Dark Forest is quite a nice surprise. The band comes from UK and their sound could best as NWOBHM but with elegant folk elements so to say. Also, one could say that they are continue the story once started with Skyclad since the visual appearance also remains a lot of Skyclad. They have just released…
Steel Aggressor hails from USA and the band performs classic USA power metal, scaling from Blind Guardian, Iced Earth to Grave Digger. But as a matter o fact, they also have their own style and vibe to offer. They are just about to release their upcoming 3rd issue for Stormspell Records so I have done…
“When Crows Tick on Windows” is taken from the album ‘This Is No Fairytale’, which was recorded by Patrick Damiani and CARACH ANGREN during June 2014. The album was mixed by Peter Tägtgren and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren and released on the 23rd of February 2015. The album is still available in various formats from the Season of Mist shop.…
The Unknown is the sixth and the lastest full length from The Vision Bleak. Definitely different form the other records that the band has released so far. The Vision Bleak is not Empyrium, but, yet the band has some good moments to offer. I still consider Carpathia as their strongest stronghold. Could we start the…
This year everything has started with Rock Hard Festival. It was May, when I have for the first time, during this year, arrived in Germany. As a matter of fact this was my first time ever in Galsenkirchen a place where Rock Hard Festival is happening. I have never been before at RH fest, but,…
Beyond the Veil is 4th full-length is the discography of UK-based Dark Forest. I was not so familiar with their music, but finally I have a chance to check them more closely. I have to admit that their cover got me in their music since it remains a lot on Skyclad’s covers in a way.…
Mastermind Morten Veland has just one thing in mind for SIRENIA in 2016: Pure and utter melancholy. Almost two years after the release of The Seventh Life Path this Norwegian is ready to unleash his latest dark vision of gothic and symphonic metal that shuns the light: Dim Days of Dolor is the title of…
37 years into the career and no sign of getting tired for American power metal legends Vicious Rumors as their 12th studio album entitled Concussion Protocol shows with an iron fist! This album tells a tale about the end of the world and for such topic the band has prepared slightly more aggressive album, which…
Some things in life will never change, and it is the same when you translate it into the metal world. While some old bands decide to branch out into some territories unknown (and often stain their legacy in that process), some troops just stubbornly stick to their guns and deliver the goods time and time…
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