Reviews
\r\nTO THE SWAN ROAD AGAIN \r\n
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\r\n-Drudkh- is an underground band from Ukraine that plays Pagan Black Metal since 2002. They have release six full length albums and one EP and the band has managed to make fans all around the world. Their music combines Folk, Epic and Pagan Black Metal and their albums are a great atmospheric trip to the Pagan world of -Drudkh- \r\n
\r\nRichard Christy + Steve DiGiorgio = HELL! It really felt as if bombs were falling around me when I was listening to this album! Thunderous rhythm section, sharp guitar riffing, and penetrating vocals that will totally make your adrenaline flow!
\r\nThe Italians “Mandragora Scream” is indeed a very peculiar case of a band and “Volturna” is their fourth and as their company suggests their most experimental release so far. Most of us when we hear that a band is serving the Dark/Gothic movement having a woman on vocals more or less we know what to expect, common electro pop melodies escorted by Operatic or more likely ethereal female vocals. Mandragora Scream seems to disobey the rule that most of the bands of the genre are composing.
Celestial Immunity hails from Alexandroupolis and this is their first self released demo CD that has been released in 2009 entitled “Lost In Shades” and features 5 compositions moving into the Death Metal musical direction with some more melodic aesthetics.
\r\nTHE AUSTRALIAN DEATHSTERS ARE BACK \r\n
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\r\nThis is the second album for BURNING BLACK, after “Prisoners of Steel”. A nice instrumental intro for starters and then a devastating Judas Priest-like riffing on the first song makes absolutely clear that their compositions are based on the classical style οφ Judas Priest, Accept and the relative.
I never denied my admiration for the X-IRON MAIDEN singer (to be honest, we all known him by this title) and his work not only with IRON MAIDEN (X-Factor is a masterpiece!) but also with his solo albums. “Promise and Terror” is their 5th studio release and in my opinion is their greatest album since 2000’s “Silicon Messiah”. There are 2 basic elements that really make this album special.