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Review: Iron Savior “Skycrest” [AFM Records]

A year ago, in 2019 Iron Savior released a strong album Kill Or Get Killed with conventional for this band sci-fi lyrics and blending of...

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Review: Iron Mask “Master Of Masters” [AFM Records]

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...

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Review: Mindless Sinner “Master Of Evil” [Pure Steel Records]

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...

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Review: Hatebreed “Weight Of The False Self” [Nuclear Blast]

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...

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Review: Sodom “Genesis XIX” [Steamhammer]

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...

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Review: Tombs “Under Sullen Skies” [Season Of Mist]

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....

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Review: Dark Tranquillity “Moment” [Century Media Records]

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...

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Review: Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons “We’re the Bastards” [Nuclear Blast Records]

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...

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Review: Accuser “Accuser” [Metal Blade Records]

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...

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Review: Harlott “Detritus Of The Final Age” [Metal Blade Records]

Seems like November is going to be a fruitful month for Thrash Metal scene – a couple of bands, from young to the famous ones...

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Review: Fates Warning “Long Day Good Night” [Metal Blade Records]

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...

Video interview with Oleksii of Hell:on

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...

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Review: Evildead “United $tate$ Of Anarchy” [Steamhammer/SPV]

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...

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Review: Godsnake “Poison Thorn” [Massacre Records]

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...

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Review: Mors Principium Est “Seven” [AFM Records]

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...

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Review: Hell:On “Scythian Stamm” [Hell Serpent Music]

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...

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Review: Spirit Adrift “Enlightened In Eternity” [Century Media Records]

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...

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Review: Alleyway “After Dark” [Sliptrick Records]

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,...

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Review: Crippled Black Phoenix “Ellengæst” [Season Of Mist]

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...

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Review: Amaranthe “Manifest” [Nuclear Blast]

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...