Avantasia – The Flying Opera: Around the World In Twenty Days Live
Overall, the live show is just amazing, musically, vocally, visually, the ensemble really pull it off. Hearing 80,000 fans singing along with Avantasia is a little awe inspiring.
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Blizaro—City of the Living Nightmare
If you like your doom proggy and your prog doomy, don’t hesitate to step into the psychotronic world of Blizaro.
Autopsy – Macabre Eternal
Usually reunion albums are half-assed affairs but nobody told Autopsy on how this usually works. This is pure slime infested, gore ridden, putrid death metal done the only way Autopsy can deliver.
Sepultura – Kairos
Kairos is definitely an album produced by a band that has seemingly stuck to their guns even when their decisions have divided their fan base. While not a huge progressive leap forward, it’s a great listen.
Hellbound @ Hellfest: The Review – Day One
During the month of June Adam Wills traveled to Clisson, France to go to the 2011 edition of Hellfest. Here is his recap of day one in words and pictures, including reviews of the performances by Church Of Misery, In Solitude, Primordial, Down, Morbid Angel and more.
Exhumed – All Guts, No Glory
In perfect grind form, the pace of the album is relentless and unforgiving. Riff after riff after blast after scream after roar, it constantly maintains tension and refreshes itself, never failing prey to monotony.
Deep Purple – Phoenix Rising
If rock and roll debauchery is something you are into, definitely pick this up but if you are a fan of the classic In Rock / Machine Head era of Deep Purple then you are better off spending your money elsewhere.
Just got back from Calgary–and boy, is my wallet tired! Pt 2
There were five bands playing the Distillery that evening, and aside from the local death/grind group who took the stage at 9, they were all solid supporting acts for The Sword.
Brainoil – Death of this Dry Season
All in all, this is a solid sludge album (EP?) best suited to those who lean a little more towards the death metal side of things.
Hammerfall – Infected
Sceptical as I was, I’m pretty happy with Infected and if it marks a turn to a rockier, darker band, I’m with them.