Russkaja is a slightly unordinary band in the ranks of Napalm Records. They call it ‘Russian Turbo Polka Metal’. Meaning, musicians from Russia, Ukraine and Austria serve polka beats, a bit of thrash metal...
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Epica – Retrospect
Pictures will follow soon – 23-03-2013 – On this evening, Epica celebrated its tenth anniversary (or according to ex-bass player Yves Huts the eleventh). The venue Klokgebouw was completely sold out, thus about 4500...
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Finntroll – Blodsvept
The sound of Finntroll is, and stayed familiar with the release of Blodsvept, though it seems that the influences they get outside of the world of metal, are growing bigger with each album that...
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Gloryhammer – Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife
Gloryhammer is the new project of keyboard-player and singer Christopher Bowes from Alestorm. Christopher’s life seems to be all about ‘epic quests’, and with this new project he steps out of the world of...
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Hypocrisy – End Of Disclosure
One thing is for sure: Peter Tägtren is a busy man; a fact that I’m happy about because this means he releases a lot of great albums. This time it is his own band...
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Visions Of Atlantis – Ethera
Visions Of Atlantis, formed back in 2000, is releasing their fifth album called Ethera this month. I own their first two albums and that’s it for me. Since the release of Cast Away the...
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Alpha Tiger – Beneath The Surface
Before Alpha Tiger was created in 2011, the band has operated before under a different name. From 2007 until 2011 the band was called Satin Black, played thrash metal and released a full length...
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Serenity – War Of Ages
The weather has been stormy over the past couple of months for Serenity. Founder keyboardist Mario Hirzinger decided to leave the band after his love for Symphonic Metal has perished over the years. Yet...
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Vreid – Welcome Farewell
I’ve always liked Vreid. But after the release of Milorg in 2009, which I still absolutely love, I lost track of them. Their latest album ‘V’ didn’t touch me like Milorg did, and I...
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Intronaut – Habitual Levitations
With the release of Habitual Levitations, prog metal fans around the world can start making their 2013 year list with favorite records. The 4th full length release of Los Angeles proggers Intronaut, is just...
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