Tag Archives: heavy metal

BE THE WOLF – Rouge

November 30, 2016

Scarlet 2016 Riding on red, Turin trio pull all the stops to dig deep and stand tall. If BTW’s 2015 debut provided an exhilarating experience with an elegant metal clang to it, the band’s sophomore effort tones down the heaviness … Continue reading →

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SOMEHOW JO! – Go With The Jo

October 18, 2016

Inverse 2016 Manifestation of collective conscious for Suomi heavy-and-hilarious metalheads. Exclamation mark in this quartet’s name speaks, or rather screams, volumes of their dynamic intent, as does the title of the band’s 2015 debut. Yet while “Satans Of Swing” was … Continue reading →

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GABRIEL – Visionary

August 27, 2016

Bakerteam 2016 Journey to the eye of a secret through reefs and riffs on young Italian guitarist’s debut offering. If a romantic story may wear mysticism as its armor, it can easily bend if the armor gets heavy – easily … Continue reading →

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S TO S – S To S

August 12, 2016

Overcome 1978 / Sommor 2016 Angst and aggression from the quiet of Belgium where vitriol’s brewed and the luck is screwed. It was a wrong way to kick out the jams for this band, because in the late ’70s complacent … Continue reading →

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ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE – The Cage

June 30, 2016

Cleopatra 2016 Venerable nihilists in search of a breakout from behind the bars to the world that’s a stage. Ever since anger became commercial commodity, it’s been losing the primal righteousness; that’s why working-class punks hit extinction – except for a … Continue reading →

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