Reviewed: December 1, 2021 Released: July 29, 2021 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead The NWOTHM is a movement that focuses on making metal music like they did in the heyday of the 80s. This is not just the music itself but the whole sound, from the music down to…
Brazil
Aizcorbe, L & Vieira, E – Andre Matos (Book review)
Reviewed: November, 2021 Released: 2021, Estetica Torta Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve collected quite a library of Metal books. It is a passion of mine. I’ve got tons of standard ‘rock star’ autobiographies churned out by the big publishing houses (bless them they have a place too)…
Crypta – Echoes of the Soul
Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: June 11, 2021, Napalm Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead One of the most anticipated releases of 2021 is the debut album by Brazilian/Dutch death metal band, Crypta. Bassist and vocalist Fernanda Lira was part of Brazilian thrashers Nervosa until last year taking drummer Luana…
CRYPTA – Tainá Bergamaschi
INTERVIEW WITH TAINA BERGAMASCHI OF CRYPTA Crypta consisting of ex-members of Nervosa and Burning Witches is about to release the debut album ECHOES OF THE SOUL on Napalm Rec. The album stands for the vicious and brutal thrash/death metal outburst. Metal-Rules.Com contacted the guitarist of Crypta, Taina Bergamaschi, to talk…
Nervosa – Perpetual Chaos
Reviewed: [January 2021] Released [2021 Napalm Records] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson After the Brazilian thrash trio Nervosa imploded last spring when bassist/vocalist Fernanda Lira and drummer Luana Dametto quit, founding guitarist and lone remaining member Prika Amaral didn’t waste any time getting the band regrouped and rearmed. Eight months…
Speedkiller – Midnight Vampire
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, Helldprod Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rossy Maguire SPEEDKILLER’s first and highly anticipated EP “Midnight Vampire”; hailing from the Minas Gerais axis the band itself has two years of existence and until almost now they only released two singles on YouTube. Pretty rad, right? But this…
Okyr – Premorbid Intelligence
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Self-Produced Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Erich Okyr is a new progressive metal band from Brazil that has just released their debut album PREMORBID INTELLIGENCE. The band name is a word from the Kaingang indigenous people from Brazil, and it means “The Sound of History.” Thus, Okyr…
HIBRIA-Blinded In Tokyo-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Four (April 4, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2012, Cleopatra Records Rating: 3.5/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three…
The singer and bassist, Fernanda Lira, quits Nervosa
Goodbye, NERVOUS! Everything has a beginning and an end, life is made of beginning and the end, it is the natural cycle of things. Some of these endings are pretty challenging and that’s definitely the hardest of my life – the hardest decision of my life. I thought I would…
Sinaya – Maze Of Madness
Reviewed: July 2018 Released: August 10th, 2018 / Brutal Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Coming soon is the long awaited debut full-length by the all-female Brazilian death metal outfit Sinaya. The band formed in 2013 and quickly released a four track EP that was received very well…
Expulser – The Unholy One
Reviewed : May, 2018 Released: 2018, Greyhaze Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Cook Expulser, The Unholy One was originally released way back in 1992. Hailing from Brazil, these guys bring us a gritty, no holds barred style of Blackened Death Metal that is as relevant today as it was the…
Kamala – Eyes Of Creation
Reviewed: April 2018 Released: 2018, Indie Rating 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP It is always a nice feeling when a band from half-way around the planet takes the time to send you a personal note and asks you to check out their music. I know that self-promotion, is part of the job…
Shadowside – Singer Dani Nolden and guitarist Raphael Mattos
Singer Dani Nolden and guitarist Raphael Mattos Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Sérgio Dias Assessoria at Furia Music Produções for setting up the interview. Thanks to Furia Music Produções for the promo pictures of the band. Promo pictures taken by: Bryan Burch Additional live pictures taken by: Cristiano Albano…
Vandroya – Vocalist Daisa Munhoz and Drummer Otávio Nunez
Vocalist Daisa Munhoz and drummer Otávio Nunez – Vandroya Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Emil Westerdahl at Inner Wound Recordings for setting up the interview. Thanks to Inner Wound Recordings for the promo pictures of the band. BEYOND THE HUMAN MIND is the name of the second album from…
SoulSpell – bandleader/main composer and drummer Heleno Vale
SoulSpell Band leader/main composer and drummer Heleno Vale Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Cátia Cunha at Against PR for the help. Thanks to Soulpell for the promo pictures of the band. SoulSpell is back on the attack with their fourth amazing studio album titled ACT IV – THE SECOND…