Artlantica - Across The Seven Seas (2013)

Artlantica - Across The Seven Seas Heavy metal has always been maligned as uncultured, distasteful and boorish by the ignorant masses. It's a cross we've all had to bear. But one example of emancipation from this tag has been the neoclassical style of heavy metal pioneered by Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Ritchie Blackmore, etc. Carrying forward this virtuosic art form is Artlantica with their latest release, Across The Seven Seas. Artlantica's...

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Saffire - From Ashes To Fire (2013)

Saffire - From Ashes To Fire Saffire hail from Gothenburg, Sweden, and no, they don't practice all things melodic death metal as so many acts seem to from that region. The band also buck the Swedish trend of late to churn out '70s styled retro hard rock. From Ashes to Fire, their debut full length for Inner Wound Recordings, is actually a pretty enjoyable and solid slice of progressive metal and melodic hard rock. Lots of twisting guitar &...

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Gamma Ray - Somewhere In The Galaxy (2012) FLAC

Gamma Ray - Somewhere In The Galaxy Tracklist:CD101. Who Do You Think You Are? (5:06)02. Sail On (4:14)03. Mr. Outlaw (4:09)04. The Lonesome Stranger (4:59)05. Heroes (5:00)06. Exciter (5:01)07. Heavy Metal Mania (4:49)08. Miracle (7:16)09. A While In Dreamland (4:16)10. Return To Fantasy (5:13)11. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (3:46)CD201. Victim Of Changes (7:21)02. Angel Of Death (6:12)03. Trouble (5:19)04. Hellfire (4:37)05. One Life (5:07)06....

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Jorn - Traveller (2013)

Jorn - Traveller For Angry Metal regulars, Norway’s Jorn Lande needs NO introduction! This leaves me in a quandary… I need an opening paragraph so you get a repeat of what you already know. As Lord Steel Druhm laid out in his review of Bring Heavy Rock To The Land, Lande has a massive career spanning across solo, group and collaborative projects Ark, Masterplan, Beyond Twilight, Avantasia and Allen/Lande that easily makes him one of the most...

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Pryde - Psychocentesis (2013)

Pryde - Psychocentesis Tracklist: 01. Collapsing 02. The Point of No Return 03. Trapped in a Dream 04. Artificial Paradise 05. Birth of Dementia 06. Psychocentesis 07. Cold Light 08. Between the Lines 09. Illusive Faith 10. Step out of the Mist 11. The Awakening TKP password : my nym...

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Overtures - Entering The Maze (2013)

Overtures - Entering The Maze Since their inception ten years ago, Italy's Overtures has had some better than modest success within their home country and across Europe. They arrive in 2013 with their third album Entering the Maze, recorded and mixed by vocalist Michele Guaitoli and mastered by the legendary Sascha Paeth. Entering the Maze is another case of an album that gets off on a rocky start, but quickly rebounds and grows on you. First,...

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Skylark - The Divine Gataes Part III Last Gate (2007)

Skylark - The Divine Gataes Part III Last Gate First off, when I first heard this album, I wasn't too much into power metal. I was in a period where I mostly listened to death metal and post-rock. Yet, this album just stroke me, in a way other modern melodic power metal bands like Sonata Arctica, Arthemis and Rhapsody failed. It had the cheesy elements and the poppy chorus that made me despise its genre but it had a kind of unique charm. I'll...

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Sacred Steel - Hammer of Destruction (2006) FLAC

Sacred Steel - Hammer of Destruction I don't get it. I really should love Sacred Steel, given my blatant worship of most other bands of their ilk, but something about them just never gets me too excited. They've got their hearts in the right place, and they definitely don't follow any modern trends or introduce any non-metal elements into their sound, but this just isn't a very exciting album. The formula is pretty standard, with heavy, galloping...

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Titanium - Titanium (2013) FLAC

Titanium - Titanium Tracklist: 1. We Come To Rock2. Dogmatic Mind3. Far Beyond The Skies4. Another Chance5. Only One6. Sacred Dreams7. Here And Now8. Forever Mine9. An Ever Flowing Stream10. Nowhere To Run11. In The Night12. Titanium13. Riffs Of Steel14. Curse Of The White Flag15. Bonus Track TKP password : my nymp...

