Reviewed: August, 2020 Released: 2020, Massacre Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Erich Germany’s Assignment is a band that I have always intended to explore, but never got around to doing. That has finally changed for the band’s fifth full-length album REFLECTIONS, which will be released August 21 on Massacre Records. The…
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Wilderun – Veil of Imagination
Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2019, Century Media Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis On the surface, Veil of Imagination from the Boston-based Wilderun looks like another progressive or experimental metal album, but once you dig deeper you find there’s plenty more to this band and album than meets the eye.…
Interview with Wilderun
Interview with Evan Berry (vocals, guitar, piano), Dan Muller (bass, synths, orchestrations), and Wayne Ingram (orchestrations) of Wilderun. Wilderun: www.facebook.com/OfficialWilderun www.instagram.com/wilderunband twitter.com/wilderunband With the release of their third studio album “Veil of Imagination” getting closer, we caught up with the symphonic/progressive collective Wilderun to see what the band has in…
Queensryche – The Verdict
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Century Media Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Believe or not this is the first Queensryche studio album I have reviewed. This seems strange to me because I have been a fan of Queensryche since 1984 and writing for Metal-Rules.com since 2001, which covers seven or eight…
Opeth – In Cauda Venenum
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019 Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Better rather late than never to tout the 13th studio album by Sweden’s ever-evolving Opeth. Issued in late September, In Cauda Venenum somehow got overlooked here, perhaps in a case of everyone just assuming someone else would…
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…
Dimmu Borgir + Amorphis + Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Kentish Town Forum, London
Dimmu Borgir + Amorphis + Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Kentish Town Forum, London 22 January 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Graham Hilling Please follow and like us:
Rivers Of Nihil – Interview with Adam Biggs
Interview with Adam Biggs of Rivers Of Nihil Interview by Kira Levine Hello and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. – Adam Biggs, Bass/vocals Forming only a decade ago, Rivers of Nihil have already released 3 albums. What inspires the lyrics and…
DHG/Dødheimsgard + Bölzer + Blaze Of Perdition + Matterhorn @ Camden Underworld, London
DHG/Dødheimsgard + Bölzer + Blaze Of Perdition + Matterhorn The Underworld – Camden 10th December 2019 Review & Photos By: Beandog It is a bold move when a band can stride on to the stage in an empty venue at showtime, pick up their instruments and tear into a set…
Between The Buried And Me @ Electric Ballroom
Between The Buried And Me @ Electric Ballroom 10th October 2019 Review by Kira Levine Photography by Talie Rose Eigeland Between The Buried And Me are a progressive metal band hailing from Raleigh, NC, USA. This London show had been the last leg of their European tour, boasting two sets…
Volbeat/Baroness/Danko Jones – Glasgow Academy 24th September 2019
Volbeat / Baroness / Danko Jones @ Glasgow Academy 24th September 2019 Review & Photography by Gavin Lowrey Please follow and like us:
Sifting – The Infinite Loop
Reviewed: September, 2019 Released: 2019, Eclipse Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Ambra Chilenwa Playing from Venezuela is progressive metal band Sifting, formed by vocalist and guitarist Eduardo Osuna Gil. Soon to be released on the 27th of September and described as their “best yet” is The Infinite Loop. It was decided…
SiXforNinE – Parallel Universe
Reviewed: August 2019 Released: 2019 – Eclipse Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog Those coming to SiXforNinE via the news that they are fronted by the former sticksman of Greek gothic metal band Septicflesh should adjust their expectations accordingly. For this release, Fotis Benardo has stepped out from behind the drum…
Crestfallen Queen – Queen of Swords
Reviewed: July 2019 Released: 25th May, 2019, Church Within Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: James Swandale German doom metallers Crestfallen Queen return after last year’s demo “No More Let Life Divide What Death Can Join Together” with their debut full length album, “Queen of Swords”. Formed in Stuttgart in 2016, they…
Contrarian – Their Worm Never Dies
Reviewed: July 2019 Released: March 15th, 2019, Willowtip Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: James Swandale Rochester progressive death metallers Contrarian return with their third outing, a concept album about a cursed man and a legendary dragon who could prove to be his saviour or tormentor. Fronted by guitarist Jim Tasikas and…