Reviewed: January 24th 2021 Released: 2020, self-released Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Dennis Dallas, Texas is not only known for it’s oil and cotton industry, there’s also some nice, ass-kicking Metal bands around. Protest did release three Eps in 2020 and all of them sound angry as fuck. As every Metalhead knows…
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Seraph In Travail – A Black Death Incense
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis The world of symphonic death metal is one that I’ve noticed emerging from obscurity into a wider audience over the past few years, particularly with Fleshgod Apocalypse leading the way. Combining decent death metal extremities with the kind of…
Death Angel-The Enigma Years (1987-1990)
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: December 2020, Hear No Evil/ Cherry Red Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP What better way to celebrate the birth of Christ than getting your loved one a Death Angel boxset? I can’t think of any! HNE/Cherry Red continue to bring the goodies as they have just issued…
Mustaine, Dave-Rust In Peace (Book Review)
Reviewed: December, 2020 Published: 2020, Hachette Press Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The 30thanniversary of Megadeth’s most iconic album, RUST IN PEACE is a good a time as any to write a book about it! The good people at Hachette have published just such a thing. The hardcover book is pretty…
Interview with Adamantis
Interview with Adamantis: Evgeny Gromovoy – Drums Javier Estrada – Guitars Jeff Taft – Guitars Jeff Stark – Vocals Cody Pelchat – Bass Interview by Kieron Hayes Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram Hey and thank you for your time. What first inspired the formation of Adamantis? Is there a meaning behind…
Angelic Desolation – Quorum of Unspeakable Curses
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…
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
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…