Interview with Paladine Christ Stergianidis (bass) Sotiris Paraskevas (guitar) John Kats (guitar) Interview by Andrea Di Stasio Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. (Christ) Greetings! This is Christ Stergianidis, bass player and founder of Paladine. (Sotiris) Hello and thank you…
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Paladine – Entering the Abyss
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, No Remorse Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Andrea Di Stasio If your wildest dream as a child (but also as an adult) was to ride a dragon into battle, well you’ve come to the right place: “Entering the Abyss” is, without any doubt, the album for…
Ainur – War of The Jewels
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, Rockshot Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Andrea Di Stasio “War of The Jewels” is an ambitious album, through which Ainur aims to bring to life the battles of Beleriand: if don’t speak Tolkien, you may already be lost, as the progressive rock orchestra’s new release is…
Darklore – The Evil of Man
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, independent Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, a metal quintet by the fitting name of Darklore release their brand new album from fantastical realms. The Evil of Man combines symphonic and melodic elements with a recognisable blackened thrash metal foundation, cemented by lyrics that call upon…
Elfsong-Quintesence
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2021, Indie Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP It never ceases to impress and amaze with depth and breadth of Metal talent around the world. Just when I feel like after bring a fan for 40 years, I’ve heard of a good chunk of the bands out there,…
Song Dreams-Part One (A Heavy Metal short story)
Back in late 2020, a local author approached us with a proposal to publish her Metal themed short story. We here at Metal-Rules like to encourage metallic creativity so we are pleased to present this unique story for your reading pleasure. Try to pick out all the Metal references!…
Dimlight – Kingdom of Horrors
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2018, Self Released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis With bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse touring the world with their epic fusions of symphonic metal with the extreme putrefaction of death metal, it’s inevitable similar bands would spring up all over the world, and it’s now time for the…
Heidevolk + Old Corpse Road + Sellsword @ The Camden Assembly, London
Heidevolk + Old Corpse Road + Sellsword @ The Camden Assembly, London 21st May 2017 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Oliver M.
Nightqueen – guitarist and bandleader Rex Zeco
Guitarist/bandleader Rex Zeco – Nightqueen Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Massacre Records for promotional pictures. FOR QUEEN AND METAL is the debut album from the goth/fantasy act Nightqueen that comes from Belgium. I hooked up with guitarist and bandleader Rex Zeco in order to talk about…