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Daily Album Premiere Thursday: IMMORTAL GUARDIAN – Age Of Revolution

September 26, 2018

With their mix of modern, aggressive metal vocals and traditional, more Hard Rock based melodic passages, on Age Of Revolution Immortal Guardian finds a nice balance between contemporary and classic metal styles. The impressive vocal chops of Carlos Zema are on display here and although his ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Wednesday: ACE MAFIA – Ace Mafia (EP)

September 18, 2018

Ace Mafia would have been a sure thing in 2001. Unfortunately, the band’s generic Modern Hard Rock sound combined with singer K. Ghibli’s late 90’s entrenched vocal style just makes it sound like another recording project that took so long to get released that it completely missed ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Wednesday: BLACK MAJESTY – Children Of The Abyss

September 11, 2018

Despite being seven albums deep into their career, on Children Of The Abyss, Black Majesty have failed to capture the requisite Power Metal catchiness and hum-ability that releases in this genre really can’t do without. This is one of those bands that has been struggling for years to break ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Tuesday: DREAM CHILD – Until Death Do We Meet Again

September 4, 2018

On the surface, this Frontiers Records born project seems like yet another band comprised of former Dio members fronted by a new, but very Dio inspired, vocalist. And that’s exactly what it is. Dream Child, like some of the other bands in this Post Dio genre (Last In Line, Resurrection ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Tuesday: MANIMAL – Purgatorio

August 29, 2018

Fans of Primal Fear will be right at home with Purgatorio, the new album from Manimal. Riff based songs, in-your-face Painkiller influences, and Eric Adams worthy high notes abound on this no-nonsense Heavy Power Metal release. While the songs are, at times, one dimensional and the record has a ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Thursday: KILMARA – Across The Realm Of Time

August 22, 2018

On Kilmara’s fourth album, Across The Realm Of Time, like a lot of the modern day Traditional Hard Rock bands, this act has trouble distinguishing itself from the thousands of other bands that are peddling the same sound and style. Despite an excellent album production (thanks to Power Metal ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Wednesday: CHASTAIN – The 7th Of Never 30 Years Heavy

August 15, 2018

Originally released in 1987, Chastain’s The 7th Of Never was a highlight of the band’s 80’s heyday. Featuring the too-often overlooked Leather Leone on vocals, this release still stands up well as a time-capsule of Traditional Heavy Metal. 30 years later, the remaster treatment ...READ MORE

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