Although Hooded Menace managed to keep the doom/death metal spirit alive while evolving at the same time, this band hasn’t always interested me as much as they do ...
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Archives by: Colin
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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It’s almost tempting to believe that any obscure doom/death metal release from its heyday turns out to be a lost classic, but there’s a lot of good stuff ...
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Comments Off on Review: Castle “Castle” [Malodorous Mangled Innards Records]
I can’t be the only one who was amazed to hear that Roy Khan and company decided to reform Conception again, especially given the state that Khan had ...
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Comments Off on Review: Conception “My Dark Symphony” [Conception Sounds Factory]
Although it would take Vicious Rumors three years to release a second album, Digital Dictator would be the definite album of this band and it’s easy to see why. There’s ...
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Comments Off on Review: Vicious Rumors “Digital Dictator” [Roadrunner Records]
Do we really need comeback albums from bands that have resurrected from the dead anymore? Sure, whenever a band is about to deliver a comeback album, a part ...
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Comments Off on Review: Conception “State of Deception” [Conception Sounds Factory]
When it comes down to early progressive/power metal bands, your options are obviously rather limited. You’ve got Fates Warning, Crimson Glory, Queensryche and Adramelch, but there’s one band ...
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Comments Off on Review: Gehenna “En busca del valle de Gehenna” [Avanzada Metálica]
Let me get something off my chest right away: by no means am I a huge Savatage fan. I enjoy plenty of their early stuff, but even back ...
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Comments Off on Review: Savatage “Hall of the Mountain King” [Atlantic Records]
It’s 1992 and Japanese metal is going through some undeniable changes. Anthem are standing on their last legs before collapsing and Loudness delivers a respectful comeback before turning ...
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Comments Off on Review: Saber Tiger “Invasion” [Tusk Force]
After the semi-epic Age of Consent, it would take Virgin Steele five years to release an actual follow-up and while that record saw the band getting their act together, Life ...
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Comments Off on Review: Virgin Steele “Life Among the Ruins” [Shark Records]
There are two things you can be certain about when it comes down to Metal Church. For one, they retained a sense of integrity over the decades. Second ...
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Comments Off on Review: Metal Church “Hanging in the Balance” [Rising Sun Productions]
When bands depart from their earlier and often heavier sound, there are always some obvious risks involved. Some bands get away with it, but I’d argue that most ...
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Comments Off on Review: Savatage “Gutter Ballet” [Atlantic Records]
Although I’m pretty fond of Majestic Downfall, I should admit that they’re a strange band to my ears. On one hand, they’ve certainly improved over time, as the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Majestic Downfall “Aorta” [Personal Records]
Like an ugly, yet captivating painting that somehow manages to capture’s one attention, Rain upon the Impure is one of those things that could only fall under the category of ...
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Comments Off on Review: The Ruins of Beverast “Rain upon the Impure” [Ván Records]
I’m not sure why, but I can’t help but think that Metal Church’s later period has been rather overlooked. A shame, really, as I’ve recently dived into the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Metal Church “Masterpeace” [Nuclear Blast America]
While I’ll clearly call myself a Paradise Lost fan, Drown in Darkness – The Early Demos wasn’t something I was necessarily looking forward to. Lost Paradise still ranks as the worst ...
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Comments Off on Review: Paradise Lost “Drown in Darkness – The Early Demos” [Century Media Records]
When we’re talking about doom/death metal bands, it goes without saying that the early incantations of such are what it’s usually all about. Lost Paradise hints very little about the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Paradise Lost “Lost Paradise” [Peaceville Records]
It often fascinates me how certain bands manage to out-play the ones they were inspired by in the first place. Enter Majestic Downfall, who must have studied October ...
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Comments Off on Review: Majestic Downfall “Waters of Fate” [Chaos Records]
There’s something about the directions Fates Warning took throughout the 90’s that just doesn’t sit well with me. Parallels marked the start of the band’s lightweight period and follow-up Inside ...
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Comments Off on Review: Fates Warning “A Pleasant Shade of Gray” [Massacre Records]
While plenty of early death metal bands are often lumped together in the old school death metal category, it’s pretty obvious that sub-variants quickly started to emerge over ...
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Comments Off on Review: Master “Master” [Nuclear Blast]
Although progressive/power metal veterans Saber Tiger have been doing their thing since the early 80’s, it took them 11 years to finally release a debut (which is also ...
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Comments Off on Review: Saber Tiger “Decisive” [Edge Trax]
