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COLTRE – To Watch With Hands, To Touch With Eyes

The news of COLTRE’s first full-length release filled me with joy and expectation but the privilege to write a review about it made me...

MEGATON SWORD – Might & Power

It wasn’t a year and a half ago, that I wrote a review/presentation of MEGATON SWORD’s debut album. I still remember, I wasn’t really...

WITCH BLADE – Månsken

WITCH BLADE from Sweden return with its second album entitled “Månsken”. Those who know the band from its debut, “Oskuldernas eld” won’t be disappointed...

FATE'S HAND – Fate’s Hand

I was fine tuned on a positive vibe before I even hear a single track by those newcomers. You know how it goes, a...

MEGATON SWORD – Blood Hails Steel – Steel Hails Fire

MEGATON SWORD is one of the numerous bands that became active through the new rebooting of Epic Metal that is taking place the last...

SANDSTORM – Time To Strike

Newcomers SANDSTORM from Canada have recently announced the release of their "Time to Strike" debut EP on Dying Victims Productions. "Time to Strike" belongs to...

MEGATON SWORD – Niralet

It seems that ETERNAL CHAMPION have a great impact among the newer bands and somehow, they created a small but growing scene: GATEKEEPER, SMOULDER,...
Forgotten Scroll Fanzing Issue #6

Issue #6 Out Now

76 pages, 10 interviews. DAMASCUS (US) SANCTUM (US) HORIZON'S END (GR) LORD OF LIGHT (SWE) ETERNAL CHAMPION (US) GOTHIC STONE (IT) LEVIATHAN (US) NEAR INFINITY (US) ANGEL EDGE (US) OBLIVION KNIGHT (US) plus LEGIONED MARCHER (US)...

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NOVA SKELLIS – Life Amongst The Damned (Vinyl Reissue 2024)

What we deal with in NOVA SKELLIS’ case, is the chance of exploring the transcontinental fusion of almost any kind of heavy/power metal blend;...

WARLORD: The legend of William J Tsamis lives – Interview and...

To tell you the truth I was a little bit skeptical when I first learned about the Warlord tribute project set by drummer and founding member Mark Zonder and singer Giles Lavery to honor the music and memory of founder guitarist William J Tsamis who unfortunately passed away back in 2021. I was looking at the facts very closely, reading announcements about forthcoming live shows, new line up and a new album. The response from the fans was massive including both positive and negative (or very negative) comments about the above facts. "How can Warlord exist without Bill Tsamis?", they were asking. One afternoon I got a call from Giles Lavery himself asking me if I wanted to do an advance review of the forthcoming Warlord album. I replied positively still being in this skeptical mood. It all went away after the first listen... William J Tsamis was there. His music, his legend, his compositions, evolved into complete songs. In total excitement I texted Giles a single message "Bill is alive". The very next evening found Mark, Giles and I talking about the album, about Bill, about the music and the legacy. It was late at night when we ended the call. I asked them if I can publish our conversation and they got no problem. So here it is again: Me talking with Warlord. The usual stuff I am doing the last 25 years for various reasons. But this time I would not call this conversation an interview. To my eyes this is a big ethical, artistic and soulful statement, by some people who want to keep the Dream, alive.