Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Firecum Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter It’s an old argument, but we revisit it here: is there much point in reviewing re-releases? On the one hand, you have the potential scenarios of having the easiest writing session of your life (“Review: see comments from [DATE]”).…
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Interview with MOONSPELL
Interview with Fernando Ribeiro of Moonspell Interview by Andrea Di Stasio With Moonspell’s 13th studio album “Hermitage” racking up praise and accolades across the globe, Metal Rules had the pleasure to interview their legendary frontman, Fernando Ribeiro. Hear his thoughts about the new album, 30 years of Moonspell, philosophy,…
Rageful – Ineptitude
Reviewed: [February 2021] Released [2020 Self-Released] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Well, if Portugal’s Rageful actually sucked, the title of their debut album would have been an easy launching pad for whatever ham-handed cheap shots one might have wanted to make at the melodic death metal band’s expense. But they…
Satanize – Baphomet Altar Worship
Reviewed: [January 2021] Released [2021 Helter Skelter/Regain Records] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Portuguese black metal duo Satanize missed a golden opportunity to piss all over Christmas this year, issuing their sixth full length in mid-January instead of a month earlier, during the holiday season. But that seems to be…
Interview with Ricardo S. Amorim, author of the Moonspell biography, Wolves Who Were Men.
In late 2019, the good people at Cult Never Dies published the English version of the Moonspell biography, Wolves Who Were Men. It is a fantastic work and you can read my review of it here at Metal-Rules.com. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the author, Ricardo S.…
Amorim, Ricardo S.- Wolves Who Were Men-The History Of Moonspell (Book Review)
Author: Ricardo S. Amorim Title: Wolves Who Were Men Publisher: Crypt Publications/ Cult Never Dies Released: 2019 Reviewed: Jan, 2020 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP It was another great year for Metal literature, publishing and reading. I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing 45 books about Hard Rock and Heavy…
Diabolical Mental State – Diabolical World
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019 – Self Released Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog Formed in 2012, Diabolical Mental State’s debut album has been a long time coming. That’s not to suggest the band haven’t been busy. By all accounts there is a healthy underground metal scene in Lisbon which the band…
Vagos Metal Fest Report by Keith Devereux
Vagos Metal Fest August 9th to 12th, 2018 Story and photos by Keith Devereux Editors note: My apologies to the Keith, the readers, the fans the bands, and organizers of Vagos for the long delay in presenting this photo-essay. Any delays were strictly of my own fault. It is…
Gaerea – Unsettling Whispers
Reviewed: August, 2018 Released: 2018, Transcending Obscurity Records Rating: 4 of 5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Like Poland’s Mgła, Portuguese black metallers Gaerea don’t rely on terribly dramatic or ornate costuming – a la Batushka or Cult of Fire or Imperial Triumphant – to maintain their sense of anonymity or air…
Toxikull – The Nightraiser
Reviewed: May 2018 Released: 2018, Mosher Records/Firecum Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes I’m a bit of a sucker for thrash, and for classic heavy metal. Combine them both together into one unabashed cheese-fest of an album, and it’s hard to say no, honestly. Toxikull play a brand of…
Perpetratör – Altered Beast
Reviewed: February 2018 Released: 2018, Caverna Abismal Records Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Old-school German-style thrash metal – with more than a hint of Nuclear Assault’s ferocity – is what you’ll find in abundance on the second album from umlaut-toting whirling dervishes Perpetratör, who oddly enough hail from the…
Moonspell @ The Underworld Camden, London
Moonspell + Der Weg einer Freiheit + Volker @ The Underworld Camden, London 13th December 2016 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Oliver M.