Reviews
Immolith, are a black metal band from U.S.A, which recently released their first EP, containing three compositions, entitled Hymns to the Countess. It is a rather mediocre effort.
\r\ni was starting to go crazy from heat and routine looking desperately to find outlet in a sea shore as usual in these warm days of summer but on time it comes to me a release like cooling drink and that it filled me with
The French Solid State were founded in 1999 and they belong to the genre of "Hard Rock", influenced mainly,by the U.S. scene and bands such as Extreme, Bon Jovi or Pink Cream 69 (Deris era). "So Solid" is their second release after their debut album by the name "Deep side of the tube".
\r\nThe album enters with a very promising instrumental song, but what follows can’t be described as "influenced compositions".
\r\nTHE SECOND FULL LENGTH IS HERE\r\n
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\r\n-Battalion- is a band from Switzerland that plays Thrash Metal since 2001. The band has released only one full length and now they are ready with their second work.\r\n
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\r\nThe new album has the title -Underdogs- and it a nice Thrash Metal album that has lot of great tracks. Nice riffs, great leads, very good bass and Thrash drumming. The voice is very good and so is the production of the album that was done by Tommy Vetterli (Coroner,Kreator).\r\n
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\r\n-In Cold Blood- is a band well known from the Melnick brothers that also play in -Integrity-. They are releasing now an album that contains the lost ’Suicide King’ demo recordings, all of the tracks from their long out of print s/t 7", and a few bonus live tracks as well. Plus a 16 x 24 poster insert! This version was limited to 100 and sold out in pre-orders. \r\n
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\r\n-Trust No1- is a new band from Austria that plays a mix of Death and Hardcore. They like Oldschool Death Metal mixed with Crossover influences and they are now releasing their first album. \r\n
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\r\nTheir debut album has the title - Satan In the Vatican - and it’s a nice album that attacks everything with nice riffs, great bass and drumming and very good Death Metal vocals with a lot of backing vocals. The production is good and so is the cover of the album. \r\n
Bloody Donation hail from Thessaloniki-Greece and “Creator of Hate” is their first demo. The band was originally created in 2008 By Lambros Kokinos and Nikos Volicas (on rhythm guitar and drums respectively) until now they have performed live 7 times while at the time the band works on new material. Bloody Donation are playing Death metal along with some Thrash influences from the legendary bands of the 80’s and 90’s something that’s pretty obvious on songs like “Lunatic” .
\r\nInteresting ideas from the French band C-ROM; This is their second studio album, after the debut “Flames Of Knowledge”.
\r\nAll the characteristic elements of this music genre are included in the songs: powerful rhythm, dark atmosphere and intense electronic elements, catchy melodies. I would prefer, though, Christelle ‘s singing to be either a bit more “ethereal” or more tough on some spots, as the way she performs doesn’t show the colors nor the dynamics of her voice, plus, it makes the songs sound a bit boring.