Reviews roundup – Evergrey vs. Phenomena vs. Wille & The Bandits vs. The Stone Garden vs. Spellblast vs. The Wide EVERGREY The Atlantic AFM Album number eleven from Swedish prog metal overlords and it’s the third part in a trilogy that began with 2014’s “Hymns For The Broken” and continued in 2016 with “The…
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Reviews roundup – SuidAkrA vs. David Cross & Andrew Booker vs. Paul Oscher vs. Gregory Alan Isakov vs. Murder Monroe vs. Mighty Quinn
Reviews roundup – SuidAkrA vs. David Cross & Andrew Booker vs. Paul Oscher vs. Gregory Alan Isakov vs. Murder Monroe vs. Mighty Quinn SuidAkrA Cimbric Yarns AFM Records Well I hail from the Northern frontier of the ancient Kingdom of Northumbria so have some Cumbric in me. I like heavy metal. And this is a…
Reviews roundup – Billy Bio vs. Peter Banks vs. Piledriver vs. C For Caroline vs. Big Harp George vs. Metro Verlaine
Reviews roundup – Billy Bio vs. Peter Banks vs. Piledriver vs. C For Caroline vs. Big Harp George vs. Metro Verlaine BILLY BIO Feed The Fire AFM Records When is a Biohazard album not a Biohazard album? When it’s a Billy Bio album. Because Billy Bio is, of course, Billy Graziadei. And you’d be…
Reviews roundup – Gama Bomb vs. Shine Noir vs. Federal Charm vs. Bobby BlackHat vs. Birdsong At Morning
Reviews roundup – Gama Bomb vs. Shine Noir vs. Federal Charm vs. Bobby BlackHat vs. Birdsong At Morning GAMA BOMB Speed Between The Lines AFM Thrashing metal mad time now with Gama Bomb, the Northern Irish thrashers whose “Speed Between The Lines” album is their sixth. Now I’m an auld fella who was around…
Reviews roundup – Holter vs. Steve Young vs. Gin Blossoms vs. The Proven Ones vs. Fred Mika
Reviews roundup – Holter vs. Steve Young vs. Gin Blossoms vs. The Proven Ones vs. Fred Mika HOLTER Vlad The Impaler Frontiers First and most important question. Is it as good as “Swing of Death”, the Dracula musical from Trond Holter (for it is he) and Jorn Lande? No, of course not because that was…
Reviews roundup – Arion vs. Orions Belte vs. Bryan Lee vs. Hercules
Reviews roundup – Arion vs. Orions Belte vs. Bryan Lee vs. Hercules ARION Life Is Not Beautiful AFM To Finlandia! For some power metal. So far, so predictable. So what can Arion bring to the table that is new and unexpected. Well nothing really because this is a genre largely defined by rules. But don’t…
