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Alterium - Of War and Flames

Italy’s newest star on the power metal firmament, Alterium, has just dropped their first album after months of teasing. Let’s check it out. Continue reading Alterium – Of War and Flames

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#2024 #AFM Records #album review #Alterium #female fronted #Italy #Kalidia #melodic metal #Nicoletta Rosellini #Of War and Flames #power metal

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Exit Eden - Femmes Fatales

After a long hiatus, female metal supergroup Exit Eden is back with more metallic cover versions and, this time, all new and original songs. Continue reading Exit Eden – Femmes Fatales

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#2024 #Adele #album review #Alice Cooper #Amanda Somerville #Anna Brunner #Clémentine Delauney #Exit Eden #Femmes Fatales #Gamma Ray #Heart #Journey #Katy Perry #Lady Gaga #League of Distortion #Marillion #Marina La Torraca #Marko Hietala #Mylène Farmer #Napalm Records #Nightwish #Pet Shop Boys #Phantom Elite #Rhapsodies in Black #Rihanna #Visions of Atlantis

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Magnum - Here Comes the Rain

If you’re in the mood for a small hour of solid pomp rock, Magnum has you covered with their latest album. Continue reading Magnum – Here Comes the Rain

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#2024 #album review #AOR #Bob Catley #hard rock #hardrock #Here Comes the Rain #Magnum #pomp rock #Rodney Matthews #SPV #SPV Steamhammer #Steamhammer #Tony Clarkin

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Album Year List (2023)

Another year down the drain, that means it’s time for lists again! Here we go. Continue reading Untitled

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#2021 #2022 #album review #Amber Meulenijzer #Amersfoort #Anna von Hausswolff #Bruce Dickinson #Christmas #Colleen #craven faults #Cruachan #Del Rio #Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou #Fate Gear #Hedvig Mollestad #Instagram #Iron Maiden #Iron Savior #Lovebites #Myrkur #new year #Om #Peter Gabriel #PJ Harvey #Ralph Plug #Sacred Outcry #SftDS #SLIFT #Sounds from the Dark Side #Steve Hackett

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Peter Gabriel - i/o

After more than two decades Peter Gabriel is finally back with a new album. We investigate if the wait was worth it. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #album review #art rock #Bathory #Brian Eno #EMI #Genesis #i/o #Peter Gabriel #pop rock #progressive rock #Real World #Up #Us #Ziggo Dome Amsterdam

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Wayfarer - American Gothic

Round up the horses and saddle up! Wayfarer is back for more tales from the old American West. Continue reading Untitled

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#album review #American Gothic #black metal #Colorado #death metal #Denver #Old West #review #USA #Wayfarer #Western #western metal

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Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon Redux

Roger Waters has re-recorded The Dark Side of the Moon and we’re now stuck with it. Oh boy. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #album review #David Gilmour #electronic music #Money #Pink Floyd #progressive rock #review #Roger Waters #spoken word #The Dark Side of the Moon #The Dark Side of the Moon Redux #William Shatner

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Iron Savior - Firestar

Iron Savior is back with their twelfth album, and we checked out if they can still deliver the goods. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #Accept #AFM Records #album review #Dark Side of the Moon #Firestar #Gamma Ray #heavy metal #Helloween #Iron Savior #Judas Priest #power metal #Primordial #Roger Waters #science fiction

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Sacred Outcry - Towers of Gold

Greece’s Sacred Outcry returns with Towers of Gold, their first new album in three years. Is it good? Well yes, yes it is. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #album review #Beast in Black #Greece #heavy metal #No Remorse Records #power metal #Sacred Outcry #symphonic metal #Towers of Gold

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Virgin Steele - The Passion of Dionysus

David DeFeis has returned for Virgin Steele‘s fourteenth or seventeenth studio album, depending on whom you ask. Has he rediscovered the magick of the nineties, or will this turn into a Greek drama? Let’s find out. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #album review #Atreus #David DeFeis #Greek mythology #Greek tragedy #heavy metal #power metal #SPV Steamhammer #The Passion of Dionysus #Virgin Steele

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[Live Review] Iron Maiden, Ziggo Dome Amsterdam

When the mighty Maiden holds court, Sounds from the Dark Side attend. So it is written and so it was done. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #Amsterdam #Bruce Dickinson #Days of Future Past Tour #heavy metal #Iron Maiden #Live review #Maiden #NWOBHM #Senjutsu #Steve Harris #The Raven Age #Ziggo Dome

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Sounds from the Dark Side top albums of 2023 (until now)

We’re halfway through 2023 already, can you believe it? That halfway mark also means it’s time we share with you the albums that enticed us the most so far. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #album #album review #craven faults #Cruachan #Dead Meat #Ghosts from the Past #Jethro Tull #Judgment Day #Lovebites #New York City #Ralph Plug #RökFlöte #review #standers #Swans #The Beggar #The Living and the Dead #The Men #The Passion of Dionysus #The Tubs #This Stupid World #Virgin Steele #Vulture Industries #Wander Meulemans #year list #Yo La Tento

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Vulture Industries - Ghosts from the Past

Excentric Norwegian avant-garde rockers Vulture Industries are back with their fifth full-length effort. Can they once again surprise and entertain or has the magic been lost in the six years since their last album? Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #album review #Arcturus #Avant-garde #Baroeg #Ghosts from the Past #Metal #Norway #Rotterdam #Stranger Times #Vulture Industries

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Therapy? - Hard Cold Fire

Therapy? is back after six long years with Cold Hard Fire, another collection of great songs that will hook you in. We checked it out for you. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #album #album review #alternative rock #Cleave #Hard Cold Fire #Ireland #Marshall Records #Metal #Northern Ireland #Punk #Therapy?

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[Live Review] Peter Gabriel, Ziggo Dome Amsterdam

Harry Styles was in Amsterdam last night. Peter Gabriel was in Amsterdam last night. We were in Amsterdam last night. We did not see Harry Styles. Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #Amsterdam #concert review #Genesis #Harry Styles #i/o #Live review #Peter Gabriel #Ziggo Dome #Ziggo Dome Amsterdam

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Angus McSix - Angus McSix and the Sword of Power

Gloryhammer’s ex-singer Angus McFife has leveled up. But has he leveled up enough to impress? Continue reading Untitled

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#2023 #album review #Angus McSix #debut album #Frozen Crown #Gloryhammer #He-Man #Henry Winkler #Masters of the Universe #Napalm Records #Orden Ogan #power metal #Rhapsody of Fire #Sword of Power

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Cruachan - The Living and the Dead

After five years of almost complete silence, Cruachan are finally back to pummel you with Irish folk metal. We checked out their new album. (more…) “”

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#2023 #album review #black metal #Celtic #Cruachan #Despotz Records #Dublin #folk #folk metal #Folk-Lore #Ireland #Irish #Keith Fay #The Living and the Dead