Reviews
\r\nA few days ago, taking advantage of their live show at Wave Gothic Treffen (Germany), Umbra Et Imago decided to release an “anniversary” single as 2011 marks 20 years in the music industry for the band.
\r\nHere we have Horde of Hel from Sweden, a country holding a tradition in the black metal
\r\nsound. The anonymity which they have chosen to follow the band doesn’t really help them
\r\nbecome widely known. What we do know though is that with them are members from In Battle,
\r\na fact showing that at least we’re talking about good musicians here.
\r\nHorde of Hel released one more album in 2009, entitled "Blodskam" and are back today with
\r\n"Likdagg".\r\n
\r\nNever say never, alright, yet sadly I think that there’s no light in the dark for Queensrÿche anymore.
\r\nJust a few weeks before the release of “Dedicated to Chaos”, Tate informed the media about the style of the album; according to his statements, it would sound like “Empire”. Taking under consideration his statements on previous albums, I didn’t get excited, however I wasn’t pessimistic either. Unfortunately, these very utopic statements were far away from reality and the album is a big disappointment.
\r\nWhat the hell is going on out there? Last time I checked between my legs I still had a pair of what it takes to be a man. After listening to Farewell To Freeway’s album I think my balls withered! Metalcore/emo something and other salads. You know, the type that requires a specific lipstick and haircut...
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\r\n The greek brutal death metal scene just gained a new beast. I’m so glad the local brutal fuckers don’t stop to amaze me. Genna Apo Kolo hail from Salonica, I’ve been following them since their first steps back in the "glorious" myspace days. I particularly liked their fun, gory lyrics and their black humour aesthetics in general. So, finally after all this time their album fell into my hands. I, myself, am to blame so a review is obligatory.
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\r\nThis collection is not your typical label move that just has to release a best of because the contract says so. This is the total of unreleased, bonus, b-sides, split and EP’s songs the dearest Misery Index have released during the lifespan of their musical career. And believe me, there are many of those.
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\r\nNordvargr. The man with the 200 albums that has haunted his own self.
\r\nI won’t say much about this particular album which he decided to re-release.Awake was out in
\r\n2002 and was quite successful among the kind.As for the style he plays, let’s just call it sick,
\r\nblack ambient. And as one can obviously see, here you won’t find black metal, scratchy
\r\nguitars, noise or anything of the sort.
\r\nHere there are only sounds of the dirty life and mental state,
\r\nThe return of James Rivera behind the mic seemed as a great opportunity for the band to release a marvelous new album. However, things didn’t really turn out to be this way. Unfortunately, the new Seven Witches album lacks inspiration.
\r\nJames Rivera, who is such an expressive frontman, reunites with the guitar master Jack Frost and bassist Mike LePond (Symphony X) along with drummer Taz Marazz completes the band line up, creating together a solid and heavy “backbone” for the compositions.
When I first got this Marienbad cd in my hands, my first tough was the magnificent movie “Last Year In Marienbad” released in 1961, a dark movie full of mystery, romanticism, but also many undercover political statements (well enough said). So the concept album, Marienbad “Werk 1: Nachtfall can be described as an eerie, dark, theatrical opus with many gothic references, that allows the auditor to make a whole imaginary scenery ,lead by the lyrics of the album. Since I mentioned lyrics, I have to make clear that the album has been released in English and in German.
What we have here is a new release from the US outfit, Pharaoh, maybe the name of the band does not ring a bell for the most of you, but the name of their vocalist, Tim Aymar, does, since Tim was the vocalist on Chuck Schuldiner’s Control Denied album.