Tag: metal
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Adrien Begrand’s 2018 in metal
Every year, Hellbound writers submit their top albums of the year. They all get compiled into Hellbound’s Top Metal Albums of the year (coming soon). Top Albums of 2018 10. Manor of Infinite Forms Artist: Tomb Mold Label: 20 Buck Spin Listen to Manor of Infinite Forms on Bandcamp 9. Queen of Time Artist: Amorphis…
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Matt Hinch’s Top Metal Albums of 2018
Every year, Hellbound writers submit their top albums of the year. They all get compiled into Hellbound’s Top Metal Albums of the year (coming soon). Top Albums of 2018 10. The Spark That Moves Artist:Cancer Bats Label:Bat Skull/New Damage I was more than pleasantly surprised when this dropped out of nowhere on April 20. (Coincidence?)…
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Reviews x3: Fractal Cypher, Striker, Jo Quail
Fractal Cypher – Prelude To An Impending Outcome Fans of Dream Theater will find much to enjoy here. Beautifully played progressive metal, and a release that bodes well for their future music. Transcendent! (Mini Album, Self-Release) https://fractalcypher.bandcamp.com/album/prelude-to-an-impending-outcome Striker – Play To Win Striker remind me of the good old days when great bands like Iron Maiden…
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The Great Sabatini – Goodbye Audio
Montreal’s favourite bearded noise-rock wizards – The Great Sabatini – are back with their fourth full-length album, featuring such family-unfriendly titles as “Still Life with Maggots,” “The Pursuit of Crappiness Parts 1-4” and “You’re Gonna Die (Unsatisfied).” You can always count on noise rock to warm your heart on a cold Canadian winter’s day, eh?…
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HRH Vikings 2018 @ O2 Academy, Sheffield UK
HRH Vikings 2018, December 1-2 at O2 Academy in Sheffield, UK Welcome to Asgard! HRH Vikings is a brand new addition to the Hard Rock Hell cycle… well, kind of a new addition – it is replacing HRH NWOBHM’s traditional Heavy Metal sounds with five metal subgenres: Battle, Nordic, Pagan, Black and Death Metal. The highly…
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Wasted Theory – Warlords of the New Electric
Delaware’s finest purveyors of heavy riffs and silly song titles are back with their third full-length album. With tunes like “Bongronaut,” “Doomslut Rodeo” and “The Son of the Son of a Bitch,” they definitely don’t disappoint in the song-title department on this one! “Rawhide Hellride” kicks off this eight-track effort with a groovy, 70’s style…
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Zeal & Ardor, 4 December 2018, Birmingham UK
Zeal & Ardor with Blanket, December 4th 2018, O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK First on stage were cinematic rockers Blanket, a name that I have not come across before. Being very busy this year with two album releases – How To Let Go on May 18th via Music For Nations and Transfiction on November 23rd – the…
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TesseracT – November 2018 – Birmingham, UK
TesseracT with Plini and Between the Buried and Me – November 30th 2018, O2 Institute Birmingham, UK Not afraid to push the boundaries, TesseracT has been mixing heavy and progressive with hauntingly beautiful vocals. A busy touring year it has been for these Brits – they have been on the road since April and still…
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Ominous Eclipse – Sinister
With a name inspired by the film Pitch Black, Ominous Eclipse tick off all the correct death metal boxes. However, the more one listens to Sinister the more one detects other influences and this bodes well for some longevity in their career. One to look out for in the future. (Self Release) Ominous Eclipse is Guitar, Vocals:…
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The Dead Daisies in Birmingham, November 2018
The Dead Daisies, November 23rd, 2018 at the O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK A very busy year, this one, for the rock veterans The Dead Daisies. In January came the announcement of the pending album Burn It Down (released on April 6) and a 26-date UK and European tour following the release. A list of festivals…