Older albums
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VENDETTA – HERETIC NATION (LION MUSIC 2009)
From the speakers a grand old-school heavy metal riff blasts forth, twists around the heavily driving rhythm and gets joined by a powerful delivery of strong lyrics. Classic style drum fills shift the gears and as the riff comes back at just the right times, the song eventually breaks into a thrash-like guitar chops and…
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IMPULSIA – EXPRESSIONS (IMPULSIA MUSIC 2009)
Impulsia is a new studio project from Sweden, built around the core of ex-Candlemass vocalist Johan Langquist and guitarists Marcus Jidell (Royal Hunt, Pain) and lesser known Uno Sjöström who has a long career playing covers under his belt. Added to this bunch Impulsia brings together a rather unlikely combination of guest musicians ranging from…
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BURNING BLACK – MECHANICHELL (LIMB MUSIC 2009)
At first glance one could be mistaken to believe these power metal warriors hailed from America, as the accompanying story states they are playing US Power Metal and the names of the key players certainly point to that direction. However, these guys are from Italy, where of course power metal is alive and well –…
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CRASHDIET – GENERATION WILD (GAIN PRODUCT 2010)
Sweden’s Crashdiet are the glam/hard rock offsprings who have swung punk/hard rock meltdown so popular in the mid 1980’s right back to headlines. Admittedly they are not alone on this, as several other hopefuls remain on the scene. Crashdiet have over the years built a steady following both in mainland Europe, and Japan where their…
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SOILWORK – THE PANIC BROADCAST (NUCLEAR BLAST 2010)
After 2007’s ill-famed ‘Sworn To A Great Divide’, the fans of Soilwork have been expecting the band’s new release with mixed feelings. Created in absence of creative powerplayer, guitarist Peter Wichers, ‘Sworn To A Great Divide’ had received very poor feedback from both fans and media and as Wichers later returned to reclaim his old…
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ANNIHILATOR – ANNIHILATOR (EARACHE 2010)
A metal world might not be so anxiously awaiting another album from thrash pioneers Annihilator anymore. After hitting it big with “Never Neverland” and “Alice In Hell” albums, there have been some underrated masterpieces such as “King Of The Kill” but at the same time they were followed by equally unimpressive efforts like “Remains” or…
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IRON MAIDEN – THE FINAL FRONTIER (EMI 2010)
You have to respect Iron Maiden for retaining their stadium status in the year 2010, when so many of their contemporaries have been forced to down scale their tours. But as always, this comes with a price tag and while they have attained a strong, younger following, Maiden’s creative decisions have often times disappointed a…
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LORDI – BABEZ FOR BREAKFAST (SONY 2010)
Lordi has come a long way from early attempts to find a record company to win the Eurovision song contest. With “Hard Rock Hallelujah” blasting the sh*t out of all the usual and generic Eurovision songs Lordi proved the power of melodic heavy metal. Now Lordi has released their fifth album “Babez for Breakfast”. With…
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WALTARI – COVERS ALL (Stupido Records 2011)
Waltari celebrates its honorable career of 25 years by releasing a book, throwing a few extended anniversary shows and by releasing a new album with full of covers. ‘Covers All’ has songs from various bands with various genres, just what you can expect from Waltari. Album starts out with a killer version of System of…
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3 INCHES OF BLOOD – LONG LIVE HEAVY METAL (CENTURY MEDIA 2012)
3IoB’s fifth album might carry one of the metal world’s unimaginative album titles, but thou shall not make any hasty decisions about the album itself. At some point in a band’s career there is a time to name an album like this. 3IoB has always been a band with no bullshit, just straight-in-your-face heavy metal,…