Númenor, the Serbian melodic Power / Death metal group led by singer Marko Miranovic and now on the threshold of the fourth album DRACONIAN AGE, which will be released in the first quarter of 2021, join the Elevate Records stable The sound of Númenor is quite particular between a classic power metal and a melodic death metal of Scandinavian…
I guess that majority of fans know Irish trio Dread Sovereign as the band that features A. Nemtheanga of Primordial in their ranks (besides vocals, here also playing bass) but I feel that this entity can stand on its two legs aside from lazy Primordial comparison. Truth be told, besides Alan’s vocals there are no…
For 2021 Númenor has prepared their 4th full-length ”Draconian Age”. On the opening track ”Make the Stand” Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian, Demons & Wizards) appeared as a lead vocalist. This is the very first time that Hansi Kürsch has recorded a duet with black metal vocalist. ”Draconian Age” is even a heavier record, with some songs…
TRIBULATION – RELEASE SINGLE & VIDEO TO “HOUR OF THE WOLF” Sweden’s TRIBULATION are today launching the second single “Hour of the Wolf” from their upcoming album “Where the Gloom Becomes Sound”, which will be released via Century Media Records (worldwide excluding North America) on January 29th, 2021. Watch the video directed by Gustav Öhman Spjuth…
After celebrating the anniversary of the 1995 classic “Imaginations From The Other Side”, on December 18th, 2021 German metal stars BLIND GUARDIAN present you a special treat for Xmas as vocalist Hansi Kuersch explains: “In my opinion, Slade created the ultimate Christmas song with ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’, a timeless, jolly tune with the perfect dose of cheesiness and almost untouchable…
Ravening Iron is the second full-length coming from Eternal Champion. EC is definitely among the leading bands nowadays when it comes to US scene. They have one very unique style of playing and performing although it reflects the scene like 40 years ago. With Ravening Iron they are about to establish themselves as one of…
I can recall that 20 years from now, somewhere during a time when Maelstrom Chaos was released I have done one interview with Mork Gryning for my Hornburg fanzine at that time, but yet it was a long time ago. Now, after almost two decades its time to return fire and we have a brand…
Here we have the 8th album by American Metal Blade institution Armored Saint and like the album title suggests, this troop is not satisfied with status the world is currently in but they rather opt to go against all odds. Push through the limit, punch sky, show the middle finger to overall depressive state… hey,…
The world is, as we all know, in state of chaos but international band Them is back without a pause with their 3rd full length entitled Return To Hemmersmoor to conclude their infamous horror trilogy. We all know that this troop is labeled as mere King Diamond copy and it is easy to dismiss them…
We always change the way that we are working on production a little bit. It’s not gigantic steps in comparison with Beyond the Red Mirror or At the Edge of Time, but the way we are approaching an album with regard to song writing and pre production is always different. For this album we decided to after finishing the song writing to…
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