Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, Dead Seed Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter It can never be easy reinventing oneself, and far less so in the world of art. Establishing oneself in one frame of light, only to transform into another can be an example in both bold autonomy, and…
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Interview with Aborym
Interview with Fabrizio “Fabban” Giannese – Synths, Programming, Piano & Vocals Interview by Lee Carter www.aborym.it aborym.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/aborymofficial twitter.com/aborym1992 www.instagram.com/aborym_industrial www.youtube.com/user/AborymTV www.deadseedproductions.com www.facebook.com/deadseed.official soundcloud.com/deadseedproductions The band began nearly thirty years ago – was there an ultimate goal that drove you all, or was it simply to create music? At the…
Six Degrees – guitarist Luca Correnti and singer Valentina Aleo
Guitarist Luca Correnti and singer Valentina Aleo – Six Degrees Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. From Italy comes Six Degrees and late November 2020 they dropped their debut album…
KONQUEST – THE NIGHT GOES ON
Reviewed: 27.12.2020 Released: January 8th, 2021 Iron Oxide Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Dennis It is not my everyday business to review a record that is, literally, the first of a brand-new record label. Said label is Bart Gabriel’s (Gabriel Management, Skol Records, producer, manager etc) Iron Oxide Records. Konquest is…
Eternal Idol – Renaissance
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: November 2020 Frontiers Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Theron Moore Symphonic metallers Eternal Idol recently released their new record, “Renaissance,” November 6thvia Frontiers Records. “Renaissance”isn’t a record, it’s a Stephen Spielberg movie, at least that’s what it sounds like listening to it. “Renaissance” is composed of three…
Airborn – Lizard Secrets: Part Two – Age of Wonder
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2020, Fighter Records Rating: 2 of 5 Reviewer: Theron Moore Airborn’s “Lizard Secrets: Part Two – Age of Wonder” is the second installment in a trilogy of records about reptilian aliens and their deep dark secrets, released December 12thvia Fighter Records. Airborn falls into that special…
Genus Ordinis Dei – Glare of Deliverance
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, Eclipse Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Hailing from Crema, Lombardy (Italy), Genus Ordinis Dei are a symphonic death outfit who will unleash their third album, Glare Of Deliverance, on the 4th of December. They are signed to Eclipse Records. The ten tracks act as…
Interview with Genus Ordinis Dei
Interview with Genus Ordinis Dei Tommy Monticelli – guitars, orchestrations Interview by Kira Levine GenusOrdinisDei.com | Big Cartel | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Hello! Thank you for your time, hope that you’re keeping safe and well. Please state your name and position in Genus Ordinis Dei. Hi Kira, I’m Tommy…
Sandness – drummer Metyou ToMeatyou, guitar/vocalist Robby Luckets and bass player/vocalist Mark Denkley
Drummer Metyou ToMeatyou, guitar/vocalist Robby Luckets and bassist/vocalist Mark Denkley – Sandness Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. Promo pictures taken by Alessandro Boschet From Italy comes this three piece…
Reverber – Sect of Faceless
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Punishment 18 Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Italian thrash metal band Reverber return with their third full-length album entitled Sect of Faceless. Founded in 2007 by a group of young musicians with a hunger and a fire to deliver thrash metal at maximum power, Reverber released their excellent…
Moonlight Haze – Lunaris
Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 12th June 2020, Scarlet Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Shirley Moonlight Haze have released their sophomore record through fellow Italian label Scarlet Records and they are every part of their opening description details. Symphonic power metal is the name of their game and it’s something they…
ELDRITCH-Livequake-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Sixteen (April 16th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2008, Limb Rcords Rating: 4/5 (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…
SECRET SPHERE-One Night In Tokyo-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Fifteen (April 15th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2016 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 and…
Lucid Dream – The Great Dance Of The Spirit
Reviewed: May, 2020 Released: 2020, Sliptrick Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich This has been the longest stretch between album releases for Lucid Dream, the last album coming in 2016. THE GREAT DANCE OF THE SPIRIT is the band’s fourth album, and the conclusion to the trilogy of concept albums begun…
17 Crash – Through Hell And Back
Reviewed: April, 2020 Released: 2020, Volcano Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Erich With much of the world locking down and staying home, Italy has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 virus. Considering this sobering reality, 17 Crash’s new album THROUGH HELL AND BACK is a welcome and uplifting headbanging experience,…