Reviews
Ralf Scheepers has built himself quite a reputation for being one of the finest German Heavy Metal singers. With a career spanning three decades, debuting with Tyran Pace and after taking part in the first three albums of GAMMA RAY, he started Primal Fear in 1997, with Mat Sinner. Apart from these, both Helloween and Judas Priest considered him as their possible next lead singer.
Here’s another album that has nothing to do with the genre is labeled under. Nuclear Blast promotes this as a Thrash metal album but things are quite different concerning Condemned? They are a crossover band with obvious punk tendencies and if you miss the good old days when you were banging to the sound of “The Exploited” and “D.R.I.” then “Condemned 2 death” is just the right thing for you. The Americans Condemned?
Thy Symphony is a Brazilian symphonic power metal act and with their debut “Harmonizing The World” they take their first steps to the metal scene. So here we have an album filled with classic metal with an intense presence of symphonic elements along with powerful male and female vocals.
\r\nThe album “TORN” was an exceptional piece of work that put EVERGREY to a very high level. Even those who were skeptical, begun reconsidering after this release.
\r\nTangent Plane, a band that comes from the Progressive Power Metal scene, is going to release a new album on March, 2011 under the supervision of R.D.LIAPAKIS and C. SCHMID (Mystic Prophecy, Suicidal Angels, Orden Ogan, Eldritch, etc).
Here we have Blood Thirsty Demons from Italy with the re-release of their 4th album "Let The War Begin". This album released in 2005 by "My Graveyard Productions" and re-released by "My Kingdom Music"(2010). Mr. Cristian "Cristian Mustaine" Montesano is the man behind all the music and they play heavy metal with some thrashy feeling and horror theme.
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\r\nJust what the hell is going on with the greek scene these last years? There’s talent out there, talking about hidden treasures! Kin Beneath Chorus come from Thessaloniki and have prepared a three song promo ready to consume! Melodic, modern deathcore though you shoud not let the label hold you back. I just felt I had to say something!
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\r\nNorwegian Deathsters , -Horizon Ablaze- are playing Death Metal since 2008. In 2009 the band released their first EP and now two years after they are ready with their very first full length album.\r\n
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\r\nThe new album is named, -Spawn- and it’s an interesting album that combines Death Metal with many atmospheric passages and keyboards. Nice riffs, great leads, very good bass, good drumming and the voice of Stian in a nice Death Metal mood. The production is good and so is the cover artwork of the album.\r\n
\r\nΜelodic death metal has kept a solid fan base although the years of its heyday(Gates of Ishtar, Dark Tranquillity) have been long dead and gone. Its influence in today’s metal scene has been filtered and evolved into something else with the term "core" attached to its end. Just by looking at the band’s promo photoshooting I made I quick guess that this is the case once again. I was wrong.
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