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Rob Halford - Vocals Glenn Tipton - Guitar K. K. Downing - Guitar Ian Hill - Bass Scott Travis - Drums Dawn of Creation/Solitude Prophecy/Exiled Awakening/Alone Revelations/Shadows in the Flame The Four Horsemen/Visions War/Hope Sands of Time/New Beginnings Pestilence and Plague/Calm Before the Storm Death/Nostradamus Peace/Future of Mankind Conquest Lost Love Persecution

I heard about this new album “Nostradamus” coming out… a concept album. 2 CD’s… being hailed as a “Masterpiece”. Just like everyone else, I heard the promo track “Nostradamus” on the internet and was banging my head and thrusting my horns. On top of that, being somewhat fascinated by ancient prophecies and Nostradamus my interest really started to grow, and upon it’s release I bought my first ever Judas Priest record - and what a record it is! If you take this at face value for what it is, then you can really appreciate the greatness of this album. (more…)

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Anna - Vocals Horia - Guitar Vlad - Keyboards Novac - Bass George - Drums Tainted Angel Self Anthem Stop Killing Them Angel Or Sin

“No More Silence” is the debut release by Romanian Gothic/Symphonic Metal band True Mind. The band is active since the end of 2006 and garnered quite some experience playing live before recording their first EP. (more…)

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Christos Antoniou - Guitars, Orchestral Seth Siro Anton - Bass, Vocals Sotiris V. - Guitars, Vocals Fotis Benardo - Drums Lovecraft’s Death Anubis Communion Babel’s Gate We The Gods Sunlight Moonlight Persepolis Sangreal Narcissus

It was rather surprising that Septic Flesh (now Septicflesh for some reason) disbanded after releasing probably their best album since their debut in Sumerian Daemons. Now, five years later, they re-emerge into the metal scene with their own, rather unique take on bombastic orchestrated death metal. (more…)

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Petri Lindroos - Guitar, Vocals Kristian Ranta - Guitar, Clean vocals Jukka Koskinen - Bass Tuomas Planman - Keyboards Heikki Saari - Drums My Antichrist Frozen Angel Down To Hell Savior Black Gold We Rock Always & Never Tell Me Why If You Go Self-Righteous Fuck Forever And Ever

I got this album a little while after it was released and I was pleased to hear that Norther is still kicking ass and calling names.

I am very impressed with the way the band has matured over the past years. Now I know some of you are going to read this review and yes you will label some songs as fillers. To me though, all the songs on here flow well and really outline what I call metal. From the start to finish there is an array of soft and fast songs. (more…)

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Razvan Alexandru - Guitar, programming, backing vocals Corina - Female vocals Alex - Keyboard, programming George Tudor Angel - Drums Vali - Bass Fenrir (Manuel) - Guitars New Dawn In anger I dwell Blinded by demons Bitterness…tears 2007 (Absynthe Moon Remix)

I was very intrigued when I was oferred the review of this new Abigail material. And I wasn’t disappointed. It’s maybe a better feeling when you discover that bands from your own country can make such music, than when you listen to albums from bands that have already established themselves worldwide. My only objection is that somewhere in the production process, a few mistakes were made which don’t let the listener fully enjoy the vocals. They are somehow buried under all the other instruments and the whole atmosphere, and it’s a shame because we would’ve had what to listen to from Corina. (more…)

Last Thursday (13th Dec) was a no miss for all hardcore fans. After an year of absence from the Bucharest concert area, ALTAR had come back.
Suburbia Club was not so full before the opening acts. However the crowd got bigger as First Division and Proof made themselves heard. Moshing, headbanging, pogo with a little help from Proof’s lead singer warmed up the spirits for ALTAR.

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Mike Lerner - Guitar Colin Marston - Warr Guitar Charlie Zeleny - Drums Skullgrid Canada Of Cursed Womb You Are Number Six Some Mist Scepters Transient Exuberance

Yes, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Mike Lerner’s DIREWOLF project, I’ve heard Zeleny’s drumming on BLOTTED SCIENCE’s The Machinations of Dementia, I’ve even listened to the Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning EP but nothing could really prepare me for this. So much so that I had to listen to the record at least five times before deciding I actually like it, and dozens of times before writing this review. (more…)

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Stancu Sebastian - Guitars, Vocals Bejusca Andrei - Guitars Ali Said - Drums Lori - Bass This Voice That Wont Go Silent Quiver Addicted to Chaos Lurker

Time for another Romanian release. It’s not that I’m trying to support the local scene - I just happened tu stumble upon a young band called SPIRITUAL RAVISHMENT that’s releasing an EP (somewhat interestingly called And When the Earth Will Claim Your Limbs Then Shall You Truly Dance) right now, and I was pleasantly surprised. (more…)

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Tomi Joutsen - Vocals Tomi Koivusaari - Guitar Esa Holopainen - Guitar Niclas Etelavuori - Bass Santeri Kallio - Keyboards Jan Rechberger - Drums Weaving the Incantation A Servant Silent Waters Towards and Against I of Crimson Blood Her Alone Enigma Shaman The White Swan Black River

The new AMORPHIS album and second release with vocalist Tomi Joutsen comes a year and a half after their previous record, “Eclipse”. This somewhat short amount of time didn’t predict a continuance of the style we found on “Eclipse” as we are talking about a band that has been relentlessly changing its style with each album for the past 12 years. It seems though that AMORPHIS finally found what they were looking for. The style of their previous album is kept on “Silent Waters”. It’s like part II of the story, like “Eclipse” was the fire and “Silent Waters” what else but the water. They are similar, yet the mood is completely antagonistic. (more…)

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Alex Niculae - Vocals Ciprian Martin - Lead Guitar Sabin Stama - Rhythm Guitar Daniel Ionica - Bass Stefan Marin - Drums Blind The Unknown Nothing Autopsy of Hope The Art of Pain Dream Destroyer

It’s about time that a Romanian release is reviewed here. No, I’m not going to start ranting about the metal scene in my native country, let’s just say that albums, especially good ones, are few and far between. Lately, however, several up-and-coming bands have started to make their presence felt. Does their debut EP, Autopsy of Hope, make SPECTRAL one of them? Read on and find out. (more…)