Album Reviews
Sijjeel – Salvation Within Insanity (Review)
There are myriads of ways to approach death metal. It can be fun and dumb or borderline progressive....
GGGOLDDD: This Shame Should Not Be Mine (2022)
With clever song writing, great musicianship and a mood-driven sound, GGGOLDDD address the issue of rape in a brutally honest way, generating a memorably dark and uneasy ambiance.
For The Sake Of Acoustic Revenge – Sonata Arctica’s Acoustic Adventures
Sonata Arctica's "Acoustic Adventures Volume One" is an amazing album and even more an essential landmark in roaring turmoil! It is an reinvention of their classics and a statement against the fast-track life cylce in the metal biz.
Waltari – 3rd Decade – Anniversary Edition
Give Waltari's, “3rd Decade” Anniversary Edition" a spin. Dive into pure diversity, more than cross-over and meet the army of their featuring colleagues such as Jyrki 69 (The 69 Eyes), Jonne Järvelä (Korpiklaani), Lordi or April Art and many more.
Celestial – BRHG Release “Your Highness”
A quiet, somewhat meditative intro unleashes the full force of a tornado: “Your Highness” by Bloodred Hourglass, to be released October 22nd! Expect the unexpected and BRHG will still surprise you – for the better if not the best! It is full of breaks and unexpected elements, still adding to a harmonic sound that you wish would simply never end.
Fantastic: Solacide’s New Album “Fall From Eternity”
Solacide's fantastic new album “Fall From Eternity” is inspirational, deep, and diverse. The band from Lahti takes us on a journey fighting our demons or battle with Vikings alike.
Lord Of The Lost – Judas
German multi genre rockers Lord Of The Lost released their seventh studio album "Judas" on the second of July after an often misunderstood biblical personality. Later we will find out why and give justice.
The album contains 2 CDs with 12 songs each. Both have different themes, Damnation and Salvation. Let’s find out what stands behind it.
Celestial Guitar Work – Obligatory Human Destruction (review)
Obligatory Human Destruction is a modern Death Metal album in terms of combining groovy bass lines with sort of mechanic, metronomic drumming, somewhat static harsh vocals and layer over layer of amazing guitars!
VAN CANTO – To The Power Of Eight
May the fourth is gone, June the fourth has come, and with it the force of Van Canto’s new release “To The Power of Eight”. Besides the review, we met Stefan Schmidt for a relaxed interview!