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Massacre/Sound Pollution SUPREME PAIN may not mean a lot to anyone, but behind the moniker lurk Messrs; Adrie Kloosterwaard, vocals (SINISTER), Paul Beltman, drums (ex. SINISTER), Bas Brussard, guitars (FONDLECORPSE), Erwin Harreman, guitars, and Alesa Sare on bass. Their third album is described as epic, evil and fast aggressive with an Old School groove. Go…

Massacre/Sound Pollution Austrian Old School thrash/power metal quartet GARAGEDAYS release their eagerly promoted debut. Marco Kern, guitars/vocals, founded GARAGEDAYS in 2005. Many lineups later he was surrounded by lead guitarist Rene Auer, bass player Dominik Eder and drummer Matthias Mai. The band has issued a demo, “Wild and Dangerous”, before making two albums; “Sight of…

Massacre/Sound Pollution Sword waving German Vikings STORMWARRIOR is back with album number four. True heavy metal and Nordic mythology have served STORMWARRIOR well. Founder Lars Ramke´s vision has paid off and sent them on the road to stardom, via festivals like Wacken Open Air and Motala Metal festival. Success and success again, have they delivered…

Napalm/Sound Pollution Scottish pirates ALESTORM continues to mix folk music with power metal on their third full-length album. Fiddle and hey-hey sits nicely and the last time I saw them they stood up well against headliners SABATON. The band is intact; Christopher Bowes, vocals/keys, Dani Evans, guitar, Gareth Murdoch, bass, and Peter Alcorn, drums. The…

Napalm/Sound Pollution KARMA TO BURN reunited with the phrase “Suck my disc, you two-faced, no-good fuckhead. I hope you burn in hell you LA cunt”. Not bad for a band that had been together between 1994 and 2002. The trio of Rich Mullins, bass, Will Mecum, guitar, and Rob Oswald, drums, actually made a lot…

Avenue of Allies/Sound Pollution Wanted songwriter DAVID ROBERTS went into a 26 year hiatus after debuting in 1982 with the critically acclaimed “All Dressed Up”. He was apparently not aware of the impact of his music, until he was notified that the asking price on EBay of his old album was in the range of…

Frontiers/BAM JOURNEY, ett av universums mest populära rockband, som faktiskt sålt över 100 000 000 skivor! Är det detsamma som eviga fullträffar? Nja, det har varit många sångare inblandade, och alla skivor är inte storsäljare. Men visst har de gett oss låtars om ”Don´t Stop Believin´” och ”Separate Ways”, som de flesta kan nynna på….

Avenue of Allies/Sound Pollution UK band IF ONLY was once hailed by Geoff Downes himself as “No UK band can play AOR that good, they must be from America!”. The band strted out in 1988, centered around vocalist Lorraine Bennington. The rest of the numbers was made up by ex. MORITZ personnel; Greh Hart, guitars/keyboards,…

Napalm/Sound Pollution Russian Pagan Folk Metal act ARKONA has been around for some time now. I have reviewed them in the past, and always been rather favorable. A demo was released in 2002, five full-length albums, two DVDs and now this EP taster. Vocalist Masha “Cream” has been around since the days of pre-band HYPERBOREA,…

Hype Records/Warner Finsk metal, det är väl alltid ett framgångsrecept hos våra hårda grannar? BATTLE BEAST har inte funnits så länge, men har redan turnerat med BLAZE BAILEY, och dessutom vunnit finska W:O:A Metal Battle 2010. Hur som helst så är det dags för Nitte, sång, Anton och Juuso, gitarr, Eero, bas, Antti, keyboards, och…

Massacre/Sound Pollution Messrs Jack Frost (ex-METALLIUM, SAVATAGE), James Riviera (HELSTAR, DISTANT THUNDER) and Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X) are enough to make certain metalheads drool. Apart from the guitarist, the singer and the bass man there is also drummer Taz Marazz. US metal veterans SEVEN WITCHES release their eight album, produced by Jack Frost, and mixed…