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Civil War - The Killer Angels (2013) FLAC

Civil War - The Killer Angels Aaah, finally a new Sabaton release. Honestly, I wasn't expecting it so soon, just an year after their sixth effort, Carolus Rex. And, by the way, I'd suggest Joakim to take a little break, his voice is unrecognizable, seems like he's singing while someone is squeezing his balls. But the other band trademarks are all here; it's clearly Sabaton. What? Is this not Sabaton? Civil War, that's what the album...

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Powerworld - Cybersteria (2013) FLAC

Powerworld - Cybersteria   What was considered as Orwellian fiction back in 1984 has become reality in 2013 – the surveillance society. In times of Facebook and Skype, true privacy seems to exist only where exposure through the media is consistently rejected. “There’s almost a kind of hysteria when it comes to the Internet and digital pseudo-realities,” POWERWORLD mastermind Ilker Ersin explains the background of the band’s latest album...

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Ancient Bards - Soullness Child (2011) FLAC

Ancient Bards - Soullness Child Concept albums are hardly a new idea. And the idea of a concept spanning multiple albums isn't either. Reviewing them can be a bit of a tricky affair because finding one that isn't completely ludicrous is like seeing Bigfoot: the odds are one in a million and no one will believe you anyway. Tarkus, 2112, Heart of a Killer, Tommy, all of them make sense only if you consider horse tranquilizers an entree. I say...

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Judas Priest - Greatest Hits (2012) FLAC

Judas Priest - Greatest Hits Tracklist: CD 1 01. Breaking The Law 02:3402. Painkiller 06:0503. Rocka Rolla 03:0404. Between The Hammer & The Anvil 04:5105. Metal Gods 03:5906. United 03:3007. Beyond The Realms Of Death 06:5008. Nostradamus 06:4409. Riding On The Wind 03:0810. Hell Bent For Leather 02:3911. A Touch Of Evil 05:4312. Exciter 05:3213. Night Crawler 05:4414. Jawbreaker 03:2615. Rapid Fire 03:5416. You've Gont Another Thing Comin'...

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Civil War - The Killer Angels (2013)

Civil War - The Killer Angels Aaah, finally a new Sabaton release. Honestly, I wasn't expecting it so soon, just an year after their sixth effort, Carolus Rex. And, by the way, I'd suggest Joakim to take a little break, his voice is unrecognizable, seems like he's singing while someone is squeezing his balls. But the other band trademarks are all here; it's clearly Sabaton. What? Is this not Sabaton? Civil War, that's what the album cover states....

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Sacred Steel - Wargods of Metal (1998)

Sacred Steel - Wargods of Metal I liked this album a little more than Bloodlust, but not by much. See to me at least, Sacred Steel is doing exactly what every other power metal band is doing, so they just kind of get pilled in with all the other power metal bands. There is nothing exceptional that puts them at the top, or even in the top ten. What I like most about this album is the guitar work. Usually in power metal you see the straight...

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Down For Five - Heroes and Devil (2013)

Down For Five - Heroes and Devil Tracklist: 01. What Lies Above 02. Bring Me Down 03. Song For The Broken 04. Rise 05. Mirage 06. Heads In The Sand 07. Friends 08. Enemies 09. Time Slips 10. Send The Angels 11. Punch The Sky 12. Heroes And Devils TKP password : my nym...

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Vodoo Vegas - The Rise Of Jimmy Silver (2013)

Vodoo Vegas - The Rise Of Jimmy Silver Having caught the eye of the likes of Glenn Hughes and Gilby Clarke and gaining momentum from gigging theirtheir asses off winning people's hearts and raising money on music pledge it' s safe to say Voodoo Vegas fan base is solid already, and with an album like 'The rise of Jimmy Silver' it' s easy to see why.I not heard a debut as free flowing and natural sound and fun since The Darkness debut 'Permission...

