In order to survive, changing from thrash to death metal seemed like a logical step in the early 90’s, yet Thanatos would split up in the same year ...
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Colin
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I have been listening to metal since the age of... 14 or so. Besides music, I'm also interested in boxing, fitness, meeting new people and enjoy reading about a variety of topics.
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There’s no doubt that the Netherlands produced a huge amount of death metal during its heyday, yet bands such as God dethroned, Asphyx, Pestilence, Thanatos and Sinister proved ...
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Comments Off on Review: God Dethroned “The Christhunt” [Shark Records]
Some bands are best off as side-projects and in hindsight, October Tide are one of the best examples why. From the legendary Rain Without End to the already less-inspired Grey Dawn, ...
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Comments Off on Review: October Tide “A Thin Shell” [Candlelight Records]
It’s hard to imagine that this is the same band that caused havoc with I.N.R.I. some years prior. Now functioning as a much more dynamic band, Sarcofago unleashes everything that ...
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Comments Off on Review: Sarcófago “The Laws of Scourge” [Cogumelo Records]
Nowadays the fear of your favorite doom/death metal band turning into a gothic rock act is clearly irrational, as plenty of doom/death metal bands have been striving to ...
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Comments Off on Review: Hooded Menace “The Tritonus Bell” [Season of Mist]
Is there really a thing such as ordinary doom/death metal? Regardless of the style’s stagnation (which arguably became notable in the early 00’s), I believe that most bands ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dream Unending “Tide Turns Eternal” [20 Buck Spin]
The world is about to end; no signs of redemption are in sight and mankind is doomed; at least, that comes to mind every time I spin Sadistik ...
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Comments Off on Review: Sadistik Exekution “The Magus” [Vampire Records]
The term progressive metal might have lost its clear meaning at this point, but once upon a time, there was a good chance that anything associated with it ...
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Comments Off on Review: Lord Bane “Age of Elegance” [Nordic Metal]
Lacrimas Profundere’s story isn’t an unfamiliar one; as they were yet one of those bands that ended up exchanging their melodic doom/death metal roots for an accessible gothic ...
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Comments Off on Review: Lacrimas Profundere “Memorandum” [Napalm Records]
By the late 90’s, the better known doom/death metal bands had abandoned the paths of doom and while this must have been a disappointing period for many fans ...
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Comments Off on Review: Crystal Darkness “Ascend Saturnine Nebulae” [Red Snow]
Whereas Thundersteel had put Riot back on the map with its unexpected take on speed/power metal, The Privilege of Power sounds much more confused and basically can be divided into three categories: ...
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Comments Off on Review: Riot V “The Privilege of Power” [Epic Records]
I’m not extremely familiar with Symphony X, but most of what I’ve heard from them so far sounds appealing enough, yet I’m a bit surprised by the reputation ...
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Comments Off on Review: Symphony X “The Divine Wings of Tragedy” [Zero Corporation]
Once Fates Warning entered the 90’s, it seemed that the band had lost their magic forever. Parallels saw the band heading into progressive rock territory and resulted into an album ...
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Comments Off on Review: Fates Warning “Inside Out” [Massacre Records]
Long before Savatage turned into a pretentious rock opera band, they were one of the earliest examples of bands playing power metal in the American way. The Dungeons Are ...
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Comments Off on Review: Savatage “The Dungeons Are Calling” [Combat Records]
Vicious Rumors have never been my go-to US power metal band, but just as with most bands, I have a thing for their earlier outputs. Digital Dictator will forever be ...
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Comments Off on Review: Vicious Rumors “Vicious Rumors” [Atlantic Records]
There comes a time when most bands start to lose it and if you were to ask me, this would happen to Vicious Rumors in 1991. Falling somewhere ...
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Comments Off on Review: Vicious Rumors “Welcome to the Ball” [Atlantic Records]
Gamma Ray are one of those bands that have never released anything extraordinary, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying some of their albums and while fans have ...
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Comments Off on Review: Gamma Ray “Sigh No More” [Noise Records]
I wasn’t around when Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I got released, but I wouldn’t be surprised if several fans wondered what happened to the band’s aggression. Let’s be ...
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Comments Off on Review: Helloween “Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I” [Victor]
With Jonas Renkse no longer handling the vocals and musically not quite up to par with Rain Without End, I used to believe that Grey Dawn wasn’t awful by any means, ...
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Comments Off on Review: October Tide “Grey Dawn” [Avantgarde Music]
Although no stranger to exporting metal in different shapes and forms, Poland remains one of the most interesting European countries that I could think of. Sure, we’ve all ...
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Comments Off on Review: Merciless Death “Sick Sanctities” [Carnage Records]
