Reviews
\r\nMetal Blade is leaving me speechless lately with it’s releases.
\r\nI remember 3 years ago I had the chance to listen to the demo of a band from Salonica, Ten Rail Cell, and I was really satisfied with their music. I was glad when I put this demo on my player but after the first track I realised that only one song was studio recorded and the other 3 were recorded on a live performance. I have to confess I’m not a big fan of live recordings. So I’d like to concentrate on the studio recorded song that sounds really promissing.
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\r\nBone To Rust is a new band from Keratsini and in order to be sincere I ignored completely their existence. Being lucky however, I received this demo that contains 4 tracks and its duration is almost 20 minutes and thanks to this, I understood for another time how many appreciable bands Greece has, not only in the genre of Stoner Rock, but also in general. When I saw the artwork of the Demo my mind went directly to more Core situations. However, I was denied and what I heard really fascinated me.
\r\nThis band\r\ngoes back to 1997 in\r\nGermany.\r\nQuestion Authority is their 3rd album and to\r\nbe honest up to today I didn’t know about them so I can’t say anything about\r\ntheir previous releases.
\r\nWhen Tiamat decide to come out with a new album, then you know that you have to listen to it even if it’s characterized as not so great or even cold. Of course I’m referring to open minded people, concerning their music tastes. You see, Johan Edlund never quenches his thirst and always wants to extend his ideas in new directions, combining various sounds.\r\n
Powers Court exist for 12 years and surely are known to a very limited number of fans that are into classic Power Metal. They are from the US and The Red Mist Of Endenmore is their third full-lenght album. The group tries to do something unique which in my opinion, if it was more well presented it would be beautiful. They try to present Power/Progressive Metal that is escorted by a darker black atmosphere, something I believe doesn’t work out for two reasons.
\r\nFor almost\r\na decade now Hate\r\nEternal are offering us\r\ndiverse diamonds with one thing in common, Death Metal. We stalled to present Fury &\r\nFlames, but for an\r\nalbum as supreme as this one it’s never too late! I am certain that all the\r\nloyal fans have already purchased the album and also the Erik Rutan fans. For the rest of you who might have some\r\nsecond thoughts here we are to present you exactly what is going on.
\r\nW.E.B. is a Greek metal band associated with the extreme and dark side of metal. They were formed in 2002 in Athens and "Jesus Heist" is their second release after their debut album "Don’t Wake Futility" in 2005. Their music can be described as a Black/Gothic mixture with an atmospheric vibe, although don’t be mistaken their stuff is way too aggressive to be called atmospheric, and some industrial hints from time to time.
The French band Destinity, after have release three albums for Adipocere Records, this time returns with their fourth effort, for Lifeforce records this time.
In General I’m not against the minimalistic releases and especially when it’s about a Heavy Metal / Hard Rock, release, but here we have a problem. The “No Way Out” CD is a re recording of some older demos, by the Italian trio Hammer.