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Firewind – Few Against Many
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No Comments
No point in beating about the bush here. ‘Days of Defiance’ was a pretty damn fine album, but with ‘Few Against Many’, Firewind have really raised the bar. Darker, moodier and heavier; this is the album we really wanted them to deliver. This is Firewind...
Sakari Ojanen & Jussi Poikonen Of Oddland Talk To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on May 10, 2012 | No Comments
Mat Davies was pretty impressed with the new Oddland album, entitled “The Treachery Of The Senses”. Singer/guitarist Sakari Ojanen and guitarist Jussi Poikonen were more than happy to provide their insights on the new album, the Suomi Metal Star Contest, various musical influences and much...
Greg Mackintosh From Paradise Lost Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No Comments
Chris Ward was pretty impressed with the new Paradise Lost album, entitled “Tragic Idol”. He caught up with guitarist/main composer Greg Mackintosh in Wolverhampton and they talked at length about the new PL album, Greg’s disdain for certain type of bands and the possible re-recording...
High On Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis
Posted on April 28, 2012 | No Comments
Opening with a high-octane drum roll before thrusting forward with some truly furious thrash metal, Oakland’s High on Fire begin their sixth album laying all of their cards on the table. The song in question – the pounding ‘Serums of Liao’ – doesn’t let up...
Oddland – The Treachery of the Senses
Posted on April 23, 2012 | No Comments
In the age of the X Factor and American Idol, the news that a band has “won a competition” sounds like the press release from hell, to be honest, conjuring images of antiseptic, manufactured, vacuous boy bands or over-singing divas with not an ounce of...
The Man-Eating Tree – Harvest
Posted on April 22, 2012 | No Comments
The Man-Eating Tree sounds like a band who play fantasy metal or something similar right? After all a man eating tree sounds like something that would come straight out of Narnia or perhaps a Neil Gaiman novel. That’s exactly what I thought before I put “Harvest”,...
Paradise Lost – Tragic Idol
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No Comments
You can be sure of one thing when a new Paradise Lost album is released – that pretty much every review will spend the first paragraph detailing how the band alienated the majority of their fanbase with the “One Second” and “Host” albums, and have then...
Jeff Loomis – Plains Of Oblivion
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No Comments
The latest solo album by ex-Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis is that wonderful thing – a guitar album that isn’t just warp-speed flurries of notes, technically brilliant but emotionally disconnected. What Loomis has done, together with a remarkable roster of guest artists, is to produce an...
Caliban – I Am Nemesis
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No Comments
“I Am Nemesis” is the eight studio album from German metalcore band Caliban and sees the five-piece moving up a notch in terms of heaviness from earlier works such as 2003’s “Shadow Hearts”. The basic song structures are pretty much the same as they’ve always...
Jens F. Ryland Of Borknagar Talks To Thisisnotascene
Posted on March 24, 2012 | No Comments
“Urd”, the latest Borknagar album, swept Cheryl Carter off her feet. She had the chance to sit down with guitarist Jens F. Ryland. They had a friendly chat about the new album, the stunning cover art, the return of ICS Vortex and being grounded by...
Warbringer – Worlds Torn Asunder
Posted on March 17, 2012 | No Comments
Warbringer is a thrash outfit hailing from California. This quintet makes no apologies or excuses and does their thrash talking through their music. This is an in your face no holds barred head banging does of thrash served straight up with a side of neck...
3 Inches Of Blood – Long Live Heavy Metal
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No Comments
You can already tell what this album is going to sound like, can’t you? And you would be right, as “Long Live Heavy Metal” pulls out every metal cliché in the book – and some that aren’t – and puts you square back in the...
Naglfar – Téras
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No Comments
Sweden’s Naglfar stand on the verge of their first full length record in five years with “Téras”. Taking their name from legends of old, Naglfar the name given to the ship wrought of dead men’s nails built to carry forces into the battle of Ragnarök....
Borknagar – Urd
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No Comments
Ever since the release of “Epic” back in 2004 I consider Borknagar to be one of my favourite bands. Their signature mixture of black metal, folk music and progressive rock is second to none in my (humble) opinion. Let’s see how these Norwegians (and one...
Shane Embury Of Napalm Death Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No Comments
Ray Westland recently put a few questions to Napalm Death bass player Shane Embury. They talked about the new Napalm Death album “Utilitarian,” the ‘Occupy Wall St.’ movement, working with Russ Russell again, illegal downloading and the League of Gentlemen… Utilitarian, the latest Napalm Death...
Napalm Death – Utilitarian
Posted on February 12, 2012 | No Comments
We live in interesting times, Europe and the United States are facing massive economic, political and social issues, many dictatorial regimes in the Middle East have fallen and countries like India and Brazil are vast becoming economic powerhouses in their own right. These are the...
Firewind Announce New Century Media Deal And New Album Title
Posted on January 12, 2012 | No Comments
Greek melodic metallers Firewind , lead by guitar wizard and Ozzy Osbourne band member Gus G., can now proudly reveal to have signed a new worldwide deal (excluding North America) with their long-time partners Century Media Records. Gus G. checked in from the studio to...
Aborted – Global Flatline
Posted on January 8, 2012 | No Comments
“Global Flatline” is the seventh album from death metal veterans Aborted. Since their previous release, 2008’s “Strychnine.213,” it is almost a completely different band, with only vocalist and sole founder member Sven de Caluwe being the consistent force in the band, as they have constantly...
Lacuna Coil – Dark Adrenaline
Posted on December 23, 2011 | No Comments
Lacuna Coil. If those two words strike fear into your heart then this review probably isn’t for you, however if you are a fan of Lacuna Coil then feel free to keep reading. There are a lot of people in the world that like Lacuna...
Lacuna Coil “Trip The Darkness” with new single
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No Comments
Italian goth metallers Lacuna Coil have released ‘Trip The Darkness’ as the first single from their forthcoming album, “Dark Adrenaline”, which is due to be released at the end of January on Century Media. In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, singer Cristina Scabbia said:...