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Dragonknight – Legions (2025) – Review

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Oh boy. We got ourselves yet another of them masked bands boasting all those forbidden delights Power Metal could possibly furnish. And all of them are Lords to boot. Dragonknight here, a – and I quote – “…new conceptual band…” delivers a slick brand of Power Metal.

Way too slick for some folks, who immediately sniffed the terrible stench of an AI production. Well, judging by the label promoting this album and the presence of one Mikael Salo (ex De Lirium’s Order et al), they indeed form part of Finland’s PM brethren. But – cheese on red-hot iron drips fast … [...] Click to raid more!

Thy Row – Unchained (2021) – Review

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It is a fact. The grizzled old warhorses from those good ol’ times when Hard Rock and Heavy Metal were in full swing are not getting younger. And sometimes I fear that there will not be enough decent young blood to keep the genres alive and well furnished with fresh material.

True, we had Iron Maiden this year with Senjutsu, and they’re still alive and kicking. Boy, we even had AC/DC who came back from the dead lately. But – to my point above – looking at these folks more fills me with foreboding than anything else.

2021 already … [...] Click to raid more!

De Lirium’s Order – Singularity (2019) – Review

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Do you want to learn the bitter truth? This record is a headbanging disaster.

So, to all of you fans of the extended moshpit, you need to restrain yourselves. If you try too hard, then your mutual heads just might fall off and roll into a corner. And then what?

Try to grope your way about the music hall to retrieve it. When you only see a portion of the floor. That’s gonna be fun, right?

Well, this is how I felt after a first head-spinning listen of Singularity, the 4th full-length studio album of De Lirium’s Order. … [...] Click to raid more!

Video: De Lirium’s Order claim Singularity!

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Alright, now I am really delirious. As in glassy-eyed and dizzy.

I just watched De Lirium’s Order‘s latest video called Singularity. And I can tell ya, they talk about fractals. Fractal Music to be precise, which is already a scientific concept in itself.

And the video tries to depict exactly that thought. So, throughout the clip, you are kinda unsure, if you are inside a computer, in a futuristic and dreary landscape, or if someone just beamed you into a parallel and apocalyptic universe. You know, the Quantum Foam theory all over again. But whilst repetitive, it … [...] Click to raid more!