Interview with Gunnar Erxleben of Ancient Curse Interview by Beandog Facebook | Ancient Curse website Many fans of German progressive power metal will remember Ancient Curse from the two albums they put out towards the end of the nineties. The Landing and Thirsty Fields both set the template for the band’s…
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Ancient Curse – The New Prophecy
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Pure Steel Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rossy Maguire ANCIENT CURSE is neither an ordinary power metal formation nor a prog metal band. Founded in 1985, they are also not a typical band of the eighties because their storm and stress phase emerged in the mid-1990s…
Stargazery – Constellation
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Pure Steel Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Constellation is the third album from Finnish metallers Stargazery. And it’s a damn good time. The Finns bring us a form of melodic heavy metal sitting comfortably within the power metal spectrum. To some, that might conjure…
Intense – Songs Of A Broken Future
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Pure Steel Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Rossy Maguire Intense hail from the UK and released their first EP back in 1997, and it has been nine years since their last release but at long last, the new album is ready to be unleashed on the…
Fretless – Damnation
Reviewed: September 2019 Released: 2019, Pure Steel Records Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes There’s absolutely nothing wrong with basing your sound around something that came before. If you have a set of favourite bands, a favourite genre, and really would love nothing more than to recreate that same kind of…
St. Elmo’s Fire – Evil Never Sleeps
Reviewed: January 2018 Released: 2017, Pure Steel Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: John Haseltine Northern Califonia’s St. Elmo’s Fire are back! It has been 25 years since their last release, but I’m sure the wait was well worth it. There is quite the back story on St. Elmo’s Fire. It is a…
NIGHTMARE WORLD INTERVIEW
NIGHTMARE WORLD INTERVIEW Interview by Jo Blackened Band Members Sam Shuttlewood: Guitar Pete Morten: Vocals Joe Cleary: Guitar Billy Jeffs: Drums Nick Clarke: Keys David Moorcroft: Bass www.facebook.com/nightmareworld/timeline www.puresteel-shop.com/NIGHTMARE-WORLD-In-The-Fullness-Of-Time_1