Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2020, Century Media Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine With Darkthrone’s Fenriz being one of the fans who helped their eponymous demo sell out in a matter of days back in 2012, Vampire have been an underground favourite in the Swedish metal scene ever since. This…
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Vampire – Interview with Black String (guitars, songwriting)
Interview with Black String – guitarist and songwriter Interview by Kira Levine Vampire links: Facebook Bandcamp Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. – Black String, guitarist Vampire formed almost a decade ago. How did you guys all meet? –…
Mad Hatter – Pieces of Reality
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2020, Art Gates Records Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Swedish power metal act Mad Hatter released their sophomore album ‘Pieces of Reality’ through Art Gate Records on May 22, 2020. Their sound is influenced by classic heavy metal acts, which has won over fans and led the band to…
Voodus – Open the Otherness
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2020, Shadow Records / Regain Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Swedish black metal outfit VOODUS return with a brand new mini-album entitled “Open the Otherness.” Consisting of two songs clocking in at 25 minutes in length, the four-piece have honed their craft and put out an…
Horisont – Sudden Death
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Century Media Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Horisont’s last album, About Time, was an absolute belter, and ended up among the best albums of 2017 with its genuine and effective retro rock feel. So understandably, expectations are high for 2020’s follow-up, Sudden Death. It…
Mustasch – Killing it for Life
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Tritonus Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes The more album reviews I write, the more I see just how big Sweden’s hard rock movement is these days. It seems like every hard rock album that makes it to me is another Swedish band. This movement…
Dynazty – The Dark Delight
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 3rd April 2020, AFM Records Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Andrew Shirley First impressions often last and Dynazty definitely leaves a lasting impression that the band are every bit a European power metal band. Crystal clear enunciated vocals, bright guitar tones and thumping drum rolls you’d hear from…
Sabaton + Apocalyptica + Amaranthe @ SSE Wembley Arena, London
Sabaton + Apocalyptica + Amaranthe @ SSE Wembley Arena, London 8th February 2020 Review by Jack Merry Photography by Graham Hilling Please follow and like us:
Märvel – Märvelous
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 24-01-2020, The Sign Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Ernie B Märvel, a three piece from Sweden, have taken it upon themselves to re-record their first E.P., due to suspicious circumstances concerning the master tapes of the original. Taking it for what it is, re-recordings of tracks from…
Berserker World Tour 2019: Amon Amarth + Arch Enemy + Hypocrisy @ O2 Academy Brixton, London
Amon Amarth + Arch Enemy + Hypocrisy @ O2 Academy Brixton 30th of November 2019 Review by Thomas James Henry Saunders Edited by Johnny Wolf Photography by David McKnight Please follow and like us:
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…
Blodskam – Là-Bas
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2019, Suicide Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog Brothers Aghora and Dödfödd consider themselves to be bonded by more than just blood. Sharing a mutual interest in the dark workings of the human mind, they have described Là-Bas as “a desperate cry from the subconscious.” It is…
Bleckhorn – Dragonfire
Reviewed: March, 2019 Released: 2019, GMR Music Group Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: James Swandale People claim that you shouldn’t judge things by their covers, but that’s basically the entire purpose of a cover. So, judging by the cover of Bleckhorn’s first EP, Dragonfire, I was in for some Viking power/heavy metal.…
Roulette – Now!
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2019, Black Lodge Records Rating: 0/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes If anyone reading this has seen the Irish/British sitcom Father Ted, think to the episode “Night of the Nearly Dead”, and the character Eoin McLove. A sickeningly sweet man-child who performs to an audience of elderly…
Third Storm – The Grand Manifestation
Reviewed: November 2018 Released: 2018 – Dark Descent Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog The Grand Manifestation is the Swedish band Third Storm‘s first full length album. Preceded in 2015 by an E.P. called Taritiya Me (also released on Dark Descent records), I am surprised to learn that the origins of the…