Reviews
Viking Metal is a very important and unique metal genre that since it lost it’s father has been a victim of all of them that wanted to enrich it with new folklore elements leaving it to the vultures (AKA Record labels) that put under the sign of “Viking Metal” every shitty band, instead of throw the whole band to the thrash can.
\r\nWell I might sound a little bit narrow minded or something but do not except nothing less from someone that still has Quorthon’s picture upon his wall.
The Greek based outfit from Thessalonica, Crystal Tears has returned with their new released album, the successor of their previous and really great album” Choir Of Immortal” (2006). Since the releases of their previous album many changes took place, first of all Ian Parry took over the place behind the microphone stand, Ian Parry who is well known to the metal fans since he has been a member of many bands and projects and of course the lead singer of the Dutch progressive metallers Elegy, that especially in Greece has many fans.
\r\nI didn’t expect that Brazil apart from good football and exotic women would have bands to playing on a genre that needed expertise in the subject and appropriate technical training.Not talking about any genre of music except for the AOR.
\r\nAs you see we were used more Power/Progressive Metal music paths like Angra,Viper and Death/Thrash/Hardcore like Sepultura,Sarcofago and others.Anyway.
\r\nANOTHER RELEASE FROM BTBAM \r\n
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\r\n-Between The Buried And Me - released their sixth album through Victory Records. The band returned with another album full of great songs. \r\n
When you are a promising young guitarist full of passion, hopes and dreams for a career in the Metal scene and you come across Dave Mustaine who advises you to study further, taking your skills to another level and to learn about the Music Business, how it works (Mustaine knows best if you ask me..) how do you expect your band to sound like? Of course like Megadeth (and there’s nothing wrong with that)!
\r\nFIRST FULL LENGTH FOR CC \r\n
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\r\nU.S. Metalcore freaks - Corpus Christi- are here with their debut album. This band has released so far only one EP and one Single and they are now ready to release their first full length work through Victory Records. \r\n
\r\nTHE FIFTH ALBUM \r\n
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\r\nU.S. Metalcore band - Bury Your Dead - released their fifth full length album. The band returned with another great Metalcore album with some extra melodic taste. \r\n
\r\nI think that the artwork of this cd-single pretty much says it all: Jørn is back on his throne. I will avoid any comparison between voices and vocal abilities as it would be unfair the least; regardless, this return made a lot of the band ’s fans happy.
\r\nTreat are back with Their brand new album ΄Coup De Grace’ more mature as far as the lyrics are concerned and far more melodic than ever. Besides that’s a trademark to most Swedish Hard Rock bands out there. Just like the legendary Europe I think that Treat have made a name for themselves through all this years so I could easily call them “classic” Hard Rockers. 25 years of hard rocking they earned that title. They have opened concerts for bands like Queen and W.A.S.P.
Getting this EP for a review and looking at the band’s promo pictures I \r\nhave to admit I was mislead thinking “ok we’ve got some US kids with a \r\nguitarist looking like Bon Jovi back in the day, no big deal. At least \r\nI’ll have a good time listening to this” I should have eaten my words \r\n(in fact I almost did). “Cruel Intentions” kicks in and by listening to\r\nthe guitar riffing I took back everything i thought at first. No hard \r\nrock here, no Bon Jovi stuff. What this EP is about is absolute Heavy \r\nMetal at its very best!!