Tag: 2015

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Kanseil – Doin Earde

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 Some people get very agitated when they cannot understand the words to a song that they really like because it’s in another language, and it this instance that language is what I assume to be Italian as Kanseil is an Italian folk metal band. But for me it does not matter what language the vocals are speaking in because I most likely won’t understand on my first spin of the track and I rely all upon how well it suits the rest of the band, and “Doin Earde” shows an amazing example of that being pulled off phenomenally. The additions … Continue reading Kanseil – Doin Earde

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Secrets of the Sky – Pathway

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 The last time an album with doom elements truly had me glued to the seat in awe and shock was Inter Arma’s “The Cavern”, and now “Pathway” from atmospheric doom metal act Secrets of the Sky have done that same exact thing for me. I’ve never thought that atmospheric doom metal would be like, but this worked so fucking well that it blew my mind to bits only for me to reassemble them and have them blown apart again! This album is without a fucking doubt the best doom metal album of 2015 so far and is tied for my … Continue reading Secrets of the Sky – Pathway

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Subterranean Masquerade – The Great Bazaar

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 “The Great Bazaar” is a little on the odd side of metal in the way it’s performed, and you may have already guessed that from the very different looking cover art. Subterranean Masquerade is a progressive symphonic metal group but some of the vocals were very deep and guttural much like death metal so I was really taken aback because I did not see that kind of shit coming, but it worked out pretty well so I’m okay with it. But there was also a nice variety of sounds played by instruments that I cannot place for whatever reason, so … Continue reading Subterranean Masquerade – The Great Bazaar

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Avi Rosenfeld – In the Sky

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 I’ve never been real huge into classic rock since I think some of it is pretty dragged out and a tad bland to me, and I honestly had a bad feeling that Avi Rosenfeld’s newest album “In the Sky” was going to be that way. Now before I go anywhere let me just say that I was wrong in that feeling, but I’m not in love with the album. To me, “In the Sky” is something that I’d listen to every now and then, you know? It’s something that someone like me couldn’t put on the daily playlist and listen … Continue reading Avi Rosenfeld – In the Sky

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Gaillion – Letters from the Skipper (single)

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 When I say that “Letters from the Skipper” is a free flowing single, I’m not trying to make a pun out of the album cover. This progressive rock song has a very calming feel to it that you don’t normally see in progressive rock because the more progressive side is more of an experimental genre and can have a wide variety of sounds, combinations, and tunes that are more innovative. But Gaillion take a simple route and make this a more calming song as I said and making it ideal for something like a boat ride, as you might be … Continue reading Gaillion – Letters from the Skipper (single)

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Lamb of God – Still Echoes (single)

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Randy Blythe doesn’t like the idea of sub-genres so I won’t even begin to attempt to label “Still Echoes” or Lamb of God as it is not exactly my field of expertise, but enough bullshit. As I’m sure many of you may know, Lamb of God have recently released a single, “Still Echoes”, to announce their upcoming album, “Sturm und Drang”. I haven’t had the pleasure to sit down and really listen to “Still Echoes” until just today and OH MY FUCKING GOD!! It kicks all the ass! Straight from the beginning this is an aggressively intense album that has a hook … Continue reading Lamb of God – Still Echoes (single)

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Sisters Of… – The Serpent, the Angel, and the Adversary

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 An instrumental album is one thing. An instrumental post metal album is something else entirely. Sisters Of… have created an awesome album with their post metal that brings a whole new meaning to the word “atmospheric” with all 8 tracks having very well done riffs and sounds to them that only a post metal band could do, but Sisters Of… have taken that and increased the awesomeness ten fold and thensome! The album does start out a little slow but then the remainder of the album is great to say in the least as you are taken on a journey … Continue reading Sisters Of… – The Serpent, the Angel, and the Adversary

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Orpheus Blade – Wolf’s Cry

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 It’s always a rare occasion when I hear an album and cannot place any sort of genre by the third or fourth track, and yet the only thing I can call “Wolf’s Cry” by Orpheus Blade is just metal. This is called a progressive metal album, and I can see that in some areas, but the rest of this album is straight up simple metal in my mind and doesn’t truly stick itself to any one subgenre of metal. The sheer variety that is in “Wolf’s Cry” is shown very well with 2 tracks, including the first one, taking a break, slowing … Continue reading Orpheus Blade – Wolf’s Cry

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Midnight Odyssey – Shards of Silver Fade

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 The longest album I’ve ever heard in my entire life was only about an hour and ten minutes, and that was with over 13 tracks on that album at about 5 minutes a piece. But as if to show me that I don’t know shit the universe sent me Midnight Odyssey’s upcoming album “Shards of Silver Fade” which is a whopping, motherfucking 2 hours and 22 minutes long! Holy fuck! I sat there and just listened to the whole thing back to front to get the full experience of this literal mammoth of an album. The ambiance and atmosphere that’s … Continue reading Midnight Odyssey – Shards of Silver Fade

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Trauma – Rapture and Wrath

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 It’s always cool to know that a band separated back decades ago, back in the 80s in this case, but have once more gotten together to bring us some classic sounding metal that we don’t get a lot anymore because of the new wave genres and the diversity that we hear every single day. Trauma have come back with a classic power metal album that is something that fans of both classic metal and power metal should find extremely enjoyable, I sure fucking did, because “Rapture and Wrath” is the absolute best of both worlds smashed into one hour long … Continue reading Trauma – Rapture and Wrath