Tag Archives: heavy metal

MAGNI ANIMI VIRI – Heroes Temporis – World Edition

June 8, 2016

MAV 2006/2016 Progressive metal opera gets a new lease of life and a noble cause to serve. Back in 2006, when Giancarlo Trotta and Luca Contegiacomo came up with this concept – a marriage of heaviness and symphonic uplift illustrating a … Continue reading →

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STEEL JUNGLE – Soidinmenot

May 26, 2016

Inverse 2016 In for a dance but not a song: amusing, and sometimes abusing, heavy fusion from Finland. Nowadays prog trios who press their pedal on metal yet keep an eye on jazz are a dime a dozen, so it … Continue reading →

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БЫЛ ЗАМЕЧЕН – Стало еще только хуже

May 10, 2016

Robustfellow 2016 Sweet psychedelic sludge from Ukraine: pessimistic yet strangely entertaining. There’s gloomy conceptuality about this band who strictly stick to cassettes when it comes to physical releases but defend their digital corner in a cyberspace on a download base, … Continue reading →

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TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Noises From The Cathouse

April 13, 2016

Communique 2004 / Angel Air 2016 Heavyweights of NWOBHM return to their sonic base to rebuild the den and move on. Back from limbo in 1999 yet failing to impress with “Mystical” that was out two years later, it took … Continue reading →

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SOUND STRUGGLE – Rise

March 3, 2016

Sound Struggle 2015 A roar with a twist: Bostonian band can’t cease to surprise – and rise – on their album number two. This ensemble play a dangerous game: coming from the outside and not knowing their Berklee pedigree, it’s … Continue reading →

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