Tag: album review
REVIEW: Kataklysm – Unconquered (Musicalypse Archive)
Death metal as a musical subgenre has now existed for almost 40 years and it’s hard to neglect KATAKLYSM when talking about the greats...
REVIEW: Memoira – Carnival of Creation (Musicalypse Archive)
Creativity is the hellish gift of conjuring dreams into reality. It's a battle with demons, but luckily we survive in reasonable condition... most of...
REVIEW: Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine (Musicalypse Archive)
OBSIDIAN KINGDOM is a band hailing from Barcelona, which defines their sound as “hard-to-classify heavy with plenty of contrasts.” These kinds of bands tend...
REVIEW: Amaranthe – Manifest
There is no denying that the metal scene is flexible enough to accommodate all types of music that have a heavier edge to it,...
REVIEW: Varg – Zeichen
VARG is a band that I saw as one of the next most popular bands of the melodic death/black metal scene 10 years ago,...
REVIEW: Napalm Death – Throes of Joy in the Jaws of...
The English grindcore veterans NAPALM DEATH have had a long and fruitful career behind them, creating some of the most sonically punishing and extreme...
REVIEW: Napalm Death: Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism...
British grindcore pioneers, NAPALM DEATH, return with their new album, "Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism," The band haven’t released any material...
(1970) Black Sabbath – Paranoid: Anniversary Special
If the Earth didn't rumble when British heavy metal forefathers BLACK SABBATH released their debut effort, "Black Sabbath," it surely did when their sophomore...
REVIEW: Neal Morse – Sola Gratia
The progressive rock of the 1970s is notorious for its indulgence in fantasy themes – knights in shining armor and such. Some of the...
REVIEW: Brother Firetribe – Feel The Burn
Finnish hard rock heroes BROTHER FIRETRIBE have been releasing highly melodic music since 2006, the year their debut album, “False Metal,” came out. In the...
REVIEW: 10 Years – Violent Allies (Musicalypse Archive)
There's no doubt that this year is a period of sweeping change. While the most cynical of minds might be tempted to think that...
REVIEW: Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix (Musicalypse Archive)
Derek Sherinian is a prolific American keyboard wizard, whose name might not instantly ring a bell, but you're certainly prone to have a vague...
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...