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THE RIVEN – Visions of Tomorrow
The moment I finished my first listen of “Visions of Tomorrow” by Swedish rockers THE RIVEN.
Heart pounding.
A deep, satisfied grin on my face.
That pure,...
PAGAN ALTAR – Never Quite Dead
This review could have started in a rather cliché way, by referencing one of the infamous debates in the metal scene—whether it's right or...
CENTURY – Sign of the Storm
Forged in the pandemic fires of 2020, Swedish metal warriors CENTURY have rapidly carved a bloody path through the true-metal underground, fueled by the...
DEADLY MAGIC – …As Nightmares Gorged The Earth
DEADLY MAGIC is a brand new but very ambitious and extremely promising project by Maik Jegszenties, guitarist and vocalist of the German Speed /...
HIGH WARDEN – Astral Iron
Have you heard HIGH WARDEN's cover of REVEREND BIZARRE’s “Cirith Ungol”? Let me just say that they TOTALLY NAILED IT in their “Land of...
MIDNIGHT FORCE – Severan
MIDNIGHT FORCE from Scotland, is a band who belongs to the musical scene called New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal, which has grown vastly...
DEMON SPELL – Evil Nights
It is truth that we haven’t listened to a new album from KING DIAMOND since 2007 or from MERCYFUL FATE much longer, since 1999,...
VENDEL – Out in the Fields
Finally, the long – awaited debut full length album of VENDEL is ready to land ‘’Out In The Fields’’ of the battle, on June...
COLTRE – To Watch With Hands, To Touch With Eyes
The news of COLTRE’s first full-length release filled me with joy and expectation but the privilege to write a review about it made me...
MEGATON SWORD – Might & Power
It wasn’t a year and a half ago, that I wrote a review/presentation of MEGATON SWORD’s debut album. I still remember, I wasn’t really...
WITCH BLADE – Månsken
WITCH BLADE from Sweden return with its second album entitled “Månsken”. Those who know the band from its debut, “Oskuldernas eld” won’t be disappointed...
FATE'S HAND – Fate’s Hand
I was fine tuned on a positive vibe before I even hear a single track by those newcomers. You know how it goes, a...
MEGATON SWORD – Blood Hails Steel – Steel Hails Fire
MEGATON SWORD is one of the numerous bands that became active through the new rebooting of Epic Metal that is taking place the last...
SANDSTORM – Time To Strike
Newcomers SANDSTORM from Canada have recently announced the release of their "Time to Strike" debut EP on Dying Victims Productions.
"Time to Strike" belongs to...
MEGATON SWORD – Niralet
It seems that ETERNAL CHAMPION have a great impact among the newer bands and somehow, they created a small but growing scene: GATEKEEPER, SMOULDER,...
Issue #6 Out Now
76 pages, 10 interviews.
DAMASCUS (US)
SANCTUM (US)
HORIZON'S END (GR)
LORD OF LIGHT (SWE)
ETERNAL CHAMPION (US)
GOTHIC STONE (IT)
LEVIATHAN (US)
NEAR INFINITY (US)
ANGEL EDGE (US)
OBLIVION KNIGHT (US)
plus
LEGIONED MARCHER (US)...
JUDICATOR – Concord
I absolutely love JUDICATOR.
So, this may come straight from a fan’s heart—trying to keep a critical eye open!
While the band’s epic, historically themed albums...
TRIUMPHER Interview
On the occasion of the recent release of Triumpher’s second album, “Spirit Invictus”, and after its presentation on Forgotten Scroll (here) the time has...