Posts Tagged ‘music reviews’
This morning, Niek from Death Metal Baboon sent me a note to let me know Oak Pantheon, a US atmospheric black metal band, had given DMB an exclusive preview of their upcoming EP, and could I give it some love? After hearing the song, “In the Dead of Winter Night”, I agreed that yes, I [...]
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I’ll admit, I’ve been letting the band submissions pile up lately – there’s just been too much work on my desk (and I prefer to write most of my client work in silence. Surprised?), and I’ve been feeling a sense of impending doom at the long list of PR emails with the word “core” in [...]
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If you’re a fan of melodic death metal, you will have heard of Arch Enemy. Stalwarts of this genre, their catchy riffs and outspoken female frontwoman have attracted legions of fans and, like any mildly successful metal band, a barrage of critics. After seven studio albums, even the most imaginative of bands find their songs [...]
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This album didn’t make my top 10 of 2010 for the simple reason that I hadn’t heard it yet. Otherwise, it would have made an appearance for sure. Man-Eating Tree is a project featuring Vessa Ranta – the drummer of Sentenced – along with Janne Markus (ex Poisonblack) and an amazing vocalist named Tuomas Tuominen, who used [...]
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The problem with most female-fronted symphonic / gothic metal bands coming out these days is that they’ve spent the last twenty years worshipping Nightwish. Admittedly, Nightwish thoroughly deserve that worship for their innate ability to combine operatic vocals and keyboard driven melodies into catchy, perfectly executed songs. However, operatic vocals and keyboards do not a [...]
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Review: Avatar – Black Waltz
Gig Review: ABSU, Heresiarch, Nullifier and Exordium Mors at the Kings Arms
Girls Don’t Like Metal
Review: I Spit on Your Grave – Baby I’m Bullet Proof
Metal Fashion: Bad Love Leather
