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Staff pick
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Last Chance To Reason - Level 3
Progressocore
More than two years ago I highlighted the second level and now I'm back trying to serve as a pointer for this underrated album. With the disappointing new Cynic effort I find myself constantly returning to here, filling the void. Bye bye breakdowns, it appears the band is trying to distance themselves from the "core" label and present a more mature, intention-driven output. The cheese may be gone, but the fun remains the same. Subdued synths are more poignant when compared to 2, with the end result being a more balanced sound.
Cynic != new Cynic;
If Cynic || Between The Buried And Me || Protest The Hero rings true to you, listen to this album.
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Frontiers Records has revealed all about Timo Tolkki's Avalon. We already knew the guests musicians that will appear on his second album Angels Of The Apocalypse. Now we get to see the cover artwork and much more. Mark your calendars for a release on May 16th in Europe and May 20th in North America. Check out the cover art and tracklist below. (by BloodTears) Read more ›› |
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The waiting period was long after Night Electric Night but its follow-up is coming to you this June. The Swedish outfit Deathstars has finally revealed the details about their long anticipated fourth studio album to be called The Perfect Cult, due out on June 13th via Nuclear Blast Records. You can catch the band live on their Claws Through Europe Tour 2014 which was postponed to September. (by BloodTears) Read more ›› |
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Swedish metallers Avatar have uploaded a new image on their official Facebook page announcing their new album Hail The Apocalypse. The first single and video off the album will drop worldwide on March 17th while you can expect the album on May 12th (Europe), May 13th (USA), May 14th (Scandinavia), May 16th (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). For now, check out the album teaser below. (by DaMaGeR) Read more ›› |
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Saint Vitus just announced a very special run of live rituals to celebrate their thirty-fifth anniversary. The legendary doom metal icons begin the tour on May 8th in Albuquerque and wind its way through fifteen cities, coming to a close on May 25th in Dallas. The band will be performing their 1986 Born Too Late album - the first Saint Vitus outing to feature the imperious voice of Scott "Wino" Weinrich - in its entirety alongside other renowned hymns. (by BloodTears) Read more ›› |
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Australian power metallers Vanishing Point released their album Distant Is The Sun on March 4th via AFM Records. The band has just announced a new single, for the track "Circle Of Fire", featuring Sonata Arctica's star Tony Kakko. The single, that also includes the Journey cover "Separate Ways", will be released digitally on March 14th. (by R Lewis) Read more ›› |
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The last day of the cruise was upon us and after finding those toothpicks to prop my eyes open I ventured outside. Atrocity was supposed to be playing on the Pool Deck Stage, but since they had a gig scheduled in Denver upon my return, I was just going to watch them while having my morning coffee and a smoke. And there I saw it for the first time - the weather. (by D.T. Metal) Read more ›› |
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Day three of the self-proclaimed "World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise" is the day the ship's anchor gets dropped in a pre-determined port somewhere nice and warm. Costa Maya, Mexico, a man-made cruise port about 200 plus miles south of Cancun, was the voted on destination. (by D.T. Metal) Read more ›› |
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Being a Metal Storm Staff member can tend to get you a varying frequency of messages to your inbox from people wanting you to edit the guest reviews they've submitted for the site. They want to know if everything's in order, if there wasn't too much fanboyism in their writing, and so forth. While I'm certainly not annoyed by these messages, I thought it would be a better idea to offer people suggestions on how to develop their own reviewing styles, rather than walking them through the process step by step according to a "right" way of how to do it. (by Apothecary) Read more ›› |
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Random album
Borknagar - Origin (2006)
Every time a band tries its hand at something different from what they are known for, they are bound to either be applauded or booed. When Melodic Black Metal combo Borknagar announced that their new opus would be an all acoustic effort, I was excited from the get-go. Indeed, their music relies a lot on influences other than Black Metal, and this album would have been a great way to express this. That's the context in which "Origin" was brought to my attention, and while this album...
(by Demonic Tutor) Read more ››
Reviewer:
7.6
Users:
7.4 | 119 votes
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Random trivia
Dio
One of the other musical projects of Ronnie James Dio include the collective fundraiser Hear 'n Aid. Hear 'n Aid was a joint effort from the heavy metal scene of the 80s to raise money for famine relief in Africa. Within a year, the project had raised $1 million. The album, exclusively built on artists from the heavy metal scene, was entitled "Stars" and the single was called "We're Stars". Ronnie James Dio had intended for the song and album to be released shortly after its recording, but contractual issues with the different artists' record labels delayed the release until January 1, 1986, somewhat diminishing the impact of its release.
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