As I wrote in my 2024 Yearlist, I still meant to write a review about this album, but it never came to it. So, I kicked my own butt, and here we are. Over...
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Epica – Aspiral
A towering return built on emotion, mythology, and metal mastery Two decades in, Epica has nothing left to prove — and yet, with their ninth studio album “Aspiral”, they deliver one of their most...
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Arch Enemy – Blood Dynasty
´´Welcome to the Blood Dynasty!´´ With these words Michael Amott announced on the 4th of October 2024 the twelfth studio album from Swedish Melodic Death Metal band Arch Enemy. ”Blood Dynasty” is the first...
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Mantar – Post Apocalyptic Depression
Musical rules are made to be broken, genres and titles made to be kicked out of the window. Most bands can’t do it properly and never actually manage to skip past their own restrictions....
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AVATARIUM – BETWEEN YOU, GOD, THE DEVIL AND THE DEAD
The year was 2013. I was living in Germany, when the self-titled debut came out. I remember being intrigued by the thought of Leif Edling maybe doing something else than doom metal. I bought...
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Cradle Of Filth – The screaming of the Valkyries
Active for 34 years UK’s most foremost Extreme Gothic Metal outfit Cradle of Filth has managed to have quite an astonishing discography. Not counting live albums, EP’s, remastered albums, etc. this March their fourteenth!...
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Dream Theater – Parasomnia
Dream Theater, celebrating an incredible 40 years as pioneers of progressive metal, prove that their creativity is still alive and well with “Parasomnia”. The return of Mike Portnoy on drums after a 13-year hiatus...
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RØRY – RESTORATION
”RESTORATION”: The act or process of returning something to it’s earlier good condition, position or to it’s owner… …Or the debut album from English singer-songwriter RØRY, the artist name of Roxanne Emery. Emery, who...
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Enemy Inside – Venom
A new year brings another 365 empty pages to fill with hopefully new memories, new oppurtunities and maybe new bands and music to discover. For me Enemy Inside is the first to start this...
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The Halo Effect – March of the Unheard
The Halo Effect returns with their second album, “March of the Unheard”, released on January 10, 2025. This Swedish supergroup, featuring members with histories in bands like Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, and CyHra,...
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