/14)

Týr returns with their most consistent release ever this year, that features some of the band’s catchiest, shortest, and most versatile pieces ever. Most folk elements have gone and the album includes only two tracks with Faroese lyrics, but the record...

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Queensrÿche - Frequency Unknown (2013) - Geoff Tate is the new Timo Tolkki - 47% (14/07/14)

Queensrÿche - Frequency Unknown (2013) - Geoff Tate is the new Timo Tolkki - 47% (14/07/14)

It’s quite hard to not talk about all the drama that happened inside and all around Queensrÿche last year, because it all led to the existence of two different bands with the same name in concurrence with each other. On one side there are several Queensrÿche...

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Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche (2013) - Not exactly a return to form - 68% (14/07/14)

Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche (2013) - Not exactly a return to form - 68% (14/07/14)

Here it is. After the lukewarm Frequency Unknown record by Geoff Tate’s Queensrÿche, his old band mates have united forces with singer Todd La Torre of Crimson Glory fame and put out their first release after the big bang, which is simply entitled Queensrÿche....

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