Reviews
\r\nThis is a great come-back for STAR ONE, which is the band of the very talented artist, Arjen Lucassen; "Victims of the Modern Age” is the successor of the band’s debut album, a band which consists of awesome musicians. Musically, it ‘s based on the same patterns as the first one, but the atmosphere is darker and heavier, overall.
New album from the Swedish Therion “Sitra Ahra” is the finished touch to the quadrilogy they started 6 years ago with the release of “Lemuria”/”Serius B” albums followed by “Gothic Kabbalah” (2007). As with their previous releases the musical pursuits of the mastermind Christofer Johnsson emerge from a dark vortex of sounds that compose “Sitra Ahra”.
With the release of their 6th studio album the Danish Power Metallers Iron Fire\r\nare celebrating a decade of devotion to the genre they serve. \r\n“Metalmorphosized” is in fact an anniversary release consisting of old \r\nre-recorded tracks that, for some reason, the band had never released in\r\nthe past (mostly taken from demos) along with 4 new tracks recorded for\r\nthis exact purpose.
\r\n Eternal Hated come from Volos, Greece and are the live proof that there is a bloodpumping scene emerging from the greek whereabouts and of modern perspective too! This is their second release, having already released the self financed EP "The Rise Of Hated" and this is their first official full length so I’ll refair to it as a debut.
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\r\nFor those who consider the year 2010 as a Power Metal Year, well this release is a good reason for them to get more excited. “Aqua” is very interesting and what really stands out is the Holy Land-like mood of the rhythm section and its ethnic orientation that most of their fans worldwide worship. After all, this element is what features their compositions the most, throughout the years; it’s like Power Metal is flirting with Progressive Metal.
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\r\n-Dawn of Ashes- is band from L.A. that started back in 2001 as an Industrial band and after many years and many line-up changes the band has changed their style into Melodic Death/Black. \r\n
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\r\nTheir new album is already on stores by the name - Genocide Chapters - and this time the band is giving their best. Nice Death/Black riffs, horror inspired Keyboard themes, nice bass and very good drumming. The vocals are more into Black Metal and the production is quite good. \r\n
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\r\n-System Divide- is a band from the U.S.A. that was formed in 2008 by Sven De Caluwe (Aborted), Miri Milman (ex-Distorted), Cole Martinez (ex-Years Of Fire, Antenora), Andrew Lenthe (Antenora), and Mike Heller (Malignancy). Their main idea was to play a mix of Melodic Death/Metalcore with double vocals.One male that stays in the Deathcore zone and one female that prefers melodic lines. \r\n
\r\nΤhere was a lot of worrying about the popular Norwegians after their recent member departures. Many spoke of disbanding, others about a creative downfall and lots more wrote their own scripts about the band’s saga. But, as it seems, Dimmu Borgir did some hard work ontheir new material and make a strong come back with a symphonic creation just like the times require for artists of such a level: massive to the bone!
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