Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Svetlana Likhacheva Zac Crye from Hudu Akil is back, dropping his sophomore release called “All The Same”, which is a five track EP in a stoner rock style with some psychedelic elements spicing it up. Composed, performed and recorded by Zac…
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Korpiklaani – Jylhä
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021 , Nuclear Blast records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Svetlana Likhacheva After releasing several tracks in 2020, Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani has dropped a full-length record called Jylhä, which takes us into a powerful and beautiful world full of marvellous and dynamic sound. The band dug…
Stortregn – Impermanence
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, The Artisan Era Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Svetlana Likhacheva Newbies of The Artisan Era, Geneva-Switzerland-based act Stortregn are ready to show us the next level of their skill with a new record – Impermanence. This 8-track album is real space journey, exploring unorthodox ways and style…
Age of Woe – Envenom
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, Lifeforce Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Age of Woe, hailing from Sweden’s death metal capital, Gothenburg, have released their third full-length album, Envenom. This, along with their previous ventures into the worlds of doom, sludge, and crust punk, has made the band stand out…
Drift Into Black – Patterns Of Light
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter Whilst one-man projects can be a godsend for creativity, they do tread a very fine line between that and overwrought extravagance. With no one to say “no”, who’s to say whether a particular idea for a song is too…
Maudiir – La Part du Diable
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Hailing from Montreal, Quebec (Canada), one-man-band Maudiir ring in the new year with a brand new release. La Part du Diable is the second EP from F. aka Frédéric Bergeron for this project, following up last year’s Le Temps…
Demon King – The Final Tyranny
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, The Artisan Era Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis In all the years I have been listening to black metal, one term that crops up a lot to describe some of the more technically advanced bands is “Norsecore.” This is a band that exhibits all the…
Malacoda – Crawling Chaos
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, self- released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Andrea Di Stasio “Crawling Chaos” is a solid EP that sets its tone from the very first note of the first homonym track: a wonderful gothic atmosphere, where every sound paints darkness with a different voice. The delicate vocals of…
Blue Hour Ghosts – Due
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, Rockshot Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Due is the sophomore offering from Italian band Blue Hour Ghosts, its arrival delayed (as with so much else) by the impact of Covid-19, but it’s here now, and the end result is a pretty solid if somewhat…
Interview with Age of Woe
Interview by Demitri Levantis Interview with Sonny Stark, vocals Social Media: www.facebook.com/ageofwoe www.instagram.com/ageofwoe/ shop.ageofwoe.net/ Following the release of their fourth studio album, “Envenom”, Metal-Rules caught up with Swedish Death Metal/Sludge/Crust Punk outfit Age of Woe to see what the band has been up to, and has planned for the future.
Interview with Black Hole Deity
Interview by Demitri Levantis Interview with: Cam Pinkerton, rhythm guitar/bass, and Alec Cordero, lead guitar Websites: www.facebook.com/BlackHoleDeity blackholedeity.bandcamp.com/releases Following the release of their debut EP: “Lair of Xenolich”, I caught up with sci-fi themed death metal outfit Black Hole Deity to discuss their work, what inspired their formation and what…
Avaland – Theater of Sorcery
AVALAND – Theater of Sorcery Reviewed on: 4 February 2021 Release date: 2 April 2021, ROCKSHOTS Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewed by: Matt Dreadful Every hero needs a journey and every journey starts with a call to an adventure. Avalon’s journey starts with the Theater of Sorcery which is the name…
AVALAND – THEATER OF SORCERY
Reviewed: 04 January 2021 Release Date: 2 April 2021, Rockshots Records Rating: 3.5/5 Review by: Matt Dreadful Every hero needs a journey and every journey starts with a call to an adventure. Avaland’s journey starts with the Theater of Sorcery which is the name of their debut album that they…
Black Hole Deity – Lair of Xenolich
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, Everlasting Spew Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Death metal has a long history of welcoming many wide and versatile themes into its echelons. Whilst themes of gore and death, destruction, murder and violence reign supreme, science fiction or the speculative genres that talk about…
Butterfly – Doorways Of Time
Reviewed: February, 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich Retro and revival bands are commonplace in rock and metal today. This proliferation makes it easy to miss or dismiss many of these bands, the thought that often passes through my mind being “Do we really need another 70’s…