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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....