Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021 , Nuclear Blast records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Svetlana Likhacheva After releasing several tracks in 2020, Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani has dropped a full-length record called Jylhä, which takes us into a powerful and beautiful world full of marvellous and dynamic sound. The band dug…
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Benediction – Scriptures
Benediction – Scriptures Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Despite sporadic touring and the occasional festival appearance, it’s been 12 mother loving years since we’ve had a proper new Benediction LP. In that time we’ve had 3 US Presidential election cycles, 3 new…
My Dying Bride – Macabre Cabaret
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: November, 2020 Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Theron Moore Eight months after dropping the epic and lumbering, “The Ghost of Orion,” UK doom and gloomers My Dying Bride have returned with new music, a four track EP “Macabre Cabaret.” The title track, also the first tune…
Carcass-Despicable
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: October, 2020 Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Theron Moore Am I the only one that finds irony in the fact that UK gore hounds, Carcass, dropped new music in the midst of the modern-day black plague in October of this year? That’s right, the lads are…
ACCEPT release the second single/title track from their new studio album ‘Too Mean To Die’ alongside a lyric video
Accept release the second single/title track from their new studio album ‘Too Mean To Die’ alongside a lyric video In uncertain times like these, you can rely on ACCEPT to deliver the goods – they will not let anything or anyone get them down, not even a virus. Metal legends…
Amorphis – 30th Anniversary show – Tavastia Helsinki Finland
AMORPHIS THE 16TH OF OCTOBER, 2020 TAVASTIA HELSINKI FINLAND One of the most important exports of the Finnish metal scene is definitely Amorphis. The band started as a four-piece 30 years ago when previous bands dissolved. The band has faced up and downs and undergone quite changes a few changes…
NIGHTWISH-Human : II : Nature
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Nightwish albums are always tough to review. They are one of the world’s biggest bands and everyone has an opinion when a new album comes around once every four or five years. The band is so big they write…
Witchcraft – Black Metal
Reviewed: [June 2020] Released [2020 Nuclear Blast Records] Rating [3/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson So let’s start with the obvious. Despite its title, the sixth album from Swedish occult rockers Witchcraft may be “black,” but it is most definitely not “metal” by any stretch – at least in the execution. In…
Sylosis – Cycle Of Suffering
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 7th February 2020, Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Shirley England’s own Sylosis have returned from their hiatus and good grief, thank god for that. From first seeing and hearing them in the early 2000’s, they have gone from strength to strength and it seems like…
Testament,Exodus and Death Angel on The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020- leg 1 – Amager Bio Copenhagen,Denmark
Testament – Headline The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020 – leg 1 – Exodus – special guest Death Angel – support act Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark 6/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Christmas came really early for fans of thrash metal when Testament headed…
DEATH ANGEL – Guitarist Rob Cavestany discusses “Humanicide”, the band’s past and more
INTERVIEW WITH ROB CAVESTANY OF DEATH ANGEL The Bay Area thrash metal literally hit back when Testament, Exodus, and Death Angel embarked on the six-week tour crisscrossing Europe. Metal-Rules.Com had a pleasant opportunity of sitting down with the founder and guitarist of Death Angel, Rob Cavestany, to discuss various topics.…
Majestica – Above The Sky
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP Since ABOVE THE SKY was my #1 pick for 2109 I suppose I should review it and explain why! Well, the reason I like it so much is that Majestica is basically the band Reinxeed with a new…
Beyond the Black with support act Forever Still on Heart of The Hurricane European Tour 2019 at Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Beyond the Black (headline) Heart of The Hurricane European Tour 2019 Forever Still (support) Kulturbolaget Malmö, Sweden 9/11 – 2019 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Beyond The Black led by singer Jennifer Haben stopped by Malmö Sweden at their Heart Of the Hurricane European Tour earlier this…
Black Star Riders with support act Diamond Head on Another State Of Grace European Tour 2019 – leg 1 – at Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Black Star Riders – headline act Another State Of Grace European Tour 2019 – leg 1 – Diamond Head – very special guests Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden 31/10 – 2019 Live pictures and review by: Anders Sandvall The brand new Black Star Riders brand new album ANOTHER STATE OF GRACE came…
Copenhell Festival 2019 Refshaleoen Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhell Festival 2019 Refshaleoen Copenhagen Denmark 19-22/6 Live review and pictures by Anders Sandvall For 2019, the Copenhell festival celebrates ten years in hell. As I have visited the festival almost every year, of course, I had to cover this year’s edition as well. I’ve really come to love the…