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CAPRICORN β …Running Out Of Time
CAPRICORNβs first (and only) demo ββ¦Running Out Of Timeβ, independently released on November 1st 2024, had originally flown under my radar, during the whirlwind...
IDMON'S AEGIS β Divine Providence / Ceryneian Hind
IDMON'S AEGIS is a brand-new band from Athens that was formed a couple of years ago, in 2022, but if someone looks into the...
TRITON PROJECT β Messenger’s Quest
TRITON PROJECT are a new band from Thailand and "Messenger's Quest" is their first album which consists of 5 excellent songs of progressive metal....
ASKA β Knight Strike
ASKA was one of my first encounters with underground heavy metal. I still remember their interviews on Greek 'zines (but I cannot recall the...
EMERALD EYE β Night Without Day
βMelodic heavy metal from Kansas City.β
Thatβs a decent enough band description if you ask me; yet, humble and honest as it is, there's a...
MUTINY BAY β Mutiny Bay
For those like me who didn't know, there is indeed a so-called Mutiny Bay in the beautiful northwestern tip of the USA, where the...
NOOR β Mother’s Guilty Pleasure Part One
NOOR were totally unknown to me. For a month now, not a day goes by without me listening to their debut, βMother's Guilty Pleasure...
SAVAGE WIZDOM β Who’s Laughing Now
SAVAGE WIZDOM from Santa Fe, New Mexico are back with their third "Who's Laughing Now" full length album. Ten years after their "A New...
OBSCURUS REX β Stand Up And Be Counted (EP)
βThis journey begun as a dream quite some time ago. When the timing was right, we took a leap of faith with no possibility,...
RINGLORN β Chapter One (EP)
βSorcery weaves the fable
magic fairy tales
warriors of valor assemble
the story beginsβ¦β
These are the first words that are heard entering the world of RINGLORN when...
OCEAN'S EDGE β The Voyager
It took a lot of consideration to write this particular review. Not because there was any doubt about the quality of this amazing underground...
SACRO β The End
Sharpened animal instincts and a true metal heart are all you need to appreciate this album and its unquestionable value of pure, solid gold.
Does...
WAR DANCE β Sons of Thunder
Ξnother pleasant surprise of 2023 has been the return of Greek epic metallers WAR DANCE. Itβs been a dozen years since we first heard...
VOCIFER β Jurupary
Who has missed a great mixture of melancholic but always optimistic power metal in the veins of the first three albums of ANGRA? VOCIFER...
SAVAGE OATH β Savage Oath
SAVAGE OATH is a new band from the States and the βSavage Oathβ EP is its first recorded work. The band may be βnewβ,...
DOLMEN GATE β Finis Imperii
As you read these words, take note that itβs the middle of July and here in Athens we are suffering a massive heatwave. The...
WINGS OF STEEL β Wings of Steel, EP
WINGS OF STEEL was introduced to us in 2022 with the 5-track βWings of Steelβ debut EP. It was a very pleasant surprise back...
WINGS OF STEEL β Gates of Twilight
After the βWings of Steelβ EP in 2022, the duet of Parker Halub (guitars) and Leo Unnermark (vocals) return with the debut full-length album...