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Black Sabbath – Heaven And Hell (1980) – Review

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At just some 40 minutes of air-time and a meager 8 tracks, with a new frontman the band just hired off The Rainbow bar on the Sunset Strip in L.A., a record really needed to be good. The classic and 9th studio album Heaven and Hell from Black Sabbath will qualify – to an extent. And yes, to an extent only. ‘Tis not all great and shiny disco lights. Not all tracks will really open heaven’s gates on this disk. But be this as it may, there definitely is improvement on this album, and this on several fronts at once. … [...] Click to raid more!

Arrayan Path – Chronicles of Light (2016) – Review

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Arrayan Path have this uncanny knack to connect to you immediately and get you to continue listening to their tune. I am not exactly sure what causes this, but Chronicles of Light is certainly pretty powerful stuff, sprinkled with a lot of passion and authenticity. 

It is this extra kick that gets the reviewer’s attention for a record, even if the pipeline is desperately overflowing. Now, they just did exactly that to me with their 5th and newest album Chronicles of Light.

And it is this strange potion of Southern Mediterranean island-flavored metal that did the trick. And the … [...] Click to raid more!

Sanktuary – Winter’s Doom (2016) – Review

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It must be the Northern Lights. Or the cold and remote Yukon countryside. THIS is good old Thrash and Heavy Metal of the speedy kind spilling over the pond into Europe in all its putrid splendor. Just have a look at the pretty gruesome album art.

The Canadian band Sanktuary unleash their newest, self-released album Winter’s Doom at us in style. A style reflecting the harsh environment from whence they come.

Now, this band is not to be confused with the Seattle-based thrash metallers Sanctuary, the ones who just decided to wake up and reunite after a long, a very long sabbatical.

Sanktuary rock us

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Todtgelichter – Rooms (2016) – Review

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“Wenn du gestorben bist, bist du allein!”

Wow!

Harsh Teutonic sounds pouring out of my earphones from the rainy, water-logged flats of Hamburg in good old Northern Germany. And you will find a few more soundbites of the same ilk on this disc.

Rooms is like the possessed evil twin of the usually somewhat genteel Progressive Metal genre talking to you. The one that has gone down the Black Metal road, and then got second thoughts.

And it is not easy fare, pretty hard on your system and eardrums too. Like a progressive mixture of a darker Myrkur and their … [...] Click to raid more!