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SOUND THE SIRENS – Imaginary Gravity
Can a highly technical album of guitar virtuosity be NOT AT ALL tiring for listeners who aren’t musicians themselves and who aren’t specifically looking...
JUDICATOR – Concord
I absolutely love JUDICATOR.
So, this may come straight from a fan’s heart—trying to keep a critical eye open!
While the band’s epic, historically themed albums...
RINGLORN – Arcane Metal
The creative forces behind RINGLORN can't be held back! Merely a couple of months after the release of their great debut album, Tales of War and Magic, RINGLORN...
CAPRICORN – …Running Out Of Time
CAPRICORN’s first (and only) demo “…Running Out Of Time”, independently released on November 1st 2024, had originally flown under my radar, during the whirlwind...
IDMON'S AEGIS – 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 – 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 – 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 – Night Without Day
“Melodic heavy metal from Kansas City.”
That’s a decent enough band description if you ask me; yet, humble and honest as it is, there's a...
MUTINY BAY – 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 – 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, “Mother's Guilty Pleasure...
SAVAGE WIZDOM – 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 – Stand Up And Be Counted (EP)
“This journey begun as a dream quite some time ago. When the timing was right, we took a leap of faith with no possibility,...
RINGLORN – Chapter One (EP)
“Sorcery weaves the fable
magic fairy tales
warriors of valor assemble
the story begins…”
These are the first words that are heard entering the world of RINGLORN when...
OCEAN'S EDGE – 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 – 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 – Sons of Thunder
Αnother pleasant surprise of 2023 has been the return of Greek epic metallers WAR DANCE. It’s been a dozen years since we first heard...
VOCIFER – 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 – Savage Oath
SAVAGE OATH is a new band from the States and the “Savage Oath” EP is its first recorded work. The band may be “new”,...
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)...
CLAYMOREAN – Eternal Curse
After almost four years, Serbian NWOTHM mainstay CLAYMOREAN are back! After 3 live records and a compilation album, CLAYMOREAN returned to the studio, and now unleash...
TRIUMPHER Interview
On the occasion of the recent release of Triumpher’s second album, “Spirit Invictus”, and after its presentation on Forgotten Scroll (here) the time has...