Tag: review
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: Brother Firetribe – Feel the Burn (Musicalypse Archive)
If you're into Finnish adult-oriented rock, you must certainly know of BROTHER FIRETRIBE, a gem in the AOR scene. Fronted by the charismatic Pekka Heino, their...
REVIEW: Ayreon – Transitus (Musicalypse Archive)
Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive metal opera, AYREON, is back with another album, within a mere year of the release of the DVD of the...
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: Helloween – Straight Out of Hell (remastered) (Musicalypse Archive)
On September 4th, 2020, (that's tomorrow!) Nuclear Blast Records will release the remastered editions of three 10-or-so-year-old HELLOWEEN albums. Having already covered "Unarmed" (2009) and "7 Sinners"...
(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: Helloween – 7 Sinners (remastered) (Musicalypse Archive)
September 2020 marks the re-release of several not-too-old HELLOWEEN albums by Nuclear Blast Records: 2009's "Unarmed" compilation/re-make album, 2010's 7 Sinners, and 2013's "Straight Out of...
REVIEW: Helloween – Unarmed (remastered) (Musicalypse Archive)
Have you ever wished one of your favorite metal bands had been a completely different genre? Well, if you want to know what that...
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...
FEATURED SINGLE: Red Eleven – Handled with Chaos (Musicalypse Archive)
If you've kept your eyes and ears open to the Finnish alternative metal scene, you may already be familiar with RED ELEVEN. Lead by frontman...
FEATURED SINGLE: Noumena – Murtuneet
NOUMENA returned safely from the forest (yes, they are indeed the band pictured on the infamous "Finnish metal bands getting lost in the forest"...
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: Black Sun – EP: Silent Enemy (Musicalypse Archive)
Known mainly in South America for opening for big heavy metal legends, Ecuadorian BLACK SUN have returned to the metal scene with a new...
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...
26.8.2020 True Cult Club @ On The Rocks, Helsinki
Can you imagine what it was like? Going to concerts every week, enjoying the company of your friends, all during loud, pumping bass lines...
FEATURED SINGLE: True Cult Club – Touch Me
Have you ever wondered what BENNY BENASSI's "Satisfaction" would sound like if someone would make a dark and up-to-date version of it, while mixing...