Reviews

Oh, the eighties, it was a time were Melodic Rock, Hard Rock and AOR (Adult Oriented Rock), were at the top, well, and so were those infamous Glam Metal bands, that everyone has listened and loved once,…

Hmm could this be Grindcore? Let's look at the facts, the info sheet says that this is a Ep, but it contains 14 songs; it contains 14 songs, but only lasts 13 minutes; no song reaches the 2 minute…

Believe it or not, Vomitory has 15 years of existence, and I think is one of those bands that have earned a fairly amount of popularity, but not as much so they can be considered legends. The band formed…

"Memorized Dreams" come from Norway. This is one other new power metal band? Yeah you know like me that there is a ton of them actually... But you'll see with that review that Memorized…

Some time ago I reviewed Guardians Of Time debut album, and I was surprised to hear such a good Power Metal band from Norway, country usually associated to the Black Metal scene. Here we are a couple of…

I was talking recently with a friend about the most influential bands in each Metal sub-genre, the names that came up were Metallica in Trash Metal, Mayhem in Black Metal, Helloween in Power Metal, Death…

Blaze it back! After almost two years in Hell, he finally returns with an album to us, dedicated fans. He has for two years fighting against the alcohol and are now finally free. And what could be better…

Following a debut of questionable quality, The Haunted is back with a new line-up and album. And a fine return this is. This reminded me of whom the Björler brothers are, which the self-titled somehow…

Four piece from Sweden recorded this one-song Demo called Reliance, and it could be better described as a mixture of Katatonia, Opeth and older Anathema, do you like the brew? Well, the result is more…

Surely this is an album that I shouldn't be reviewing In a Metal webzine, because practically this is not Metal at all! But it comes from a Metal label, and surely they know better than me why they…

After 5 years of stillness, German Progressive Metal band, Dreamscape returns with their new album, properly entitled "End Of Silence". Dreamscape is a band with history, founded in 1986 and…

Right now I'm holding in my hands the brand new soon-to-be-released album of the Estonian black/death metal band Bestia. Its name "Hallutsinatsioon" (Hallucination) is written on the cover…

Seriously, what is it in the climate, the food or the landscape that makes people from northern territories so unhappy? Is it the snow, the dark forests, the reindeers [I don't know if thre are some…

I don't know why bands get together, I mean is there's really a point? Make money? Be famous? Be respected? I don't know what's the situation here, but I hope that Ingurgitation Oblivion…

I wasn't sure from where Madwork hailed from, because I received this Demo quite a long time ago, and I left it in my pile of forgotten promos, so, sorry to the band for the long wait, anyway, finally…

Before me is the new album of a band that needs no introduction, ladies and gentlemen, Cannibal Corpse. Is the nine round for this Americans, and with this album they prove that they're more active…

Italy's Highlord is on their way to release a successor to the quite successful "Breath of Eternity" that was released back in 2002. Personally I haven't listen to "Breath of Eternity"…

One of the best things to work on a Heavy Metal webzine, is the chance to discover bands that no one is aware of, the thought that maybe some big manager on a big record label reads your review and decides…

More unmatched brutality from the Spanish label, Xtreem Music, this relatively new label, directed by Dave Rotten from Avulsed and born from the ashes of Repulse Records, is releasing more and more talented…

The United States Of America is trying to revive their long lost throne of Heavy Metal capital, in the eighties the States were the cradle of many, many successful bands, bands that reinvented the genre,…

Sorrowfield is a relatively new band from Germany, this is their second Demo, and the first one with their new singer, Marco Bianchi, who does a great work by the way. Basically, Sorrowfield plays Gothic…

The sound of this album has a typical Evergrey stamp on it, but it's definitely more advanced musically - this album takes Evergrey to a new level. The one track that really stands out is the quiet…

You might wonder why I review something so old and infamous, so I'll tell you. I came over this Self-Financed debut work of Autumn Nostrum on a smaller Swedish mail-order company, and after just one…

