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REVIEW: Kataklysm – Unconquered

A band that never seems to disappoint their fans, in terms of releasing their blend of death metal music, are the Canadian juggernauts of...

REVIEW: Ayreon – Transitus

Arjen Anthony Lucassen has been very busy in the last couple of years: the "Ayreon Universe" shows and a festival appearance, the anniversary shows...

REVIEW: Altamullan Road – Altamullan Road

Do you know the feeling you're listening to music and it manages to take you someplace else when you close your eyes? To fields...

REVIEW: Finntroll – Vredesvavd (Musicalypse Archive)

It's been 7 years since legendary Finnish pagan metal band FINNTROLL released their latest studio album, "Blodsvept" (2013), but at long last, fans are...

REVIEW: Varg – Zeichen (Musicalypse Archive)

Red and black decorates their faces, purposefully imitating a blood splatter, as the wolves of Bavaria reappear 4 years after releasing their last album,...

REVIEW: En Minor – When the Cold Truth has Worn...

Phil Anselmo does not need any introduction, as his status is well known to pretty much anyone who’s into metal music. His reputation as...

REVIEW: Black Sun – EP: Silent Enemy

Ecuador is not exactly the first country that comes to mind when one thinks about rock or metal, yet this is the country from...

(1990) Judas Priest – Painkiller: Anniversary special

In September 1990, legendary heavy metal singer Rob Halford took "going out with a bang" seriously by releasing "Painkiller" with JUDAS PRIEST. The album...

REVIEW: Altamullan Road – Altamullan Road (Musicalypse Archive)

ALTAMULLAN ROAD is a bit of an intriguing name for a band, don't you think? First of all, it's half in Finnish, half in...

REVIEW: Finntroll – Vredesvävd

I say Finland, you say FINNTROLL, a metal act that is perhaps one of the most iconic folk metal bands the land of a...

REVIEW: Night – High Tides – Distant Skies

Have you been enjoying the summer so far? If, like me, the COVID-19 boycot of summer festivals has cast a few shadows over these...

REVIEW: The Devil’s Trade – The Call of the Iron Peak

I hadn't yet heard of THE DEVIL'S TRADE before I received their promo material. I don't know what it was that drew me to...

REVIEW: Oceans of Slumber: Oceans of Slumber (Musicalypse Archive)

Inspiration comes from all sorts of sources and sometimes, things need to be broken and allowed to resolve to a natural conclusion. OCEANS OF SLUMBER tries...

REVIEW: Cult of Lilith – Mara

Sounding like the illegitimate bastard of Italy’s FLASHGOD APOCALYPSE and America’s THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, Icelandic death metal band CULT OF LILITH will surely...

REVIEW: Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Alone Together

To say that social media has turned into an effective instrument for creating a false impression of connection is not a notion to be...

REVIEW: Kairon; IRSE! – Polysomn

One version of the Surrealist Manifesto reads something like this: "Surrealism is pure psychic automatism, by which one proposes to express, either verbally, in...

REVIEW: Blues Pills – Holy Moly!

At a casual glance, it almost seems as if the Swedes were a jovial bunch of natural-born Gladstone Ganders when it comes to ice-hockey...

REVIEW: Pyramid Theorem – Beyond the Exosphere

The musical journey of Canadian progmetal act PYRAMID THEOREM started around 2007, in a basement full of RUSH memorabilia. Connected by the passion for...

REVIEW: Unleash the Archers – Abyss

Oh, Canada! Not only known for its unspoiled nature, friendly inhabitants, and local polar bear gangs, but also for some of metal’s finest, such...

REVIEW: Pain of Salvation – Panther (Musicalypse Archive)

The world seems to be smitten with a new strain of madness with each passing month. While some of us would rather eagerly settle...