Reviews
Vulcano is an outfit from Brazil and their sound can be described as a mixture of thrash metal with some Venom – ish elements mostly due too vocals. So I have here the re release of their album “Tales From The Black Book”, originally released back in 2004 by Renegados Records, and after the split release of Vulcano with Nifelheim on I hate Records in 2006 (Thunder Metal), I hate decided to re release their “Tales From The Black Book” album.
One of the darkest bands of Europe and specific in Czech Republic was and still is the outfit under the name, Root. The band that belongs to the first wave of black metal (Venom, Bathory, etc) with some progressive aesthetics and some death metal and dark epic passages. In their albums someone can find clean and brutal vocals and the whole attitude of the band can easily be described as black metal due to their lyrical themes.
\r\nYoung guys, which at first they seem to go with what at these days seems to be not only just another trend but a whole genre of its own, as another sub-category of the modern metal scene.. With what would I have to do this time? The beautiful, in a strange way, with this genre is that everyone seems to be against it but it keeps growing up.. The fans of classic hard rock/metal would characterize the sound as too mainstream, while the new metal fans that came into this community via the TV-metal would think this is too extreme, too hard for them..
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\r\nDoes the name Alex Beyrodt remind you of something? That talented guitarist that has intensely left the marks both in SINNER and SILENT FORCE, in which he was a leading member? That one, yes. His collaboration with PRIMAL FEAR as tour guitarist is also remarkable. Today he is considered as a guitar hero in Japan, a fact that would probably leave many people apathetic, however we are mentioning it just for the record, as it is very trendy to be recognized for your guitarist skills.
Battlerage is a an Chilean outfit and in their back catalogue have already two demo releases, one Studio album, one E.P. and a live album during the 5 years of existence.
\r\nSo their two demos from 2003 (“Metal Slaughter” και “Return of the Axeman”) , now have been re-released remixed and remastered (plus two bonus tracks) from Metal On Metal under the title “The Slaughter Returns”
\r\nDisneyland After Dark also known as D.A.D are from the cases of the\r\nbands who even though they had what it takes to be famous, for some\r\nreason (that most of the times had to do with marketing problems) they\r\nnever managed to do so.
\r\nDear Superstar are another Glam – Emo English band and they sound just like it. This is their second release and like their debut "Confessions Of A Twisted Mind" is presenting a mix of Glam/Hard rock along with some emo elements.
\r\n“Playing” with common sounds and styles, which we will name as Stoner in order to use simple terms, and adapting them in what the listener would want to hear today, and that means avoiding any kind of putting limits to your musical directions, but being based on your influences in order move some steps forward instead, it’s not the easiest thing. The experimentation is legitimate, and in the case of THIS HAVEN particularly welcomed as it involves a musical result that differs indeed, and that has something to tell us.
\r\nThis is the first release for the Brazilian band, Soulriver, entitled “The Dark Path of the Fallen Souls”. The band is referred on many sites as a Doom metal / Stoner Band, but after the hearing of the album these guys sound like a mix of classic heavy metal with many Nevermore / Iced Earth references and a more in your face riffing.
\r\nEven though initially their name may remind of something that is kind of “cheerful” in lack of better word, at least speaking about myself on a personal level, the truth is that the songs totally made me change my mind. From the first hearing actually, as many more followed. They are somehow melodramatic, and pessimists at the same time. They are dark; however they are giving eroticism through the melancholy of the lyrics and their music. This damn feeling that is the eternal Muse for all those who need to express via words all that burns inside like acid.