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…
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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…
Brothers of Metal – Prophecy of Ragnarök
Reviewed: December, 2018 Released: 2018, AFM Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Originally released in 2017, Prophecy of Ragnarök is the debut album of the sizeable (3 vocalists, 3 guitarists, drummer + bassist) Swedish group, Brothers of Metal. It is now re-released with AFM Records. Right from the get-go, the…
Ov Shadows – The Darkness Between Stars
Reviewed: April 2018 Released: 2018, www.blackmarketmetal.net/ Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Owen Thompson From the pantheon of Swedish savagery come OV Shadows. Sweden is, of course, a country which boasts a rich history of Black Metal finery. Ov Shadows certainly turned heads with their debut EP “Monologues” and have now graced with their…
The Dark Element – The Dark Element, featuring Jani Liimatainen and Anette Olzon
Reviewed: February, 2018 Released: November 2017, Nuclear Blast Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Brat I have a been a fan of Jani Liimatainen’s writing since his song “My Selene” was released on Sonata Arctica’s album, RECKONING NIGHT. The album starts with the title track and we are not kept waiting with a…