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Review: Virgin Steele “Invictus” [T&T Records]

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Sometimes you stumble upon an album that’s enjoyable on its own, but compared to what a band had released before just feels a bit pale, you know? Think ...
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Spotify Playlist: Top-10 Underground Tunes Of October 2020

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In no particular order! Tracks are taken from albums released during October! Svartsyn (Sweden) “Requiem” – Carnal Records – 30 October 2020 Auðn (Iceland) “Vökudraumsins fangi” – Season ...
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Review: Harmonize “Warrior in the Night”

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This is an interestingly darker take on power metal. You get all the nice power metal ingredients, like the fast riffs, belting vocals and epic lyrical themes, but ...
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Video interview with Niviane

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Interview video with Norman Skinner of Niviane! California power metallers NIVIANE are back with their new album “The Ruthless Divine”. Album features 10 brand new songs that can ...
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ARRAYAN PATH Returns With 8th Album

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The Epic Power Metal force that is ARRAYAN PATH returns with the band’s 8th full-length, a follow-up to 2018’s double-disc album “Archegonoi”. Titled “The Marble Gates to Apeiron”, the new album is ...
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Classic Review: Airwolf “Victory Bells” [Rockport Records]

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Trends during the mid/late 80s were clear for the metal bands’ musical direction. Either they were focused on the ways of extreme metal or, instead, they gave a ...
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Heavy/Power outfit HARMONIZE announce the release of debut album

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Formed in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2012, HARMONIZE originally started as a thrash metal band until gradually transforming into the Heavy/Power Metal force that they are today, although the band still ...
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Classic Review: Conception “Flow” [Noise Records]

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Once Conception had reached their peak with In Your Multitude they had seriously turned into one of the best progressive metal acts of all times. Surely this would mean more ...
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Video interview with Battle Born

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Interview video with Battle Born – Power metal from the UK. https://www.facebook.com/battlebornuk https://www.instagram.com/battlebornuk https://battlebornuk.bandcamp.com https://battlebornuk.com ...
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Review: Warkings “Revenge” [Napalm Records]

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Two years ago, in 2018 many thought that the new band Warkings is a one-time project and everything will end with their debut (and well-advertised) album Reborn. But ...
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Review: Primal Fear “Metal Commando” [Nuclear Blast]

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Primal Fear is a rare example of the band, where, what is called, the stars have aligned. In 1998 their debut album gained a lot of attention and ...
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Video Of The Week: no.1 – Powerwolf “Blessed And Possessed”

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With this post we start a new section “Video Of The Week”. George Lazurenko will write once a week a review for music videos, analyzing it as a ...
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Classic review: Fates Warning “The Spectre Within” [Metal Blade Records]

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There’s something rather fascinating about the progression Fates Warning made early on in their career. Each year marked a huge step forward for the band and whereas their ...
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Classic review: Metal Church “Blessing in Disguise” [Elektra Records]

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While the first two Metal Church albums were solid slabs of American heavy/power metal, Blessing in Disguise would define the next chapter of this band; one that would ...
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Classic Review: Conception “In Your Multitude” [Noise Records]

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It always fascinates me how fast a band is able to progress for the best and how little it takes before a band heads into the wrong direction. ...
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Review: Powerwolf “Best Of The Blessed’ [Napalm Records]

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Seems like the time has come for Powerwolf to release “The Best Of” compilation, Best Of The Blessed in their case (of course it should be named that ...
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Classic Review: Stratovarius “Dreamspace” [T&T Records]

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Widely inspired by Helloween‘s Keeper‘s saga, “Dreamspace” represents a step back from what would become the band’s definitive sound. Still, it is even more decent than the albums ...
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Video interview with Angband

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Angband is a Power Metal/ Progressive band, formed in 2004 in Tehran by Mahyar Dean a classically trained musician and author who is well known in metal world ...
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Video interview with Everlore

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Finland’s Everlore plays Power metal with a nice 80s British heavy metal twist and some progressive elements. In this interview video, the guys tells about the band, about ...
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Review: Moonlight Haze “Lunaris” [Scarlet Records]

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Italian Symphonic Power Metal band Moonlight Haze was formed not a long time y, in 2018, yet already next year their debut album De Rerum Natura was released. ...
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