I will make one statement right out of the gate: With Primeval Force is the album I was always hoping to hear from Vampire! I have become acquainted with Vampire ever since their demo hailed by Fenriz, soon thereafter debut album and Cimmerian Shade EP followed and while being very cool slabs of metal I…
Endezzma comes from Norway and they have just issued their 2nd full-length The Arcane Abyss. Although that the band has issued only two full-lengths so far they are well-known when it comes to field of black metal. Please, could you present your Endezzma to Metal Sound’s since this is the very first interview that we…
Since I am just collecting material for the book which will be based on fantasy influences in heavy metal genre, one of the obvious moments was to do one investigation in the field of black metal. Fantasy stuff has played quite a role when it comes to black metal style (lyrical and visual) and one…
Just recently British based Bal-Sagoth has issued once again their first 3 CDs. All 3 re-releases have different cover artwork, booklet and diffrent production (in fact, cover for Starfire Burning Upon the Iced-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule is not so diffrent, rather there are some smaller changes made). As a matter of fact Bal-Sagoth are…
It’s been three years since Iced Earth‘s last release, meaning it’s time for a new album in 2017! The band will be releasing Incorruptible on June 16, which will be Iced Earth’s first album with guitarist Jake Dreyer (ex-White Wizzard, Witherfall) and its third with vocalist Stu Block (ex-Into Eternity). Incorruptible is 10 tracks long,…
Italian symphonic power metal kings, Rhapsody Of Fire, have re-recorded their biggest classic songs of the “Rhapsody” years (1997 – 2002) Mixed and mastered by Seeb Levermann (Orden Ogan), Legendary Years will be released on May 26th via AFM Records, available as Digipak CD and Limited Edition 2LP set (coloured vinyl). Tracklisting: “Dawn Of Victory”…
Númenor has just finished a brand album and unveiled the track list for the upcoming 3rd record entitled Chronicles From the Realms Beyond. A brand new record will feature the cover version of Valhalla (Blind Guardian). Moreover, Sandra Plamentas (ex-Therion) has contributed as quest vocalist in two songs (Moria and Beyond the Doors of the…
This was my 5th time at Wacken so it was kind of jubilium or anniversaty. The festival itself went indeed great and awesome altrough you need to put much effort to catch and see lots of bands, or meet with the people from musical industry since Wacken stands as a sort of the greater gathering.…
It was a tricky question… How would Swedish duo Vintersorg continue after 2014’s intriguing album “Naturbål”? Shunning repetition, vocalist and mastermind Andreas „Vintersorg“ Hedlund did the unthinkable and composed a sequel to his groundbreaking 1998 album “Till Fjälls”, which is considered to be one of the most important albums in the genre of black/folk metal!…
Paladine is a newcomer act that comes from Greece. In fact, they have just released their debut record Finding Solace for No Remorse Records, a label that stands as a keeper for classic HM bands. Paladine’s style could be placed somewhere between bands like Blind Guardian, Grave Digger and Gamma Ray. So, there’s a lot…
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