Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2019, Century Media Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis On the surface, Veil of Imagination from the Boston-based Wilderun looks like another progressive or experimental metal album, but once you dig deeper you find there’s plenty more to this band and album than meets the eye.…
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Demons and Wizards – III
Reviewed: April, 2020 Released: 2020, Century Media Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich Nearly ten years ago, in November of 2010 I asked Hansi Kursch in an interview when/if fans could expect a third Demons And Wizards album. I got my answer in February 2020 when the blandly named III was released.…
Queensryche – The Verdict
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Lucifer – Johanna & Nicke Andersson
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Eglinton, Mark – Lacuna Coil: Nothing Stands In Our Way (Book Review)
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Barren Earth – A Complex Of Cages
Reviewed: July, 2018 Released: 2018, Century Media Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Gabor Csete I am not a big fan of progressive melodeath, but for f***’s sake, Barren Earth got me. I am going to be super honest, the clean vocals were annoying for me. Still I want to listen to ‘A…
Tribulation – Down Below
Reviewed: February 2018 Released: 2018, Century Media Rating: 1.5/5 Reviewer: Owen Thompson Some bands just outstay their welcome. Unfortunately this is the case with Sweden’s Tribulation. They have been around since 2005 and have amassed an impressive body of work in that time (debut album “The Horror” is a particular…
Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse
Reviewed: February 2018 Released: 2018, Century Media Rating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Owen Thompson Watain have tremendous pedigree and have returned with another slice of superlative savage Swedish skullduggery. Trident Wolf Eclipse (their sixth album) continues that fine BM tradition of choosing an album title comprised of three seemingly random words (Dimmu…
Lacuna Coil @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
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DEMOLITION HAMMER : Steve Reynold, James Reilly, Derek Sykes, Angel Cotte
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Lacuna Coil with support on Delirium World Tour 2016 -European leg – at Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Lacuna Coil Delirium World Tour 2016 – European leg Forever Still – special guest Genus Ordinis Dei – support act Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden 29/10 – 2016 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Please follow and like us:
Imperial State Electric and Bombus on Weekend Warriors Scandinavian Tour 2016 at Kulturbolaget Malmoe,Sweden
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Krisiun – Moyses Kolesne
INTERVIEW WITH MOYSES KOLESNE OF KRISIUN Krisiun is a death metal squad that never just rest on their laurels. The trio keeps pushing forward spreading their Brazilian death metal all over the world. The band’s latest offering FORGED IN FURY came out a year ago and offers true death metal…
Sebastian Swart – MORGOTH
INTERVIEW WITH SEBASTIAN SWART OF MORGOTH by Arto Lehtinen The German death metal squad Morgoth unleashed the fiery lethal death metal outputs in early 90’s such as ETERNAL FALL, CURSED and ODIUM when death metal was at its peak. When the wind of changes started blowing the band changed the…
Dark Fortress @ The Underworld, Camden
Dark Fortress @ The Underworld, Camden 20th October, 2014 Review by Caitlin Smith Please follow and like us: