BLEED THE SKY „Paradigm in Entropy”
It's getting to the point these days when as soon as I get a nu-metal album I admire the pseudo-gothic cover-art
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NOCTURNAL RITES „Grand Illusion”
Hammering double-bass drums, dueling guitars, a very talented lead singer, and solos that are intense, and fast paced with lots of whammy bars with melodies that are rampant on this record. That's what you can count on with Nocturnal Rites and their latest release on Century Media.
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BLIND GUARDIAN „Fly single”
In 1984 four young musicians from Krefeld, Germany raised a band wtih a meaningful name calling themselves BLIND GUARDIAN. Since their debut BATTLIONS OF FEAR (1988), the band constantly improved their musical abilities.
SONATA ARCTICA „For the Sake of Revenge”
If you have not had the chance to experience the wonderment that is SONATA ARCTICA let me quickly bring you up to “speed” as it were. The band originates in Finland and they quickly became a local favorite and even were often paired with the Finnish juggernaut Nightwish.
RAGE „Speak of the Dead”
After the release of their 20th anniversary live album last year, This trio has released an amazing new album! RAGE has unleashed onto the metal world their 17th! studio release, Speak of the Dead.
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POISON „The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock”
After years of paying their dues, the controversial glam metal punks, whose stage show was hailed by one critic “as the Sex Pistols meets Kiss on acid”, could not be ignored. Combining streetwise, catchy songs which lead vocalist
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SECRET HEROES „Loose, High and Free”
The Secret Heroes website claims that “heavy metal just got a little bit dirtier.” A pretty bold statement considering aside from some songs about sex, Loose, High & Free isn't really that dirty at all. What they are is a well-polished hard rock band with some catchy as hell tunes.
SILVER MOUNTAIN „Breakin”
SILVER MOUNTAIN (Named for the Rainbow song) is not a new band at all,thy are a Swedish heavy metal featuring members of Stratovarious and Hammerfall.
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TOWERSOUND „s/t”
Towersound's first album self titled, Towersound is really impressive for an initial release and even if the band suffers unfortunately of a really average recording. Even though there are some French Metal bands that are more impressive, Towersound have the potential to follow this trend.
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NANOWAR „Triumph of True Metal of Steel”
What does the words American, Sharp, Chedder, Mozzarella, Swiss, and Nanowar all have in common? Anyone, anyone…
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