Darkness falls. The Antichrist comes to rule the world and brings a thousand years of terror and suffering. That is the painting that quickly takes shape in your mind while listening to the new demo from…

Second Demo I review of Rain Novelty, this Greeks play a interesting mix of Gothic and Doom Metal, their last demo was a good one, but sadly, a short one too, this time, things are shorter now, 2 songs…

This has to be one of Italy's most well kept secrets, Kardia and this, their 2002 self-released debut album is a little jewel that needs to be shown to the readers. Kardia is a relatively new band,…

New from Australia! The Day Everything Became Nothing! God, that's a long name, as a matter of fact when I received this Cd I thought the band name was "Le Mort" and the album title was…

Xzoriath is a band with an unusual name, that's for sure, I have no clue of what the word stands for, the band was formed in Linköping, Sweden in 1999, and this is their third demo so far. 5…

Withering is a young band hailing from Finland, they started as a group of friends playing some covers of well know bands like Amorphis, Paradise Lost and Sentenced back in 1999, then, 2 years after the…

I have this Ep from a young band from Italy, the name of the band? Eternal Gate, seems that this "Eternal" thing in the band names is becoming more and more common lately these days, I hope that…

I got this in the mail, the latest album of the Germans Seraph, to be honest I've never heard their music before, I was expecting an Old School Trash Metal release, when I played thins on my record…

Sometimes, when a band makes a damn good album, they screw up and release something that tries to follow the foot steps of their former top seller. This is the case. This album tries really hard to make…

Probably one of the most popular albums from the Gorogoroth release list, from old listener to new listener, this album set a damn good example of what a band that plays raw black metal is capable of.

With this album, the line up is swelling with new faces and the same faces from the last one, there are almost twice as many members in transition from the time between the gap of this album and Under…

Seeing bands like VII Gates are one of the reasons why I love being part of the Heavy Metal press community, I mean, last year I reviewed their excellent Demo, and now they are here again, with a record…

Released in 2003, "Indomable" (untamable) is the fifth album from one of Spain's most famous metal band, Tierra Santa. Its cover is a drawing representing a long-haired warrior dying on…

I love reviewing demos and self-released CD's, is a hard job because most of the time you get promos from bands that? uh? suck, but you also have the pleasure to discover new and original bands that…

To follow up a success so big that Blaze had with their debut album, "Silicon Messiah" isn't easy, we know that. But still we have so extremely high expectations when a new album is on its…

Hated and scoffed at by most people when he was in Iron Maiden, and now congratulate as singer in his new band, that's not very fair if you ask me. First of all, I did like what he did in Maiden.

Brazil loves Bruceeeh, there is no other way to explain why the concerts of Mr. Dickinson the by fans proclaimed best vocalist of Iron Maiden is celebrated so much on his solo touring in the south american…

1970 was an intense and highly satisfying year for Black Sabbath. February of that year saw the release of their eponymous titled first album and, by the end of that year, they issued their second album,…

It surely was surprising when the news came out that Nightwish were releasing a new DVD - with the "old" one having been released just two years before. For the fans it was not conceivable that…

Necromancia is a trio from Brazil, they're playing what it seems to be "Sepultura Death/Trash Metal school", and no wonder, this album was produced by Andreas Kisser from Sepultura, he even…

Continuing with my daily dose of South American Metal reviews, I present before all of you, Heaven Falls, a nice little band hailing from Brazil, a country with a very big Metal scene, in case you didn't…

Calmsite is a Death Metal band from southern Finland, this is their fifth release so far, and until now the band haven't seen a full-length release, their discography is composed of Demos and Mcd,…

You might have heard of Jerry Gaskill, or maybe not. But anyhow, he is the drummer of the famous band King's X, but as many drummers he have been falling into the shadows and isn't as famous…

We have an ambitious project from my neighbor country, Chile. This country, as many might know, has a strong Metal scene, it has become so big that it can be compared to the one existing in Brazil. I remember…

