Reviewed: [March 2021] Released [2021 Metal Blade Records] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Swedish melodic death metallers The Crown have been rolling right along since reforming a decade ago after a five-year hiatus, even if they tend to get a bit lost in the mix as acts like the similarly…
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Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: 2020, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite I don’t even know where to start with this one. An impressive force in progressive metal for over 35 years, Fates Warning return to the scene with their longest and most epic album yet: Long Day Good Night. Compared…
Bobby Jarzombek of Fates Warning Discusses the New Album, the Pandemic and His Favorite Fates Warning Albums
Interviewed by Erich Heintzelman Friday, October 30, 2020 One of the premier progressive metal bands has returned with their thirteenth album, LONG DAY GOOD NIGHT. I had a chance to speak with drummer Bobby Jarzombek about the new album, the challenges the music industry faces during the pandemic, and his…
Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Erich This year, 2020, has been a miserable year. Musicians and bands are suffering as much or more than everyone else, as tours and concert halls remain shuttered in much of the world. When Fates Warning feels the call…
GWAR – Scumdogs of the Universe (30th Anniversary Edition)
GWAR – Scumdogs of the Universe (30th Anniversary Edition) Reviewed: November 2020 Released: 2020, Pit Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz I generally don’t pay much attention to classic album reissues (anniversary or otherwise) unless, 1) it’s got some cool bonus stuff I haven’t heard before and/or 2) it’s been…
Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment
Reviewed: November 2020 Released: 2020, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Anaal Nathrakh are a big name in extreme metal, and Endarkenment succinctly illustrates why. The album doesn’t represent a significant shift in their approach to making heavy music because it doesn’t need to. They’ve long since mastered…
Cirith Ungol – Interview with Robert Garven
Interview with Cirith Ungol – Robert Garven (drums) Interview by Kieron Hayes www.facebook.com/cirithungolofficial cirithungol.bandcamp.com/ twitter.com/CirithU www.instagram.com/cirithungolband/ First of all, I’m sure you hear it a lot but a hearty welcome back! I was so excited when I heard Cirith Ungol were back and making music again. What inspired the reunion?…
Evergrey with support act Sorcerer The Atlantic World Tour 2019-2020 at Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Evergrey – Headline The Atlantic World Tour 2019-2020 Sorcerer – support act Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden 28/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Last year the bands brand new album THE ATLANTIC was released and it’s their 11th one. This year it was time for the band to…
Angel Witch – Angel of Light
Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Angel Witch are a British heavy metal band which formed in London in 1976, and they became a part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement alongside the likes of Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Venom. The group recorded…
Cattle Decapitation – Death Atlas
Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2019 Metal Blade Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson There’s something about Cattle Decapitation that seems to scream “the holidays.” A year ago, on the Black Friday after Thanksgiving, the band served up Medium Rarities, a collection of nasty bits – B-sides, rarities, demos and the…
Cult Of Luna – A Dawn to Fear
Reviewed: October, 2019 Released: October, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jesse Edwards Cult of Luna, it feels like I’ve known this band forever, and yet, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a single note of their music. Maybe it’s because I continually confuse them with Lacuna Coil – I…
Imperium Dekadenz Interview with Horaz: Vocals, Guitars, Synths, Lyrics
Imperium Dekadenz Interview Interview by Ambra Chilenwa Hey, and thanks for your time today. You’ve been established for quite a while now, what keeps the band going and to keep gaining new fans? Passion. It feels good to have something valuable in life which is increasing. You’re about to release “When…
Vulture – Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves
Reviewed: July 2019 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes When Vulture go old-school thrash, they really go old-school thrash. And they stick to their guns (or blades, as the case may be). Germany’s Vulture have released their second full-length album via Metal Blade Records, and the…
Antropomorphia – Merciless Savagery
Reviewed: May, 2019 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Antropomorphia are back and with an almighty bang with their latest offering ‘Merciless Savagery’, a nine track bulldozer of some fine death metal. The dutch band, hailing from Tilburg – the site of Netherlands Deathfest- reformed back…