EP review: Night Crowned “Humanity Will Echo Out”
Excellent dark, melodic and brutal music on debut EP by Sweden’s Night Crowned.
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Record Reviews
Album review: Raven “Screaming Murder Death From Above: Live in Aalborg”
Cult hard rock band Raven returns with a fabulously raw live album ahead of its upcoming Japan gigs.
Read MoreAlbum review: Magnum “Live At The Symphony Hall”
British prog-rock glory on stage in Birmingham on an exquisite new live album by Magnum.
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Album review: Soilwork “Verkligheten”
Soilwork’s sound keeps evolving while still being built around a combination of melodic rock and rather brutal metal. The new album “Verkligheten” is another masterpiece.
Read MoreSingle review: Angeline “Higher Than Love”
Swedish melodic rockers Angeline are back with a new single with a splendid B-side track.
Read MoreAlbum review: Burning Witches “Hexenhammer”
Burning Witches – Swiss band playing old-school heavy metal on new album.
Read MoreEP review: Jinjer “Micro”
Ukraine’s edgy modern metal band Jinjer is back with a splendid in-your-face EP.
Read MoreAlbum review: Season of Ghosts “A Leap of Faith”
Former Blood Stain Child singer Sophia Aslanides is back with a new Season of Ghosts album combining metal riffs with catchy pop hooks in a musical style they call cinematic electro-metal.
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Single review: Electric Feel Good “Moneymaker”
Sweden’s Electric Feel Good is back with a new smashing blues-rock single. Where will this end?
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Album review: Thomas Silver “The Gospel According to Thomas”
Former Hardcore Superstar guitarist Thomas Silver is back with a fabulous solo album showing him in a somewhat different light.
Read MoreEP review: Sodom “Partisan”
German thrash metal band Sodom is back with a new line-up and a brutal new EP.
Read MoreAlbum review: The Smashing Pumpkins “Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1/LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.”
The Smashing Pumpkins are back with a great new album filled with college rock and alternative pop as well as a near-complete reunion of the original 1988 line-up.
Read MoreEP review: Open Surgery “After Birth Abortion”
Swedish death metal band Open Surgery is back with an EP that smells like a damp Florida basement in 1989. And that’s a good thing.
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