Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, TeePee Records Rating: 1/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith When someone mentions the word ‘Jazz’ I normally run to the hills. Today’s offering is a band from Denmark called Mythic Sunship who produce psychedelic music combining rock with free-jazz experimentation. The omens were not good although by…
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Interview with Evilizers
Interview with Fabio Attacco (vocals) Interview by Andrea Di Stasio Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. Hi, I’m Fabio Attacco, the singer. Congratulations on your second album, how does it feel to go from a tribute band to a band…
Evilizers – Solar Quake
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Punishment 18 Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Andrea Di Stasio Three years after their first album “Center of the Grave”, Evilizers are back with “Solar Quake”: the band, born as a Judas Priest tribute and then evolved into an original project, presents itself very well with…
Butterfly – Doorways of Time
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Four experienced musicians with a range of musical backgrounds and influences join forces in Melbourne, Australia, to bring the world a nostalgic dose of Traditional Heavy Metal, laced with vocal harmonies, twin guitars, and massive sounds from the rhythm…
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…
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…
Utbyrd – Varskrik
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Svetlana Likhacheva Norwegian black metal band Utbyrd, through Petrichor, are about to give their album Varskrik (which translates into English as Warning) a chance to see the world with the physical release. The digital version was released in the far 2017,…
Old Castles – Die Wampyriskra Symphonies
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2021, Infernus Profundus Records Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Old Castles would never have crossed my path, I don’t think, if it wasn’t for receiving this album to review. This was first taste of ‘Dungeon Synth’ so forgive me for not being well versed enough to…
CORROSIUM Interview
Interview with Olli Laine (Drummer) and Teppo Tirkkonen (Vocalist) of CORROSIUM Interview by Kat Knite Official Website – Facebook – Instagram – Spotify Listen to Undertow here: Spotify – Amazon Music Bombastic metal band Corrosium from Kytäjä, Finland, have recently released their new EP Undertow through Inverse Records. Check out what they had to…
WITHOUT MERCY Interview
Interview with DJ Temple (guitarist) of WITHOUT MERCY Interview by Kat Knite Official Website – Bandcamp – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – Spotify Listen to Seismic here: Bandcamp – Spotify – Youtube Music – Deezer Vancouver based death-metal act Without Mercy had been hard at work for the last few years working on fresh material, making sure…
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…
Without Mercy – Seismic
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: 2020, self-release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Vancouver based groove-infused death metal band Without Mercy rise like a supermassive tsunami wave over the West coast of Canada and send ripples across the planet with their new release, Seismic. As the skies turn fatal blue and dominate the…
Jayce Landberg – The Forbidden World
Reviewed: November 2020 Released: 13th November 2020, GMR Music Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush With a strike of Thor’s lightning we are thrown into another realm, seemingly transported to an alternative dimension where it’s the 1980’s, yet inhabited by long-haired, keyboard-wielding Asgardian warriors, riding their glorious flying horses through the…
Velkhanos – The Wrath
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Art Gates Records Rating: 4.0/5.0 Reviewer: Kat Knite Velkhanos are a five piece band that combine melodic death metal and black metal to perfectly blend the brutality of an extreme genre with the emotion and passion of heavy metal. They formed in 2018 in Spain, and have released…
VELKHANOS Interview
Interview with Fernando Salmerón (guitars) of VELKHANOS Interview by Kat Knite Facebook – Instagram – Twitter Pre-order ‘The Wrath’: Art Gates Records – Itunes – Google Play VELKHANOS are a five-piece band from Spain that blend Melodic Death Metal and Black Metal, combining extreme brutality with the emotion of heavy metal. They…