Reviews
This is the second release for the Italian outfit The Foreshadowing and the album is entitled “Oionos”, although the album is a part of a genre that tends to be so difficult to pick an album due too the many releases in it, these Italians even by the first listening of “oionos” sound like they own something that really got me.
A couple of days ago I received this promo cd of this fresh US based outfit, Realmbuilder and their debut album “Summon The Stone Throwers”. Maybe some of you, you might already be familiar to the band since the album has originally released in 2009 but only on vinyl, and this month the CD version saw the light of day.
The new release from Jex Thoth is happening and I can see the smiles on their fan’s faces. The Californian outfit until now keep on proving their unique musical identity and sound mixing their down tempo / doom influences with many 70’s psych elements and of course having the superb voice of Jex as trademark of their sound.
\r\nTHE THIRD ALBUM IS HERE\r\n
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\r\nItalian Progressive Deathsters- Kenos-, are back with their third full length. The band is still in the same Progressive Death paths with many new great songs and ideas.\r\n
\r\nMELODIC METALCORE FROM GREECE\r\n
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\r\n-SlavEATgoD- is band from Greece that plays Modern Metal with Metalcore groovy riffs, melodic leads and thrashy feeling since 2007 and has released so far only one EP. In 10/2007 they took part in the Battle Of The Bands contest and took the first place in both the semi-finals and the finals alike. Finally, they have been chosen amongst many Greek metal bands to take part in the Wacken Metal Battle Contest. On August 2009 they started recording their first album which they completed on February 2010. \r\n
\r\nMAGICA are back with a brand new album, which is going to be released at the end of this month.
\r\nCompared to the previous one, both the production and the mixing are much better, while Ana ‘s voice remains still beautiful and her performance is really good. In general, there nice ideas, however, despite the band’s good intentions, I think that once more they don’t make any difference at all. Having a singer with a good voice is for granted for a band of this music genre, anyway, so it takes more than that to stand out.
I have been familiar with the Dutch Conorach since they released their debut album ““Tales From The tavern” in 2008, an album that in my opinion was an excellent Heavy/Folk Metal release. Conorach’s musical influences can be spot in bands like Skyclad and mostly Falconer that seem to characterize their sound. This release is in fact nothing more than a 2 track single “42 Days” and “Patriot’s Song” which seem to carry on the legacy of “Tales From The tavern”.
\r\nWhen a band‘s musical background is exceptional, its only option is to prevail! Their influences are in a way my weakest point: QUEENSRYCHE, CRIMSON GLORY, CONCEPTION, EVERGREY, MAGNITUDE 9, concerning the progressive mood, while they seem to pay tribute to classical metal bands such as DIO, BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST and IRON MAIDEN.
Observing the fantastic cover artwork, picturing a soldier walking away from a shallow grave and the title of the album “Unite and Conquer” my first thought was that I would probably listen to some Bolt Thrower related band, but I was wrong. Methusalem are delivering classic Heavy Metal. By referring to it as “Classic” I mean Heavy Metal that bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and other “Gods of the old” used to play and passed on to the new generation.