Reviews
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\r\nVoidwalker is a\r\nfresh band from Athens, Greece. Hyperactive as they are, they have\r\nperformed live a lot and that is the section where we can see their\r\ntalent. Their sound is a beautiful blend of New York Hardcore with\r\nMetal and stoner which is very special and combined with the\r\naggressive lyrics of their vocalist, it gives out the air of a well\r\nexperienced and good band.
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\r\nReaching Hand is the new\r\nblood in the Hardcore scene. I would swear they are from Italy since\r\nthey reminded me a lot of No More Fear, Straight Opposition and other\r\ncool bands of Italy, but they are from Portugal delivering straight\r\nand well played hardcore music.
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\r\nHere we have got a\r\nblend of Black metal with classical music by a one man band of\r\ncomposer Vaerhon from France. What I listened to reminded me of early\r\nIn The Woods… mixed with Chopin, but I don’t think the mix is\r\nthat tight. Apart from electric guitars and bass you can listen to\r\npiano and glockenspiel among others, since Vaehron wishes to\r\nexperiment,while the lyrics are in his native language.
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\r\nΕδώ\r\nέχουμε να κάνουμε με μία μπάντα από την\r\nΗγουμενίτσα και το πρώτο της demo.\r\nΈνα μί&g
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\r\nBoozed make music that is\r\nthe best to have fun by. Party music, some kind of youth potion. In\r\nother words…rock n’ roll! A bastard blend of hard rock with a\r\ndose of edgy punk and a great portion of blues with metallic touches.\r\nCool tracks that don’t fall for “three chords rock” with a\r\ngreat production that make them shine. Music for every moment that\r\ndoesn’t get you tired, with stubborn riffs and professional air.
One thing we can take as a fact is that Denmark’s contribution on Heavy metal bands was never that big but any band coming from this country was at least of exceptional quality. Bands like Mercyful Fate, Pretty Maids etc. are here to prove me right. Jackal are not the exception to the rule though they belong to the bands that released a few amazing albums and then they just disappeared without having the success they surely deserved.
\r\nAxxis are about to celebrate their 20th anniversary with the release of their new album “Utopia”. Their heavy rock roots are once more the basis of the compositions, yet they sound more refreshed compared to their last album and their musical orientation is basically Melodic Power Metal, in the vain of Helloween and Gamma Ray.
The third album of the Spanish black metal outfit Foscor has been already released via “Temple of Darkness Records” and I am sure that this release won’t pass unnoticed especially from the black metal fans for some reasons.
\r\nFirst of all the tracks are wise composed with some melodic passages a fact that do not affect the up tempo playing and the harshness of the album. Blastbeats are diffused on the album while the freezing chords of the old school black metal scene is the main reason that made this album special to my ears.
After 15 years Mike Wead (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Abstrakt Algebra, Memento Mori, Witch , Candlemass, Maninnya Blade, Hexenhaus, Kryptillusion) and Simon Johansson (Memory Garden, Abstrakt Algebra, Fifth Reason, Steel Attack) joining again forces and talent and form a new band under the name Bibleblack, Although the last time these two Swedes joined their talents produced the masterpiece of power / doom metal (Abstrakt Algebra), now after all these years they decided to produce a mix of thrash / melodic / progressiv
\r\nThis is too damn good to be true. While my speakers are about to explode, I still wonder; Are they for real?
\r\nIn April 2008, former Tad Morose drummer Dan Eriksson, after 10 years of silence, decides to start writing music again. He builds his own studio in Sweden and starts the band by playing all the instruments by himself. Soon after he realizes he needs a full line up, so he contacts the musicians who are now playing in Inmoria-a name taken from the "Lord of The Rings", as Dan is a great fan of the movie- and the rest is just history.