Reviews

July 14, 2009

What we have here is the third release of the Canadian prog deathsters Sympathy (previously released are "Invocation" (2002) and "Arcane Path" (2004). Anagogic Tyranny is a quite good progressive death metal album with many black metal and thrash elements. The compositions are quite complicated and technical indeed but they are not boring, in contrary to other bands of the genre, they seem to have a specific structure something that saves them from being over-complicated and therefore tiring.

July 14, 2009

\r\nWhat could someone expect from a collaboration between Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius, Kotipelto) and the guitarist Jani Liimatainen (ex-Sonata Arctica, ex-Altaria)? Something related to their musical background of course. Mikko Harkin (Solution.45, Mehida, ex-Sonata Arctica, ex-Wingdom, ex-Kenziner) is on the keyboards, Jukka Koskinen (Norther, Wintersun) is on the bass and Jani "Hurtsi" Hurula (Paul Di’Anno) is on the drums.

July 10, 2009

\r\nThink of a band which praises Metallica’s riffing and at the same time it embraces System of A Dawn and their composing madness. Maplerun are somewhere in between and this is their debut album, “House of Fire”. An alternative proposal which combines many styles, as one can find a lot of Pocupine Tree-like psychedelic moments in their songs, as well as Tool-like atmospheric spots and an attitude which refers to bands like Godsmack, Deftones, Radiohead. In other words, what is generally called as Nu Metal/Modern Alternative Rock.

July 09, 2009
I’ve heard a lot of good releases all of this time, but not a lot of death releases. Although I believe that Exmortem’s latest releases is something different. I thought that they were inactive, since I didn’t heard or read anything about them since they released "Berzerker Legions" seven years ago, but considering that they’re from Denmark, and they were kinda underground back then, it’s no wonder why i didn’t hear from them all this time. Moving on.
July 09, 2009
Metalcore, a genre that never liked nor I intend. The reason is simple. It doesn’t mame me feel something. The same riff all the time, no technical change that deserves attention, no solos, no a song introduction that would draw my attention. Just head banging. And if I want a really nice headbanging I will listen to "Slayer", to "Kreator", "Amon Amarth" and "At The Gates". 
July 09, 2009
Welcome to the Great Gothenburg School. Excellent students and believers to the schools principals, the Evocation, give us their fourth album "Dead Calm Chaos". With a pesimistic cover where the marble angel comes to pieces, the Swedish are here again to shake us having with the two lovely guest appearances. 
July 07, 2009

\r\nAnd while I was pretty sure that the glorious Thrash Metal is reviving in its former glory taking its lifeforce mainly from Brazil ….these Americans proved me wrong by blowing my fucking head off!!
\r\nThe answer to the Brazilian dominion is here and its name is Mantic Ritual! The fact is that after listening to “Executioner” I’m still trying to figure out what hit me! I never thought that a bunch of kids could ever wreak such havoc!!

July 05, 2009

\r\nA very strong debut for Conctancia, the brainchild of Mikael Rosengren, former Scudiero/Token keyboardist. It all begun when he got in contact with guitarist Janne Stark (Overdrive, Locomotive Breath) and he asked him to play the guitars for the material he had already composed. They immediately begun working together and some months later “Lost and Gone” was ready.  David Fremberg  (Andromeda) took the place behind the mic and judging from the result, he was exceptional as a choice.

July 03, 2009

If you are a German lad and you decide to play some Thrash metal , I believe that you are destined no to play something in the Vain of the masters Destruction, Kreator, Sodom… This is exactly the way Minotaur acted. Minotaur that with their second album “God May Show You Mercy...We Will Not”, spread all around the place classic, full of great riffs and abysmal Thrash Metal in the German way of course!

July 03, 2009

Coronatus is a German outfit and they sound close to the music we call “gothic metal”, with female vocals and very impressive keyboards. Of course these are the common characteristics for a band that moves into gothic metal, but these guys from Germany owns also some other good features as well. I ve been impressed by some great riffing and small leads, as well as the great atmosphere that their second album “Porta Obsura” put me through!

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