Tag: 7.5
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Edu Falaschi – Eldorado Review
Power metal doesn’t get much better than this. Eldorado (2023) is the central chapter in the Vera Cruz (2021) trilogy, being the previous record one of the most surprising power metal records in the latest years together with Dimhav‘s The Boreal Flame (2019) and Helloween‘s comeback (2021). Musically this still continues Angra‘s arguably best era…
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Gorod – The Orb Review
The Orb is full of groovy technical death with crazy riffing. The Frenchmen manage once again to compile a varied, well-written album with many different parts per track without falling into making them sound awkward or different songs glued together. Listening again to the singles “Breeding Silence” and “Victory” just confirms the statement, making them…
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Necropanther – Betrayal Review
Necropanther walk the thin line between melodic death and blackened thrash in a sound that is best described by citing some of their influences and sound-alikes such as early Revocation or Skeletonwitch. Blazing fast and catchy because of the guitar work, both in rhythm and lead guitars, this is not as fresh as Xoth but…
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Frozen Dawn – The Decline of the Enlightened Gods Review
The trio from Madrid success delivering a great melodeath-black record that drinks directly from Dissection and Necrophobic -being the closer a cover of theirs-, or more specifically from Dissection‘s copycat band Naglfar circa 2003, when they released Sheol. What’s interesting in The Decline of the Enlightened Gods is both songwrittng and production are more interesting…
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Mansion – Second Death
Enter Mansion, a Finnish doom project characterised by a gloomy atmosphere, occult themes, a modern production and Alma’s but also Osmo’s vocals. Hypnotic at times, ambient soundscapes and multiple layers in the mix adds greatly to the experience. Percussion is also a highlight maybe for the same reason, but also for the use of different…
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Tribal Gaze – The Nine Choirs Review
Sometimes less is more. Tuned down guitars almost matching the bass, someone who can beat the hell out of the drums, screaming gutturals and a good collection of riffs and breakdowns. Old-school death metal with hardcore-borrowed breakdowns. That pretty much sums up what Tribal Gaze are all about. Yes, there’s a lot of bands doing…
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Fugitive – Maniac Review
Not much to say here: While Fugitive’s music can be described as standard old-school thrash with a crossover approach, their debut EP is grooving enough to make you headbang through its whole length. Riff driven, the key point is the chemistry between the Blake Ibanez (Power Trip) / Victor Gutierrez (Impalers) guitar duo Seth Gilmore’s…
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Crisix – Full HD Review
Agents of mosh Crisix are back with their trucker caps and skateboards ready to make you bang your head and this time even dance. Their previous cover album Sessions #1 – American Thrash (2019) has made them more confident while replicating / evoking thrash classics. »Full HD« comes in 11 slices of well written but…
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Lord Vigo – We Shall Overcome Review
Second part in a trilogy, prequel to the excellent Blade Runner-inspired Danse de Noir (2020), and a direct sequel to Rush‘s 2112 (1976) masterpiece. The music itself follows the poppy and futuristic epic doom metal presented in the previous record, with clear influences from bands such the mentioned Rush or the underrated Tony Martin-era Black…