Devil-May-Care was formed around 1999, and debuted in 2001 at Michurinsk Metalfest in Russia, in 2002 they recorded this, their debut album, and they waited until December 2003 to release it under underground…

Very young band from Finland, seems that a lot of new and young bands are emerging from the land of the thousand lakes lately, that's fine with me, 'cause usually Finns are pretty talented when…

What an ugly ugly ugly cover art, my 7 years old nephew could do a better work! As a matter of fact, I'm very disappointed with the whole layout of the Cd, very poor, in this times, the law of the…

Zubrowska from France, and yes you're right the band members named their brainchild after the famous vodka, but without the S. Now you know you're dealing with a funny band, filled with funny…

In the year 2000 local musicians Zwedda and Hrafn got together with Morgan and B. War from Marduk, and started playing Misfits and Samhain covers, later they began writing their own songs, but with the…

Frostburn, what a cool band name, evokes images of cold landscapes and frozen summers, those images only could came from one place, Finland of course. This band from Finland is doing what seems to be the…

Norther, Finnish Extreme Metal, what can we say about this band? Well, let's go back a little shall we? In their beginnings Norther, along with Kalmah was labeled as a Children Of Bodom clone, nevertheless…

The second album from US born musicians from both Acid Bath and Soilent Green, which are two extreme bands out of Louisiana. Funeral?. Was released in 2003, under their local label of Rotten Records, which…

The first release from the Black Metal band out of Louisiana, USA. This was released in 2000 and I think it really wasn't given the attention it deserves. With members from both the late Acid Bath…

The word "complicated" just got a totally new meaning for me, because never have I listen and tried (!) to review something so complicated like this. You now might think, "Ohh what a loser,…

This is the first album with the legendary Pest on vocals, which he does a wonderful job of doing so. The line up as changed once more, bass duties are now to Ares for one song and the rest to Infernus,…

The Obscure Satanic Northerner's are back with yet another great album by standards of the normal governing party of Black Metal fans. Not only did they improve, they brought their no holds bar, in…

Virtual XI was an album made under the Blaze Bayley banner (along with X Factor). I might just as well stop here with this review-but no, I will not. The common notion about Blaze is that he has no talent…

(As my user name indicates, I am a dedicated Ozzy Osbourne fan. But I promise that this will not cloud my review of this record.) The Ozzman returns! 6 whole, long years after the release of his last…

This is Anthrax's best album and easily one of the best thrash metal albums ever recorded. It's way up there along with Master Of Puppets and Reign In Blood. For this reviewer, this is actually…

DragonForce is one of little crowd Power Metal bands that are really accepted around our Metal society, and that's a great achievement since they have only released one album. And that they was the…

44 minutes of a bunch of killerspeed classic american thrash metal awaits the listener with Anhtrax second album 'Spreading The Disease'. When I say killer I mean killer, most of the songs are…

With the original line up underway, this is the debut release from Gorgoroth, one of the highest respected and foremost one of the most intense Black Metal outfits to come out of Norway. This album however…

I don't think there is a Metal fan out there that's never heard of Joacim Cans, singer in the Swedish Power Metal band HammerFall, it would be a sensation is someone hasn't heard of him. So…

With only 2 members in it's line up, Tyranny deliver us their debut Mcd, a painfully slow and pounding Funeral Doom Metal attack, the result? Boring as a funeral. With only 2 songs and clocking approximately…

I don't know why people don't put a little effort in the things they do, if I were a member of a German band called Bellgrave, and I'm releasing a promo for the press and labels see and…

Under the file "Metal Eccentricities" Finntroll figures as a top contender, these Finns have managed the way to create playful yet aggressive music, using as a base a Finnish polka rhythm called…

Power Metal from Belgium? hmm that isn't anything we hear every day, so just the origin is tempting here. Not only the origin, but I guess you get my point. And Power Metal is a very common style…