ZZ Top - La Futura
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 11.09.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Mercury Records 10.0
METALFAN RATING: 8.1
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“Nothing new on the Southern front!”, that’s what an uninformed bystander would say, hearing the latest ZZ Top. Nothing farther from the truth! "La futura" is Spanish for “survival”, it has nothing to do with “future”, and... |
Hexvessel - No Holier Temple
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 07.09.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Svart Records 8.5
METALFAN RATING: 8.8
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You must be familiar with names such as Dødheimsgard and Code, you may have heard of Kvohst, i.e. Mat McNerny, an Englishman that decided to move to the frozen Finland. If I were to look at the number... |
Ex Deo - Caligvla
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 31.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Napalm Records 8.7
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Ektomorf - Black Flag
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 31.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: AFM Records 8.5
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Swans - The Seer
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 28.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Young God Records 8.8
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Gypsyhawk - Revelry & Resilience
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 28.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Metal Blade Records 7.5
METALFAN RATING: 8.8
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I must admit that before they got to Metal Blade Records, the name Gypsyhawk was completely unknown to me, but there’s a first time for everything. What drew my attention to Gypsyhawk? First of all the name. Hawk... |
Circa Survive - Violent Waves
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 28.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Autoprodus 8.0
METALFAN RATING: 8.7
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While they took their first steps in 2004, I only heard about Circa Survive about 4 months ago, when Serban – none other than the bass player of White Walls, posted one of their songs on Facebook. In... |
Ensiferum - Unsung Heroes
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 27.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Spinefarm 8.5
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Katatonia - Dead End Kings
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 27.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Peaceville Records 8.5
METALFAN RATING: 9.0
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Starting with the album Tonight’s Decision in 1999, Katatonia took a rather drastic turn from the melodic/depressive funeral death doom they had played since 1991, in that they gave up the “death” element or any sort of growling. They discovered... |
Bedemon - Symphony of Shadows
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 25.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Svart Records 9.0
METALFAN RATING: 8.6
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Symphony of Shadows (2012) is a zombie album! It belongs to a band that was born dead – a collaboration between several former/future members of Pentagram (itself a ghost band), dating around the early 70s – it contains songs... |
Threshold - March of Progress
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 24.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Nuclear Blast Records 8.8
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last of a Dying Breed
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 21.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Roadrunner 8.8
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Kobra and the Lotus - Kobra and the Lotus
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 06.08.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Universal Music 8.9
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King of Asgard - ...to North
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 31.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Metal Blade Records 8.8
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Dew Scented - Icarus
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 30.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Metal Blade Records 8.4
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Tankard - A Girl Called Cerveza
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 27.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Nuclear Blast Records 8.8
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Morbus Chron - A Saunter Through the Shroud
FORMAT: MCD REALEASE DATE: 23.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Century Media 0.0
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Lost Society (ROU) - Lost Society
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 18.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: A&A Records 7.5
METALFAN RATING: 8.5
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Lost Society is a band that was created early in 2010, when Matei Tibacu-Blendea (Cyborg, Illuminati) and Paul "Slayer" Grigoriu (Rising Shadow) united their forces to create something different. Something different for Romania. More precisely, a sort of experimental/punk... |
Haiduk - Spellbook
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 18.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Autoprodus 7.5
METALFAN RATING: 8.7
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Globalization makes miracles, disasters, and sometimes good jokes. In the press release about Haiduk, we are told that Luka Milojica’s project originates in the frozen woods of Canada. This may be true in location, but not in... |
Denial of God - Death and the Beyond
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 13.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Hells Headbangers Records 0.0
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Saga - 20/20
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 06.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Earmusic 8.7
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Periphery - Periphery II This Time It's Personal
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 03.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Roadrunner 10.0
METALFAN RATING: 8.8
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They say about Periphery that they are the initiators of that subgenre of progressive metal referred to as djent, mentioned here when we spoke of TesseracT and Animals As Leaders. Like these bands, Periphery’s music revolves a... |
Primate - Draw Back a Stump
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 03.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Relapse Records 8.7
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Bonded by Blood - The Aftermath
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 02.07.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Earache Records 8.6
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Nile - At the Gate of Sethu
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 29.06.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Nuclear Blast Records 8.7
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Vintersorg - Orkan
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 29.06.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Napalm Records 8.7
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Stratovarius - Under Flaming Winter Skies - Live in Tampere
FORMAT: DVD REALEASE DATE: 27.06.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Earmusic 8.8
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Gojira - L'enfant sauvage
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 26.06.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Roadrunner 9.5
METALFAN RATING: 8.8
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The fact that Gojira is one of the most loyal bands in the metallic underground is no longer a secret to anyone. And this is due to the fact that they have maintained the same line-up from their... |
Manowar - The Lord of Steel
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 26.06.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Magic Circle Music 9.5
METALFAN RATING: 8.3
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Pure heavy metal The new Manowar, The Lord Of Steel, includes 10 tracks, each of them telling a different story. All reflect Manowar’s attachment to values such as fairness and honour and all other elements Manowar fans know and... |
Eye of Solitude - Sui Caedere
FORMAT: CD REALEASE DATE: 25.06.2012 RECORD COMPANY: Kaotoxin Records 8.8
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