Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020, Self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Denver, Colorado death/grind/thrash metal quartet Angelic Desolation bring their latest EP in the shape of Quorum of Unspeakable Curses, due for release September 25th. It follows their 2018 debut album Rumpus Time Is Over. The band states: “Angelic Desolation…
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Hyems – Anatomie des Scheiterns
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Black Sunset/MDD Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis “Anotamie des Schieterns” is the third full-length studio album by Germany’s black metal force, Hyems, who hail from the North Rhine area. Whilst I am not a fluent German speaker, I do know the album deals with…
GATHERED IN THEIR MASSES-A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of American Super Groups
GATHERED IN THEIR MASSES A Very Brief And Incomplete History Of American Super Groups (Version 1.7) by JP PREFACE As we hit the 50th anniversary of Heavy Metal this year (2020), as Managing Editor of Metal-Rules.com, one of my goals is to try to add more editorial content and technical…
Nile + Hate Eternal + Vitriol + Omophagia @ The Dome
Nile + Hate Eternal + Vitriol + Omophagia @ The Dome 26 September 2019 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Manu Volpina Please follow and like us:
Carach Angren + Wolfheart + Thy Antichrist + Nevalra @ The Underworld, Camden
Carach Angren + Wolfheart + Thy Antichrist + Nevalra @ The Underworld, Camden 1st July 2019 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos & Videos by Jo Blackened The bright summer sun might have been blazing down over London this evening (1st July) but the darkest parts of all life were at…
Seasons Of The Wolf – Last Act Of Defiance
Band: Seasons Of The Wolf Title: Last Act Of Defiance Label: Iron Shield Year: 2018 Reviewed: 2019 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The words ‘cult’ and ‘underground’; get used quite a bit in Metal reviews and I would argue that the vast a majority of Metal is ‘underground’ or non-mainstream,…
Seasons Of The Wolf – Anthology
Band: Seasons Of The Wolf Title: Anthology Label: Iron Shield/Witches Brew Year: 2014 Reviewed: 2019 Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: JP Seasons Of The Wolf are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of their debut demo, way back in 1989! The band was kind enough to send me some material…
Lacrimas Profundere – Bleeding the Stars
Reviewed: July 2019 Released: 2019, Napalm Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis It is a double-edged sword when a band say they have, ‘evolved’. Either they have changed direction from their early work for the best, or they have found a new route which makes you wonder, ‘what the hell…
Ewigkeit – Disclose
Reviewed: May 2019 Released: 2019, DTM Productions Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Metal is such an open bastion of ideas and obsessions; it is of no surprise there are bands out there for the Space Age lovers and UFO watchers among us. Britain’s Ewigkeit is one of them and has…
Hot Suede – Hot Suede
Reviewed: May 2019 Released: 2019, self-released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Hot Suede’s self-titled new album is here to provide you with all the classic hard rocking goodness you could want. Hot Suede play classic-styled hard rock, and they play it well. A simple assessment, but also a simple approach…
Wardehns – Now Cometh the Foul
Reviewed: April 2019 Released: 2019, self-released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes The cover of Wardehns’ new album depicts a pair of trolls/giants (with art based on Games Workshop’s Giant model, nice!) charging out from their foetid lair. Combine with the album’s title, “Now Cometh the Foul”, and you have an…
Overkill – The Wings of War
Reviewed: April, 2019 Released: 2019, Nuclear Blast Rating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Bloody hell, it’s Overkill album time yet again and here is album nineteen, ‘The Wings of War’. Having just seen Overkill on their most recent tour, I was leaving the writing of this until the last minute so…
Gaahl’s Wyrd + Tribulation + Uada + Idle Hands @ O2 Academy, Islington, London
Gaahl’s Wyrd + Tribulation + Uada + Idle Hands @ O2 Academy, Islington 25th January 2019 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Claudia Black A celebration of all things black, death and Gothic metal came to London this evening, with the O2 Academy in Islington playing host to Gaahl celebrating…
Jon Schaffer’s Purgatory – Purgatory
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2018, Century Media Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes So, a quick intro for those who might require it: Purgatory was what Iced Earth was called before it was Iced Earth, in effect a prototype of the band (similar to Burn the Priest for Lamb of…
Toby Knapp – Blizzard Archer
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, Moribund Rockers Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes No good reviewer wants to judge things by their cover. But such things do make an impression, and both the cover and other promo images with this one immediately filled me with a mild dread. It has all…