How did the creative process for “Legend” differ from your previous albums, considering your evolution as musicians and as a band? We still have the same process, we ...
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Hello! The Frisian Netherlands has a unique musical heritage. How has your hometown and its culture influenced your sound and creative process? Hi, Stanley & Antichrist! Thanks for ...
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Hello Emma, how did the year of Morten Veland’s birth, 1977, inspire the title of the album? This title differs a lot from all the previous albums titles: ...
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At the end of last autumn Hungarian symphonic band Meteora has released their third full-length album …Of Shadows and Colours via local label H-Music (Hangfelvételkiadó Kft.). Combining traditional ...
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The last day of September was a turning point for British iconic heavy metal band Raven, on that very day was released their compilation of best songs from ...
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After one year of relative silence legendary German speed/power/heavy metal quartet Rage has returned with a teasing new EP Spreading the Plague, once again in collaboration with Steamhammer, ...
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There is not much to point out about this album. In general, this is one of the most cheesy and commercial releases, even one of the band’s worst ...
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As many experts and reviewers have previously stated, a common disease that rock and metal albums have suffered since the 1970s is how the greatest moments can fade ...
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The trends of the music industry dictated that bands needed to fit a weird set of standards in order to sell more and more. As expected, Metallica was ...
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Scorpions bet this time on a concept that is not new in the heavy metal world, as it was already exploited by Deep Purple in a much better ...
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Formed in leafy Surrey in the late ‘80s, THRESHOLD truly blossomed in the following decade, swiftly establishing themselves as the UK’s leading progressive metal standard bearers. From 1993’s Wounded Land debut onwards, the ...
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Life is pain. In both immeasurable atrocities and mundane disappointments, there is only acceptance that no one gets out alive, no one escapes without scars, and no one ...
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After various years of releasing demos and an album with Satan, the legendary vocalist Brian Ross finally managed to bring out with this project a debut album with ...
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Here is a pretty good Soilwork album, working with interesting melodies and stories, creating a melodic death/power metal hybrid with an identity of its own. The album is ...
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Even after 40 steamy, liver-destroying, gut-stretching years in the name of heavy metal, there’s no stopping the TANKARD beer crew. Just in time for the celebrations surrounding their 40th birthday, TANKARD will ...
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The 80’s marked the start of inconsistent line-ups, sounds and production values for Black Sabbath. It’s as if Tony Iommi kept adapting more to his singer’s styles rather ...
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I don’t know about you, but if you ask me, playing metal shouldn’t be complicated. Have a vocalist who can sing in tune, play a few riffs that ...
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By no means am I huge fan of Tad Morose, but I can see why they’d appeal to fans of heavier power metal and for a quick comparison, ...
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