REVIEWS

‘Eonian’ has been a long time coming for Dimmu Borgir fans. Eight years since the Norwegian veterans released ‘Abrahadabra’, with the band being largely absent from the scene for the majority of that time, with the exception of a [...]

To my knowledge, Angelus Apatrida is one of the stalwarts of this new wave of thrash metal bands we are experiencing since the mid 2000’s. The Spanish four-piece can already be considered veterans of the scene and definitely managed to break some skulls [...]

Dublin, Ireland played its part in what was to be a week of momentous milestones for Symphonic Metal legends, Epica. The current front-runners of the sub-genre have been gearing up to celebrate 1000 shows together on Saturday, April 14th in the same venue [...]

There is no question that Ihsahn as an artist is a visionary. Always striving to provide music which is pure and free from any outside influence, he has not only achieved critical success as part of the band Emperor, but also as a solo artist in the later [...]

Twenty years and a staggering twenty million album sales since the release of their debut album, Godsmack return in 2018 with ‘When Legends Rise’. The multi platinum, four time Grammy award nominated hard-rockers call on Greek mythology, specifically that [...]

Riot, Riot V, it doesn’t matter: the legendary New York-based heavy/power metal Goliath has been around through thick and thin, storm and calm, and even death. I remember when founding member, guitarist and main songwriter Mark Reale passed away in 2012, [...]

Most of us are familiar with that old question, “How do you eat an elephant?” the answer being “One bite at a time.” This brainteaser and its resolution informed the thinking behind the approach taken by A Perfect Circle on their upcoming new album, ‘Eat [...]

Being founded in the infamous place and time of early to mid 90’s Norway would usually mean that a band would be predisposed to be a second wave black metal band. While Aura Noir did take influences from the same set of bands that influenced the second [...]