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Albums Reviews

ROB ZOMBIE – The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser

ROB ZOMBIE – The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser

 The master of horror movies and one of the most eccentric live performers Rob Zombie returns after almost 3 years since the last release with “The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser”. Fancy title? Yes it is, something that only a mind like Rob could get from the other side and serve to [...]

May 3, 2016 Daniel Lemminkainen 0

WOLFMOTHER – Victorious

WOLFMOTHER – Victorious

 After making a name on the cult of revivalism around the classic hard rock, Wolfmother started losing edge, and word spread that the band finally met their demise, reserved to reissuing memories like the eponymous 1st album, reissued in a 10th anniversary edition. Andrew Stockdale, however, is not a man to leave his space out of hand. [...]

April 28, 2016 Vasco Baptista Comments Off on WOLFMOTHER – Victorious

SIG:AR:TYR – Northern

SIG:AR:TYR – Northern

 It’s no news that Bathory influenced a lot of extreme bands and it’s no news also that one of the bands that best represents that spirit it’s Sig:ar:tyr. Most unknown even for the pagan metal followers, the Canadian that used to be a one man band returns with “Northern”, 6 years after the last record [...]

April 18, 2016 Daniel Lemminkainen 0

MOTUS TENEBRAE – Deathrising

MOTUS TENEBRAE – Deathrising

 “Deathrising” it’s Motus Tenebrae fifth album but don’t worry if you’ve never heard about them before – it’s not like they’ve made a name for themselves in the general metal community. They’re somewhat popular in the gothic/doom sphere, though, so it’s not a case of total anonymity. Given the old-school vibe of their sound, it’s [...]

April 7, 2016 Rita Limede 0

MOONSORROW – Jumalten Aika

MOONSORROW – Jumalten Aika

 A comeback to the roots it’s a usual step that bands usually take when they face that experimenting has gone too far or they realize that to be in the comfort zone it’s the better way to keep people interested in the music. Moonsorrow decided to take both steps at once in this “Jumalten Aika”, [...]

April 4, 2016 Daniel Lemminkainen 0

AMON AMARTH – Jomsviking

AMON AMARTH – Jomsviking

 The most notorious Viking force of metal continues from where they’ve left of in the last album, and present 11 new songs in this concept album called “Jomsviking”. As said, this is a concept album about the Jomsviking, which were a semi-legendary order of Viking mercenaries or brigands of the 10th century and 11th century. [...]

March 25, 2016 Daniel Lemminkainen 0

HEAVENWOOD – The Tarot Of The Bohemians

HEAVENWOOD – The Tarot Of The Bohemians

 It had been five years since Heavenwood layed down a record, so the expectations regarding their new work “The Tarot Of The Bohemians” were set very high. After listening to the record just once, I can honestly say that the demands were met, and they’re back and better than ever. It’s an addictive piece, and [...]

March 24, 2016 Rita Limede 0

ROTTEN SOUND – Abuse To Suffer

ROTTEN SOUND – Abuse To Suffer

 One of the most acclaimed bands in the genre, Finnish grind masters Rotten Sound are back with “Abuse To Suffer”. The new 28 minutes albumcould be quite short for today’s standards, but it still has that demolishing sound and putrid production, that we will find very interesting in these kinds of releases, and surely will [...]

March 23, 2016 Daniel Lemminkainen 0

EVENLINE – Dear Morpheus

EVENLINE – Dear Morpheus

I guess that there’s some nostalgia to the bands that emerged the late 90’s, and early 00’s, specially in a melodic kind of way. Reminds of Creed and all other Mike Tremonti Ventures. And Disturbed (but softer). Well, Evenline are Creed, but in a modern kind of way, with their own approach. More like in a [...]

March 19, 2016 Vasco Baptista 0

Reckless Love – InVader

Reckless Love – InVader

 Reckless Love are back! After the single “Keep It Up All Night”, that it’s available on single and as UK bonus track of the album, the Finnish band returns with their 4th record “InVader”. Hard rock, 80’s sleaze, and radio hits is what the band used to us in the previous records, and they didn’t [...]

March 14, 2016 Daniel Lemminkainen 0

Pristine – Reboot

Pristine – Reboot

 Retro rock bands nowadays are coming up like cherries a bit from all over the place. Altough there’s bands that have something more within them, something special or unique, and Pristine is one of those bands. The Norwegian group is back with their new album “Reboot”. It’s a great presentation if the listener don’t know [...]

March 12, 2016 Daniel Lemminkainen 0

CULT OF ERINYES – Transcendence (EP)

CULT OF ERINYES – Transcendence (EP)

In a time where ritualistic and liturgical intros are dominant among Black Metal releases it felt somehow refreshing when Belgian CULT OF ERINYES’s latest EP started playing. The furious and epic beginning of the first ”Degrees of Solitude” turns out to be the fastest section of this effort. It’s a coordinated speed since the beginning.   Besides this [...]

March 10, 2016 Lucifer 0

LUTECE – From Glory Towards Void

LUTECE – From Glory Towards Void

 At the 3rd Flight, LUTECE, a promising black metal band, presents us w/ their doomsday nightmare à la tronçonneuse. And, despite the semmingly epic proportions, this is actually a one-man show, coming out from one man’s head. Denosdrakkh, is the satan’s acolyte form the hell breaks, loose. And that has been the devil’s intent since [...]

March 10, 2016 Vasco Baptista 0

Skuggsjá – A Piece For Mind & Mirror

Skuggsjá – A Piece For Mind & Mirror

 When we put together two of the best Nordic musicians together (Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and Enslaved’s Ivar Bjørnson) in a project like Skuggsjá, we can expect the fusion of two distinct worlds and two different ways to make music about Viking roots and Norse traditions. This project is the result of that combination for 2014’s [...]

March 8, 2016 Daniel Lemminkainen 0