Clayshaper – Celestian
Have I told you how I adore Melodic Death Metal? I don’t think so. I guess I haven’t enough because every time I hear a band like Clayshaper and their …
Reviews
Shakra – Mad World
Opening tracks are traditionally the most exciting and vibrating of an album, isn’t it right? Well, I supposed it was a rule until I had Shakra “Mad World” in my …
Exhumation – Eleventh Formulae
Chaos! Musical chaos to the eleventh level! That’s what Exhumation “Eleventh Formulae” is. An organized chaos in fact because though opening track “Mors Gloria Est” sounds pretty ravage, musicwise it …
Stallion – Slaves of Time
People say that the first real love you never forget. Well, my first passion in music was the so-called NWOBHM. I do remember with colorful facts all the albums and …
Wishbone Ash – Coat of Arms
Wishbone Ash are one of those extra-famous bands that you’ve been hearing about them for centuries but you have never listened to at least one album. Yeah, though I’ve know …
God Dethroned – Illuminati
I feel it’s pretty common for me, or anyone for that matter, to dive into any given extreme metal album and if the work doesn’t really go out of its …
Verikalpa – Tuoppitanssi
Picture Valhala the way the ancient Norse religion tells it is. A place where warriors feast, drink, dance, and fight. Forever. A place where the warriors that fight the good …
Treurwilg – An End to Rumination
Metal music has the incredible ability to surprise and to amuse with its uncountable qualities and also because of its flaws. I dare to say that Metal’s flaws are sometimes …
Throne of Iron – Adventure One
The year is 1982 somewhere in the British isles. An unknown headbanger silently gets a vinyl from the cover and plays it in his record player. Ah, the sound that …
Solitary Sabred – By Fire Brimstone
From minute one Solitary Sabred impress by the vocalist with an imposed and gigantic voice a la Bruce Dickinson, the master of the masters of imposed and gigantic voices. Another …
Slaughter Messiah – Cursed to the Pyre
The intro to Slaughter Messiah “Cursed to the Pyre” deceives the fan at first. “From the Tomb into the Void” begins as an apotheosis or the welcoming party to hell …
Pyre of Descent – Peaks of Eternal Light
Sometimes bands surprise you not because of a different proposal or intent, but simply due to a simple, but exciting riffing. First, and opening track, track “Fyre” catches the fan …
