Reviewed: [January 2021] Released [2020 Self-Released] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson You don’t get much farther off the beaten path than Russia’s Arcanum Sanctum. The band hail from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, which is so far into Eastern Russia it is closer to Anchorage, Alaska, than it is to Moscow – by like…
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Aria-Armageddon (Re-recorded and reissued)
Reviewed: December,2020 Released: 2020, M2BA Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Despite the world being more and more inter-connected by technology there are still some regions that have quite insular Metal scenes. Geography, politics, money and most of al language, all play a role in preventing bands from expanding internationally. Nowhere is this…
Aria-Baptism By Fire (Re-recorded and reissued)
Reviewed: December,2020 Released: 2020, M2BA Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Despite the world being more and more inter-connected by technology there are still some regions that have quite insular Metal scenes. Geography, politics, money and most of al language, all play a role in preventing bands from expanding internationally. Nowhere is this…
Interview with Second To Sun
Interview with Second To Sun Vladmir Lehtinen – guitars, music and lyrics Interview by Kira Levine SecondToSun.net | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram Hello! Thanks for your time, hope that you are keeping safe and well. Please state your name and position in the band. My name is Vladimir, and…
Selenseas – Band leader/bass player Vladislav Tyushin
Band leader/bass player Vladislav Tyushin – Selenseas Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band This interview marks the debut on Metal-Rules.com for Russian heavy/power metal act Selenseas. Band leader/bass player Vladislav…
Behind The Shadow Kingdom – Aria Fan Documentary
Behind The Shadow Kingdom – Aria Fan Documentary The Russian Heavy Metal Attack “ARIA” tell us the process and behind the scenes of putting together one of the greatest metal concerts of our time. The documentary Behind the Shadow Kingdom about the monumental live DVD/2 CD release Guest from the…
Second To Sun – Legacy
Reviewed: December 2019 Released: 2019, Self Released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Russia’s Second To Sun are a curious, though astonishingly prolific lot. The band’s militant independence has allowed them the freedom to self-release seven albums over an eight-year stretch – not to mention make instrumental versions of their last…
Aborted Fetus – The Ancient Spirits Of Decay
Reviewed: May, 2018 Released: 2018, Comatose Music Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter One thing that you have to admire the likes of CANNIBAL CORPSE for is their longevity. Decades spent peddling the same tried death metal horror show has seen them elevated to amongst the genre’s most celebrated acts. With…
Maze of Feelings – Maze of Feelings
Reviewed: April 2018 Released: 2018, Bad Mood Man Music Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Andrew Cook Maze Of Feelings are a Polish/Russian collaboration that combine a conglomeration of both the Melodic Death Metal AND Doom genres. Who’d of thunk it. Not me that’s for sure. Not like there isn’t a thousand other…