Reviewed: March, 2021 Released: 2021, Metal Hell Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith There is a lot of symphonic death metal around these days, and I mean a lot. In fact if you Google exactly that you get a hit with a page of ‘Top symphonic death metal artists’ which…
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Corrosium – Undertow
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Inverse Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Bombastic metal band Corrosium from Kytäjä, Finland emerged in the final stretches of 2020 to deliver us their brand new EP, Undertow. Unlike their debut album, for which some of the songs were written before the formation of the band, the…
Ignea – The Realms of Fire and Death
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2020, Kadabra Music Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Ukrainian melodic metal band IGNEA release ‘The Realms of Fire and Death’, a three-part experience of a heavy collision between metal and symphonic, electronic, and folk elements. Each part consists of three songs, outlining different perspectives on the…
Re-Armed – Ignis Aeternum
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Black Lion Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Finnish melodic death metal band RE-ARMED strike again with their fourth full length album, ‘Ignis Aeternum’. Together since 2001, the band has undergone several lineup changes and released three previous albums in their two-decade long journey.…
The Acacia Strain – It Comes In Waves
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 27th December 2019, Closed Casket Activities Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Shirley The Acacia Strain are not your average heavy band: their sound has progressed through releases, getting heavier, grittier and just downright filthy since their inception in 2001. Since then they’ve gone several line up…
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…
Lik – Mass Funeral Evocation
Reviewed: May, 2019 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway This album is heavy. Seriously heavy. However, this kind of lets it down in ways I don’t see very often. Now, if you know me and what I’ve reviewed in the past, you’ll know that I absolutely love…
West Of Hell – Blood of the Infidel
Reviewed: May, 2019 Released: 2019, self-released Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway This album is different and beautiful in oh-so-many ways. Firstly there is the combination of death metal, power metal and thrash metal, all in their traditional senses but with a new twist. Then there are songs like Dying Tomorrow…
Bloodbound – Rise Of The Dragon Empire
Reviewed: May 2019 Released: 2019, AFM Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway I had a lot of fun listening to this album. In truth, power metal isn’t a genre I find myself exploring very often. In fact, if I’m being completely honest the only one I can name off the…
Interview with The Infernal Sea
Interview with The Infernal Sea @ Boston Music Room 28th March 2018 Interview by Thomas James Henry Saunders
Amberian Dawn – Darkness of Eternity
Reviewed: February, 2018 Released: November 2017, Napalm Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Brat As a long-time fan of this band (see my review of the album MAGIC FOREST), I’m happy that Amberian Dawn has released an eighth album, DARKNESS OF ETERNITY. The up tempo “I’m the One” starts the album with…
Wicked Inquisition Interview with Nate Towle
Wicked Inquisition Interview with Vocalist/Guitarist Nate Towle Interview by Jo Blackened www.facebook.com/WickedInquisition