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I’ll be honest: when I first heard that Voivod had recorded a live album with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, my expectations weren’t particularly high. Not...

Today we’re speaking with Myrone of Firstborne, who’ve been turning heads with their crushing new release, Lucky. Hi! The album is called Lucky. In hindsight,...

When symphonic metal bands release album with “opera” in the title, you can bet it’s going to be one of their most ambitious albums, and...

Hi there! Lille, you’ve been driving Defeated Sanity since the very beginning. How has your approach to songwriting and composition evolved since the band’s early...

Hi! What’s the story behind the album title “Violence Is The Answer!” and how does it reflect the album’s message? Thomas Haxen: Hi! Thanks for...

Hi! Congratulations on the release of your fifth album, “The Flame Still Burns”! How does it feel to have the album finally out, especially after...

Ready for another album of Fear Factory remixes, this time of their 2012 album The Industrialist? It may not be the most interesting remix album,...

The Polish death metal duo Salceson X has returned from oblivion, offering a brand new full-length album with a mocking Latin title Qui Penis Aquam...

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...

Finally, it is time to review a new album by the original queen of thrash metal. And luckily for us, she and her incredibly talented...

If there’s anything that music history has taught us, then it’s that the rapid development of extremity would change metal forever. While bigger names have...

Let’s continue the re-issues and remixes, with a pretty entertaining remix album from Fear Factory. Now, this one is a little different from the ones...

Early autumn was a happy time for American progressive death metal band Fallujah; they have released their fifth studio album Empyrean via Nuclear Blast Records....

Considering how radical it can result, it is uncommon to see transitions from death metal to power metal, as in the case of Nocturnal Rites....

Nocturnal Rites‘ sophomore album encapsulates much of the trends that were part of the Euro power metal scene’s golden past. As a result, the album...

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...

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...

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...

I always feel a flutter of excitement whenever a debut makes it my way. Big or small, it’s a refreshing reminder that there is no...

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...