Album review: Arcane Existence “Colossus”
Arcane Existence is a symphonic extreme metal band from California now releasing its second album.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 44: Don Airey
Deep Purple’s keyboardist Don Airey has during his long career played with everyone, including Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, Saxon, Jethro Tull, Michael Schenker Group, UFO and many more.
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EP review: Sailing Before The Wind “Immemorial”
The Japanese metalcore band marks its first decade with a new EP.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 43: Pontus Egberg
Swedish musician Pontus Egberg is the bass player for heavy metal bands King Diamond and Wolf.
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Album review: Thyrfing “Vanagandr”
Excellent Swedish Viking metal is served up on Thyrfing’s eighth studio album.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 42: Doug Aldrich
The American guitarist Doug Aldrich made a name for himself with Dio and Whitesnake. He joined The Dead Daisies as lead guitarist in 2016.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 41: Tom Allom
Tom Allom is an English recording engineer and record producer. As an engineer, Tom worked on Black Sabbath’s first three albums. As a producer, he has worked on eleven Judas Priest albums.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 40: Graham Oliver
The English guitarist Graham Oliver co-founded heavy metal band Saxon in Yorkshire, England in 1977.
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Video premiere: Black Swamp Water “Roll Over”
“Roll Over” is the fourth and final single and video from Danish rockers Black Swamp Water’s forthcoming third album. “Awakening”.
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EP review: KajHolst “Collect Me”
Swedish rock trio KajHolst has better songs than most bands. The new EP is flawless and should elevate this band to a much bigger stage.
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Interview: Crypta’s Fernanda Lira “Playing live is my passion”
In 2020, Brazilian thrash metal band Nervosa’s bassist and vocalist Fernanda Lira left the band together with drummer Luana Dametto to focus on their terrific death metal band Crypta.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 39: Marty Friedman
The American guitarist Marty Friedman made a name for himself with the bands Cacophony and Megadeth before he moved to Japan where he has continued his successful solo career.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 38: Naoko Yamano
Naoko Yamano is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the cult Japanese rock band Shonen Knife. She founded the garage rock trio in Osaka in 1981.
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