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Insomnium – One for Sorrow (2011) – Review

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Ah, yes! Sleepless music for the sleepless, made by the Sleepless Ones from Finland on their newest One for Sorrow. And where else would they come from? The land of eternal night it must be. A bit subdued, I would say but still trademark Insomnium fare. 

Complex tunes established around the growls of Niilo Sevänen, just great Melodic Death Metal at its best. Like freshly ground coffee, to be enjoyed by preference in the morning as a little breakfast music. And you will find Melodic Death Metal with a Doom Death Metal component that is very pronounced. But … [...] Click to raid more!

AC/DC – Black Ice (2008) – Review

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After a long, indeed a very long waiting time1, our Hard Rock and Heavy Metal wielding band AC/DC finally presented Black Ice. In 2008, no kidding, almost a decade later than the former record.

Of course, with their track record, there is no urgency anymore. But I nevertheless hoped that something more would come out of them earlier. I am, after all, a big fan of them.

At first sight, a more subdued form of their former more exuberant style becomes apparent. Kind of sounding dangerously like Krokus in places. You know, the Swiss hard rockers that recently … [...] Click to raid more!

Within Temptation – Mother Earth (2000) – Review

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Kind of changing direction, but still following the vein of its predecessor Enter, the Y2K 2nd full studio album Mother Earth from the Dutch band Within Temptation is an astonishing piece of work. 

Perhaps the band went a tad overboard with a hazy, tree-hugger kind of style. But the record is still very varied with a few excellent tracks in it. Within Temptation called their new style ‘Celtic’, whatever in the big wide hell this might mean. But more importantly, they got rid of those darned growls that really never were their forte and proved to be the bane … [...] Click to raid more!

Arch Enemy – War Eternal (2014) – Review

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I know, okay? You hardcore fans would like to have Angela Gossow back. But you know what? Ain’t gonna happen, and Alissa White-Gluz is pretty good and spits these lyrics out quite aggressively herself.

Young Alissa was hand-picked (so I am told), whisked unceremoniously away from her old gig The Agonist by Gossow to take over after she departed from active duty. The latter still appears to remain the manager of the band, though. And hey, if you want her back, just switch back to albums like Khaos Legion, which is a pretty cool piece of work by itself.… [...] Click to raid more!