(9/10) This album is epic and brutal. What became apparent on the debut is now gets proved again by Ultha's sophomore release "Converging Sins". What the guys from Cologne recorded for this longplayer is actually the opposite of a light-hearted Cologne...
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No doubt about Amon Amarth being one of the biggest metal bands in the World right now. The Swedes have a long history with Metal Blade that goes back to January 1998 when they released their debut album "Once Sent From the Golden Hall" via Metal Blade!...
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It might become a tradition that Finnish Amorphis embark on a smaller winter tour around Christmas, celebrating the anniversary of milestone albums. It was two years ago when the guys played a few shows between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, focusing on...
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(7/10) Albez Duz, hailing from Berlin, are described as being an 'occult rock band'. I honestly don't know where this description comes from but it was really misleading for me. I have to admit that I missed the band so far and after reading the info...
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(8/10) I think there isn't a much better title than "In His Infernal Majesty's Service" for Witchery's newest longplayer. Six years after their latest studio album it's the Swedish five-piece that comes back with a brand new studio album which is the...
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(8/10) It was in 2015 when Irish pagan metal band Primordial played a show at the well-established Band Your Head festival in Balingen, Germany. If I counted right it was the band's second appearance after having played there already three years earlier....
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(8/10) Soulburn’s and Asphyx' history are closely connected. Not only that the band was founded by Eric Daniels (g) and Bob Bagchus (d) in parallel with their main band, Soulburn was also put on ice after Asphyx arose again in the beginning of the new...
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(8/10) One of the debuts in 2016 that was very much anticipated was Bölzer’s first studio longplayer. So far the duo published two EP’s (“Aura” and “Soma”) which both included jaw-dropping riff power. HzR and KzR recorded in total nine songs for "Hero"...
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It seems like I’m only visiting shows of Swedish bands over the last weeks. Dark Funeral, Grand Magus, Amon Amarth, Europe and now the mighty Opeth. However, in the end it shows the variety and quality of Swedish rock/metal music and that's what counts....
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Ultha, the extraordinary black metal band from Cologne, Germany, who already left their stamp in the entire metal scene and beyond, doesn't give a damn, are always up for a nice suprise and now present their second studio album without any hot newsflashes...
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Metal Blade is happy to announce the signing of Swedish Death Metallers Evocation to its ranks! Evocation have released four full length-albums since their debut 'Tales From The Tomb' in 2007 and the band is up and ready to release a new studio album...
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It was a few days ago when Swedish Vikings of Amon Amarth embarked on their European autumn tour, a trip that started in Germany with returning back to Scandinavia with the last show of this tour in Copenhagen sharp before Christmas. On their way down...
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(7/10) Gothenburgs number three album within one week. Seven days after Hammerfall's newest release Dark Tranquillity's "Atoma" hit the shelfs it's In Flames that comes with a new longplayer too. The Swedish metal pioneers finished their new longplayer...
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