Iron Mask was formed in 2002 as a side-project of Magic Kingdom‘s virtuoso guitarist Dushan Petrossi, but at some point it turned to a full band. Their last ...
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Sweden Mindless Sinner have a very meager discography: for almost 40 years of existence, the band released only four albums. The latest one, Poltergeist, was released in the ...
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Hatebreed can be hardly called an underground band but at the same time it is far from mainstream. Bridgeport tattooed lads strived for what they got now with ...
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In November 2019 after some radical line-up changes, Sodom releases EP Out Of The Frontline Trench – to show “a sign of life for the fans” and generate ...
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American Tombs is a very productive band: since its foundation in 2007 the band released four longplays, four EPs and a couple of split albums. In 2020 another ...
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Four years ago, in November 2016 Dark Tranquillity released their 11th album Atoma. It was highly acclaimed by fans, got some complimentary reviews from critics and even Grammy ...
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As it turns out, there is a life after Motörhead. Mikkey Dee plays in Scorpions now, which play farewell shows worldwide last few years and promise a new ...
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Germans Accuser are very active last decade. I would say that it is the most active period of the band’s 30 years history with the split-ups, leaving the ...
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Seems like November is going to be a fruitful month for Thrash Metal scene – a couple of bands, from young to the famous ones will joy the ...
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Fates Warning were quite active last years, especially for Progressive Metal band: in 2013 Darkness In A Different Light was released after a gap of nine years. Three ...
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On November, 1 Ukrainian Death Metal band Hell:on released their sixth album named “Scythian Stamm”. We had a long and deep conversation with Oleksii Pasko about Scythians, shamanism ...
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The history of Evildead is quite similar to the history of Possessed, except the tragic incident, of course: Evildead was also formed in the middle of 80s, released ...
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I found Godsnake accidentally in some Telegram channel, dedicated heavy music: someone had posted their video from the debut album Poison Thorn with acrimonious words “Metallica should find ...
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What would you do if there were six men in the band initially but now it’s just only two? Gathering a new line-up? Put the band on hold ...
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The last Hell:On‘s longplay to date, Once Upon A Chaos was released in far 2015. Three years later the band mentioned in some interview that they work on ...
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In many cases there is a risk for many young bands to slip into cliche and plagiarism, especially when they decided to play music in such established genres ...
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Usually I try to introduce the band in the beginning of review but in case of Alleyway I just put a quote from press release, because it can’t ...
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Crippled Black Phoenix was formed in 2004 when multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves, associated with such bands like Electric Wizard and Iron Monkey came to idea to play his own ...
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Jake E’s brainchild Amaranthe is alive and kicking very well even after his leaving in 2017: a year after, in 2018 the band released Helix and now in ...
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Devildriver considered rightfully as real hard workers: they constantly go to long tours and release albums on relatively regular basis. In disgusting 2020 lots of shows were cancelled ...
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