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Huntres - Spell Eater (2012) FLAC

Huntres - Spell Eater One day, when I was discussing 2012 metal releases with my (tiny) group of metal friends, the band Christian Mistress came up. I had picked up their album Possession earlier this year and enjoyed it a little, but it didn’t blow me away or anything. Then one of my friends said, “Hey, if you guys liked Christian Mistress, check out Huntress. Their debut comes out soon.” One day, I was a little bored, so I checked out a couple...

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Kee Marcelo - Judas Kiss (2013) FLAC

Kee Marcelo - Judas Kiss Tracklist: 01. Zombie 02. Dog Eat Dog 03. Starless Sky 04. I'm Stoned 05. Dead End Highway 06. Judas Kiss 07. And Forever More (Duet With Akane Liv) 08. Coming Home 09. Get On Top 10. The Harder They Come 11. Dead Give Away 12. Love Will Tear Us Apart 13. Metal Box TKP password : bidada...

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Ghost BC - Infestissumam (2013) FLAC CUE LOG

Ghost BC - Infestissumam The problem with gimmicks is that they have a shelf life. Just ask any of the retro-rock darlings of the class of ’03. The Darkness, Wolfmother and Jet all burst onto the scene by resurrecting the '60s and '70s, both in sound and image, and shot to the top of the charts before falling into obscurity once the nostalgia faded. Fast-forward a decade and you’ll find Ghost B.C. (just Ghost to the non-Americans) taking...

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Freedom Reign - Freedom Reign (2013)

Freedom Reign - Freedom Reign Tracklist: 01 - Ritual [00:04:50] 02 - Shadows Of Doubt [00:04:35] 03 - Brother [00:03:50] 04 - Believe [00:02:04] 05 - Up From Down [00:05:26] 06 - To Be [00:04:26] 07 - No Excuses [00:05:38] 08 - Long Way [00:06:00] 09 - Looking Around [00:06:59] TKP password : nym...

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Myrath - Tales Of The Sand (2011) FLAC

Myrath - Tales Of The Sand Myrath has always been a unique force in progressive metal, and for good reason. You see, they hail from Tunisia, a place not known for its notable metal artists. They have proved to be an exception, however, and have cemented themselves as one of the greater prog metal bands of our time. It isn’t just that their songs are exceptionally well thought out (which they certainly are). Myrath showcase a unique twist on...

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Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The King (2010) Japanese Edition FLAC

Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The King Power metal. The fans of the genre love it, but it doesn't always love them back. Sometime after the turn of the millennium, power metal just sort of ran out of steam. Rhapsody of Fire (then just known as Rhapsody) were riding high in the European metal scene, Blind Guardian were turning turgid Tolkien tales into metal masterpieces, and even the more fusion oriented groups like thrash/power US heavyweights...

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Seduce the Heaven - Field Of Dreams (2013) Japanese Edition FLAC

Seduce the Heaven - Field Of Dreams Reviewed by CROMCarl on April 17, 2013 "[Seduce the Heaven] recaptures a pinnacle of modern symphonic style snuffed out by the loss of After Forever and the music world is better for it." Back in 2009, the world lost a gem when After Forever called it quits, with Sander Gommans disbanding the Dutch greats due to health reasons. In doing so, the band founded by Epica composer/guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen...

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Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Events (2011) FLAC Japanese Edition

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Events There’s probably not a single Dream Theater fan that doesn’t already know that Mike Portnoy is no longer in the band. In fact, thanks to Mike’s stint with Avenged Sevenfold, even people that are apathetic towards Dream Theater’s music know the general details. At any rate, bad publicity is still publicity and the band member drama has definitely created more of a buzz for this album than it would have...

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Airbourne - Black Dog Barking (2013) FLAC

Airbourne - Black Dog Barking Continuing the trend of their previous album, three years later and Airbourne are back. This album brings back more of what you expect from this band. This is an unapologetic, fast-paced ride of sex, booze, rock, and women. The band has an uncanny ability to tap into that special-something that made bands like AC/DC so unique back in the ‘70’s, and what propelled them to rock and roll superstardom in the early...

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