RE-ARMED – Interview with Jouni Matelainen (vocalist), Iiro Karjalainen (drummer), & Allan Välimaa (guitarist) Interview by Kat Knite re-armed.net facebook.com/rearmed twitter.com/ReArmedOfficial youtube.com/ReArmedOfficial We caught up with members of Finnish melodic death metal band RE-ARMED to chat about their upcoming album ‘Ignis Aeternum’, as well as to ask questions about their…
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Blizzen – World In Chains
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Pure Steel Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog The resurgence of what is being referred to as the New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal has turned out to be one of metal music’s most triumphant comebacks. In a churning saga – that has, for over two…
Lordi – Killection
Reviewed: March 2020 Released: 2019, AFM Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter You know LORDI, right? Finland’s monstrous masked metallers and winners of Eurovision in 2006? The band may not quite have the collective mainstream’s consciousness to the extent that it did back when they shocked Europe’s annual musical cheese-fest,…
Lacuna Coil – Black Anima
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Century Media Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter To many readers, and the many bitter artists whose work has been ripped apart by a cold-hearted, dead-inside cynic, a music critic is a bitter, twisted husk of something once-human that feeds on the maniacal pleasure of…
Strykjärn – En Jävla Massa Lidande
Reviewed: January 2020 Released: November 2019, Big Balls Productions Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog Twelve years into their career, and this five piece from Sweden are keen to emphasise the potency of their newest release. To be honest, you can probably draw your own conclusions from the 23 minute running time…
Cell – Ancient Incantations Of Xarbos
Reviewed: January 2020 Released: October 2019, Independent Release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog Winnipeg is located in Canada, underneath a cold air mass, near the fast flowing polar jet streams of the Northern Hemisphere. It’s placement on the flats of the prairie make it susceptible to harsh conditions and brutally cold…
War Dogs – Die By My Sword
Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2020, Fighter Records Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter Whatever walk of life you pass through, comparisons are always made between you and someone or something else. It may be an overt thing, or something far more subtle, but it is always there. You may even do…
Demons & Wizards – Demons & Wizards
Reviewed: July 2019 Released: 2019, Century Media Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog Demons & Wizards actually represents a reboot of one of heavy metal’s more tantalising collaborations. Originally released in 1999, the album was the result a project put together by members of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian. Namely, Jon…
Paladin – Ascension
Paladin – Ascension Reviewed: May 2019 Release: 17 May 2019, Prosthetic Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Dimitris Karagkounis Ascension is the first album of U.S. Atlanta based power/thrash metallers Paladin. Even though they are American they sound mostly European. Something that’s natural if you think about it, because power metal reigns…
Old Man Lizard – True Misery
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2018 – Wasted State Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog Old Man Lizard have been belting out their particular brand of stoner and sludge since 2011. Inspired by the rural surroundings of their native Suffolk, the UK based power trio have certainly made their mark on the heavy…