I will introduce this excellent article by giving one one line from it…
They’re more wallet chains and hoodys to Arxis’ broadswords and big-titted wenches atop dragons.
If that doesn’t make you want to read on, I don’t know what will!
Arxis/Snakebite, The Swan & Mitre (Live Review)
I have mixed feelings about the Embrace Agony EP “Path to Redemption”. I like their music, it has a nice groove to it and some good beats; I had some definite head bobbing moments. I also really like the singer. He has a beautifully haunting voice, which lingered in my head long after the cd finished. However…
Finish this Embrace Agony Review.
Ignored By Fear, the third full length offering from Norway’s Thundra, will have you boarding your longboat and slaying meagre villagers without any hint of mercy. Although not the biggest name on the “Viking metal” scene, it’s clear that these boys know how to make a noise. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect as there’s a plethora of this type of band around at the moment, but with an 11-year head start on other young whipper-snappers, Thundra have delivered something pleasingly brutal.
Mary Magdalan’s debut album, “Pity Girl”, was the story of Mary’s youth and the second album, R.I.P. has picked up right where the first finished. The band has a talent for mixing and melding music together so it tells a story. The 24 tracks of this double album melt into each other and the interludes push along the story, while giving the feeling of taking a schizophrenic trip through an asylum with Mary.
Music with this many layers should be made illegal, it is just too heavy for the majority of the populous! ‘A Glorified Piece of Blue Sky’ is one of the heaviest and filthiest albums I have heard all year, each song is crushing in it’s own right, but lay them all down onto one release and you have an album that will leave you reeling but also wanting more.
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