Reviews Articles Archive - The Metal Review

KREPUSKUL

You would think that Romania would be full of metal bands, especially Transylvania, seeing as it is home to the legend Vlad Tepes, AKA Count Dracula. Krepuskul are the first band from Transylvania that I have had the pleasure o...

SCREAMS OF WINTER

Screams of Winter are a melodic death metal band that formed in 2004 in Chicago. After various line up changes and the band splitting up in 2010. Screams of Winter are back maturer than they were a decade ago, and they mean bus...

ATORC

Atorc were formed back in 2011 in Suffolk, England. Already in their short career, the six piece band have managed to gather a substantial amount of fellow Pagans to follow them on their tales of wenches, swords and ale. Atorc...

DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter are a quintet from Weimar Germany, who have been around since 1995. Their unique style is hard to fit into any genre that I can think of. Musically it’s a amalgamation of the heavier genres into...

EPICA

The Dutch Symphonic Power metal act Epica should need no introduction. The band have been around since 2002 and have conquered pretty much the whole metal globe with their excellent albums. The Solace System is a six track EP i...

SCANNER

The German speed/power metal band from Gelsenkirchen were one of my favourite bands during my teen years. Formed in 1986 the band released classic albums such as “Hypertrace” (1988), “Terminal Earth” (19...

VENDETTA

Formed way back in 1984 the German thrash legends Vendetta have finally released another killer album. The band released classic albums such as Go and Live, Stay and Die, Brain Damage, back in the glory days of the 80’s b...

E:L:A

The lead singer of the band Ela has been in the music business since 2004, she had a lot of success with her previous outfit Com N Rail until the band parted company. Ela soon found other musicians around Stuttgart (Germany) to...

NAUTILUS

Nautilus are are new project containing three members A Norwegian, Eirik Ramsøy, an American, Matt Weigand and a Frenchman, Gautier Delavaud. Combined they have created the band called Nautilus. Nautilus are in the process of r...

VENOM INC.

After two decades the trio consisting of Mantas, Abaddon and Demolition Man release an album under the band name Venom Inc. Ave is, as one would expect, Real Black Fkin Metal! Venom MK 2 kept the flame lit after Cronos left rel...

NIGHTBORN

Nightborn is a one-man thrash project from Sweden, who’s influences range from the 80’s thrash giants such as Slayer, Exodus, Metallica, Sepultura to name but a few. Nightborn have managed to dissect the best parts ...

ACCEPT

Germany’s finest, and most highly respected metal band Accept hit back with their new album The Rise of Chaos. For those who have no idea who Accept are, where have you been for the last four decades!? The band achieved a...

VON DOOM

Formed in Portland USA back in 2007, Von Doom have released their latest single entitled From fear. Von Doom have already opened for some big-name bands in the past, and are surely set to do more of the same in the future. Thei...

VICE

Vice are a British band Manchester that, until, a few days ago, were unknown to me. How these great, new bands keep going unnoticed is beyond me! This is their debut album called The First Chapter. And if this is anything to go...

BELUSHI SPEED BALL

Hailing from Louisville USA, the trio have released an EP conveniently titled Another EP! 6 tracks of sheer madness, fun and, of course Metal! Belushi Speed Ball remind me of the early 80’s where bands were trying to have...

MATTE BLACK AUDIO

Matte Black Audio are based in Glasgow, Scotland. This is certainly one of the best acts that I have heard from the UK in a while, especially I don’t hear too many new bands hailing from the Highlands. Their debut ...

FLY AGARIC

Fly Agaric hail from New South Wales, Australia. The quartet formed in 2006, during the past 11 years they have perfected their style of stoner rock/doom metal. Fly Agaric have just released their awesome new album called Amani...

STEREO ASSASSINS

Created on 1 October 2010, Stereo Assassin are a Industrial/ Dubstep/ Extreme metal band. The band have two releases prior to Satanic Breaks. Kevin Caputo, has been in the music scene for quite some time now, just looking at so...

RUSTY SHIPP

Rusty Shipp are a trio hailing from Nashville that were formed in 2013. The band previously released an EP which had some good reviews. Their new output entitled Mortal Ghost is a twelve track monster-piece! It is very rare tha...

PROMETHEAN REIGN

Promethean Reign are a black/ death metal act hailing from Oxford, England. Formed in 2014 the band have conjured up an extreme, but not over the top sound. Unlike most black/death bands Promethean Reign have opted to refrain f...

GRIZZLY

Grizzly hail from Wingham, Ontario, Canada and are probably one of the noisiest bands I have ever had the pleasure of reviewing. I mean that in a good way, of course! The trio Have just released their second release simply enti...

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