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IMMORTAL GUARDIAN Release New Single/Music Video for “Perfect Person”

As Power/Progressive Metal band IMMORTAL GUARDIAN continue building their next opus, the group issues “Perfect Person” as the fourth sample of their new work. Recording independently and remotely the...

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Review: The Dark Horde “The Calling”

One year ago Australian one-man project The Dark Horde has released their debut album The Calling inviting a bunch of local musicians. This album was...

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Review: Blacklore “Legend of the Lich Pirate I.”

At the end of last fall young band from Hungary Blacklore has presented their debut album Legend of the Lich Pirate I., and has done...

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Review: Blind Guardian “The God Machine” [Nuclear Blast]

This is a strange metal epic, with catchy power metal, witches and cults, and a delicious dark undertone. We’re sure of that with the first...

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Review: Riot V “The Privilege of Power” [Epic Records]

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...

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Review: Battle Beast “Circus Of Doom” [Nuclear Blast]

In their previous album, No More Hollywood Endings, Battle Beast defined the new direction of their music: it became more symphonic, more pretentious and there...

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Review: Tad Morose “Matters of the Dark” [Century Media Records]

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...

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Review: Tad Morose “Undead” [Century Media Records]

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...

Interview: Anton Kabanen from Beast In Black

Created in 2015 by Anton Kabanen, this band keeps growing strongly from year to year, releasing albums and sharing tours with top metal names around...

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Review: Paradox “Heresy II – End Of A Legend” [AFM Records]

In far 1990 German Thrash/Power Metal band Paradox released Heresy, a conceptual album about Albigensian Crusade. Now, 31 years later in 2021 here comes the...

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Review: Conception “State of Deception” [Conception Sounds Factory]

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...

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Review: Rage “Resurrection Day” [Steamhammer/SPV]

In the middle of 2020 Rage declared another line-up change: two guitarists, Stefan Weber (ex-Axxis) and Jean Bormann (Angel Inc, Rage & Ruins) replaced Marcos...

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Review: Savatage “Hall of the Mountain King” [Atlantic Records]

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,...

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Review: Apostolica “Haeretica Ecclesia” [Scarlet Records]

Take a modern Power Metal like Sabaton, Orden Ogan or Warkings, add some pathos and pseudo-church organs lavishly like Powerwolf and some calls for apocalypse...

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Review: Metal Church “Hanging in the Balance” [Rising Sun Productions]

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...

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Review: Metal Church “Masterpeace” [Nuclear Blast America]

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...

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Review: Powerwolf “Call Of The Wild” [Napalm Records]

Last year Powerwolf released their compilation Best Of The Blessed as a way to earn some time, maybe money and remind about themselves as well...

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Review: Helloween “Helloween” [Nuclear Blast]

In 2017 Helloween announced a worldwide tour “Pumpkins United”, which was a real bombshell because two former vocalists, Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske joined the...

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Review: Burning Witches “The Witch of the North” [Nuclear Blast]

This is a really nice, epic album about the adventures of the witches of the north. Burning Witches stick to their usual themes of witchcraft,...

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SUNRISE has released the new video “Equilibrium” along with the album

‘Equilibria’, the 4th full-length album of Ukrainian power metal band SUNRISE, has been officially released today, on May 25th. Along with the album, SUNRISE presents the official video...