Album review: H.E.A.T “H.E.A.T II”
Sweden’s H.E.A.T returns with a fabulous new album filled with melodic hard rock of the best kind. This is the band’s best album to date.
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Reviews
Gig review: Nervosa kills the silence in Roppongi
A fantastic Roppongi evening in the name of thrash metal with high-energy Brazilian trio Nervosa.
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Gig review: Philip Anselmo revisits his Pantera past during Japan tour
Commander Phil Anselmo lays waste to Tokyo with a fierce revisit of his Pantera back catalogue and the best of his work with The Illegals.
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Album review: Anvil “Legal at Last”
Canadian heavy metal trio Anvil returns with a fab new album filled with straightforward metal.
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EP review: The Rekkening “Payback’s a Bitch”
Canadian raw punksters The Rekkening from Montreal are back with a new EP filled with in-your-face, no-punches-pulled kind of punk rock with attitude.
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Album review: Serious Black “Suite 226”
Multinational melodic hard rock band Serious Black is back with a fantastic new album.
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Single review: Camp Marshy “Baby (Are You Ready for Some Fun?)”
Camp Marshy is the latest addition to a long line of catchy punk-rock bands from Sweden.
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EP review: Rock Island Orchestra “Revolution”
Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea – of New England and Alcatrazz fame – have released a fab EP by their new project Rock Island Orchestra.
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Album review: Battering Ram releases debut album filled with Swedish hard rock
Battering Ram brings back memories of Swedish hard rock of the early and mid-1980s without sounding retro on its debut album.
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Gig review: Symphonic Metallization – Majestica vs. Ayasa
Combining Swedish symphonic power metal band Majestica with Japan’s crossover violinist Ayasa results in a great evening of modern melodic metal in Tokyo.
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Single review: Stagman “Kejsarens nya kläder”
At age 56, former glam metal man Stagman, aka Zinny Zan, continues his fascinating singer-songwriter journey with his best song yet. The new single “Kejsarens nya kläder” has serious hit potential.
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Album review: Victorius “Space Ninjas from Hell”
German power metal band Victorius plays fast and melodic power metal on its new Japan-themed album. It’s good fun.
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Gig review: Opeth | Two hours of prog-rock perfection in Tokyo
Swedish progressive hard-rock band Opeth always do things on its own terms. In Tokyo, Opeth gives us an evening of prog rock, metal and a few songs in Swedish. It’s quirky and beyond great. Sheer brilliance!
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