Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2008, Listenable Rating: 2.5/5 (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 seemingly dissimilar…
EP
Commando – Rites of Damnation
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, High Roller Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Commando have been about for a few years now, having previously released their first demo back in 2018 titled ‘Demo 2018’. Fast forward to now and the young Swedish group that hails from Arvika have produced their…
Interview With Commando
Interview With Commando Interview with Vocalist/Guitarist Robin Interview By: Pete Mutant www.facebook.com/Commando-SWE-225600961156584/ www.hrrshop.de/COMMANDO-Rites-of-Damnation-MLP-BLACK_1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCOC9LcdcJHiMhsKnRm3K3yw Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. This is Robin answering and I play guitar and sing. First of all, big Arnold Schwarzenegger fans or just a…
Krishna Peri – Cyclotron
Reviewed: September 2019 Released: 06-01-2019, Self-release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: R. Whitwell Krishna Peri’s “Cyclotron” is an instrumental story about the adventures of a humanoid scientist, “Dr Quark“, who ends up on a planet named “Nabiru” after a freak experiment, with every single track being arranged to reflect different scenarios in…
Blutfeld – Kingdom of Mine
Reviewed: August 2019 Released: 2019, Heathen Tribes Rating: 1.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Blutfeld’s debut EP Kingdom of Mine is certainly an indication of a band with plenty of ambition to produce some truly epic death metal. But as it so perfectly illustrates, intentions will only get you so far. The…
Bleckhorn – Dragonfire
Reviewed: March, 2019 Released: 2019, GMR Music Group Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: James Swandale People claim that you shouldn’t judge things by their covers, but that’s basically the entire purpose of a cover. So, judging by the cover of Bleckhorn’s first EP, Dragonfire, I was in for some Viking power/heavy metal.…
Jon Schaffer’s Purgatory – Purgatory
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2018, Century Media Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes So, a quick intro for those who might require it: Purgatory was what Iced Earth was called before it was Iced Earth, in effect a prototype of the band (similar to Burn the Priest for Lamb of…
Khors – Beyond the Bestial
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: December 8th 2018, Ashen Dominion Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewed: Cathrine Wendt Khors of the Ukraine put out a sublime 6 song EP, Beyond the Bestial, in December 2018. They create a tapestry of intense musical atmosphere throughout the album with a beautiful mixture of atmospheric post black metal…
NonExist – Guitar hero and bandleader Johan Reinholdz
Guitar hero and bandleader Johan Reinholdz – NonExist Interviewed by Anders Sandvall Thanks to Mighty Music for the promotion pictures of the band. Additional live pictures on the band taken by Anders Sandvall Attention all fans of guitar hero Johan Reinholdz (Andromeda) – because here comes an update on what’s going…
Enemynside – Dead Nation Army
Reviewed: February 2018 Released: 2018, Hatestone Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Enemynside is an Italian group, putting out music (under that name at least, they existed for some time prior as Scapegoat) since around the turn of the millennium, with some line-up changes along the way culminating in a…
Owl Maker – Paths of the Slain
Reviewed: February, 2018 Released: 2018, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes A lot of bands these days are doing it old-school, their music a throw-back to whatever is seen as the golden age of their music style of choice. Some do it better than others, some feel more genuine, some…