Reviews
I believe that every single Manowar release is a great happening for the whole heavy metal scene. A band that has been serving the pure, epic heavy metal for so many years now and their loyal fans have been always forgiving their not so quite good moments. So now the time has come for them to present us something off the long awaited “The Asgard Saga” for which Manowar have been working with Wolfgang Hohlbein and the whole concept is about Thor, the god of thunder in the Scandinavian mythology,
\r\n"Trace Of Decay" is the first concept album by "Agnosia", a progressive\r\nmetal band fro\r\nPireaus, Greece. The star is Edward, a famous actor and theatrical\r\nproducer, currently starring in the acclaimed "Piccadilly Circus\r\nNights".Having\r\nreached the peak of his career and enjoyning critical and\r\ncommercial success, decides to take a break. He plans to dedicate this\r\ntime to his \r\nmuch younger fiancee Alysia. And this how the story begins .... For\r\nthose who\r\nwant to know the rest of the story, listen to the album!
Fact is that the last few years the Greek Hard Rock/Sleeze scene has something really serious to say. Most Greek bands of the genre have only good releases to offer and they managed to look all the foreign “rivals” straight in the eyes. Unfortunately Zandem are not one of these bands.
\r\nListening to the album, with the hilarious photocopied artwork, I had the impression that I was somewhere between the late 70’s and early 80’s. Quite a shock I must say..
Well, I don’t know if the Swedish death metal scene a la At The Gates , Unanimated etc has become typical, repetitive or you just give this kind of characterizations to this scene, but for me will always remain something unique, that even nowadays several years after its foundation remains something fresh and heavily demonized.
Well, this must be one of the not so many times that a gothic metal album gave me something more to remember than a useless depressive atmosphere.
\r\nOh yes it’s been thirty years plus, since the band was born. Oh, yes this band was born before I was born! How many people don’t know of them or -in the worst case- haven’t ever heard of them?
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\r\nJapaneese Stoner/Doom band - Church of Misery - were formed back in 1995 and they have released so far many EPs, Splits, DVDs and three full length albums.They are back now with their fourth full length album , called - Houses of the Unholy- with some more Stoner Rock tunes and songs about Serial Killers. \r\n
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\r\nITALIAN THRASH/DEATH FROM MILAN\r\n \r\n
\r\nItalian band - Methedras - from Milan , were formed back in 1996 and since then they have released only two but great albums.Album after album the bands always pushing their limits and now they are pushing even more with their third official release.\r\n
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\r\nITALIAN EMO/METAL \r\n \r\n
\r\nItalian band - Blind Town - are back with their first work released through a lebel. These italians that are mixing Emo , Metal and Hardcore were formed back in 1999 and since then they have released two self-released albums.Now they are back with their new album and a lot of new ideas. \r\n