Reviews

January 01, 2011

Well…Atheist… The legendary outfit for the whole metal scene but also for me personally, I still remember that evening when a friend of mine brought me some death metal albums just to “introduce” me to the death metal scene, amongst those death metal albums (Messiah, Death, Malevolent Creation, Cynic, Pestilence) was also the hyper epic “Unquestionable Presence” from Atheist.

January 01, 2011

\r\n2010 has already drowned into the river of oblivion and 2011 is already here, so the new Candlemass release. The Epic Doom Metal Kings have returned but not with a new album , this time the Swedes have released the long time awaited box set “Doomology”,  plain title to describe what these guys do from the early 80’s till today, a title that only a few groups deserve, and Candlemass is one of them!

December 31, 2010

\r\nThe release of their first album,  "A Manifesto for Domination", on 2008, led the band to support as the open- act many live shows, such as those of Helloween, Death Angel, Symphony X, Kamelot,  Doro Pesch and Strapping Young Lad. Another important point of the band’s story so far is their participation in US ProgPower USA, among other festivals where they have participated; this fest takes place every year and the billing consists of the “top” power/progpower metal bands, mainly coming from the US.

December 31, 2010

Nocturna Perambulant in Tenebris (what a name ah?) is an Italian band and they follow the
\r\nold paths of death/black metal. Never heard of them before but this is their first album after
\r\n"Nocturna Perambulant in Tenebris" demo released back in 2005.
\r\nThese guys are stuck in the past. You can listen to this even from the first riff of the album.
\r\nIn general we have a pretty good work but not for 2010. Their music reminded me of old
\r\nswedish death metal in parts and in other parts like raw old school death metal. Vocalist

December 29, 2010

\r\nThe new album of Appearance Of Nothing, “All Gods Are Gone”, is going to be released on January.
\r\nThe Swedish band has a very positive feedback already from the debut album, “Wasted Time”, which was released about a couple of years ago. Appearance of Nothing combine Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Power, even Metalcore and the result is really impressive. They gather the best elements from bands that seem to be their greatest influences such as Dream Theater, Vanden Plas, Symphony X and Savatage, making their own personal style.

December 27, 2010

With their second album (they have already released “Glow Of Dawn” in 2007) the Danish Seven Thorns struggle to claim their place in the rise of Power Metal but unfortunately they fail. “Return To The Past” isn’t a bad album in any case, it’s just another typical Power Metal release. That makes things even worse. By the term “Typical” I don’t mean that I was expecting something more complicated or progressive, is just the fact that despite the flawless performance the songs sound completely flat and uninteresting.

December 26, 2010

\r\nIt’s been less than a year after the release of their last studio album and CREMATORY are already back in action with ’’Black Pearls’’. It’s a best of double cd release, which covers their entire career from the beginning until the album Infinity.

December 24, 2010

\r\nHistory speaks for itself; NEUROSIS have been a great influence and reference point for many bands, mostly for those formed in the 90’s.
\r\nWhile a new album is not released yet, NEUROSIS offer a strong dosage of good music to their fans by releasing “Live At Roadburn 2007”. The album was recorded during Roadburn festival, which takes place annually at Timburg, Holland; that year NEUROSIS were headlining the billing. 

December 24, 2010

It is pretty difficult when i have to speak about musicians like Cornelius Jakhelln (Sturmgeist,
\r\nManes) and Lars Nedland (Carpathian Forest, Borknagar), when they bring albums like
\r\n"Norron Livskunst ". This is not my kind of music but let’s take a look to this.
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\r\n"Norron Livskunst " is their seventh album and from what i heard i can tell that they play
\r\nmany kinds of music. I could say that i listened to some folk, epic, heavy and a very slight

December 23, 2010

Ghost hailing from Sweden and through 2010 they ve managed to release their 1st demo that lead them to release the 7” inch single “Elizabeth / Death Knell” on Iron Pegasus Records and almost immediately their debut LP “Opus Eponymous” on Lee Dorrian’s label Rise Above, and have in mind that all these had happened through 2010, so the popularity of the band keeps on rising since the 7” inch release is already out of stock, as well as the first cut of their debut LP (1.4

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