Heads up, gather round, there’s a brand new force in town!
This is my second review for this awesome music blog, Hopefully you all enjoyed my first review about Metallica’s Beyond Magnetic EP! Well, in the wake of any larger releases coming our way within the rock world, until the new Van Halen album drops in I thought I’d take the time to spread the word about the all-conquering, world-enslaving, ‘any-woman-within-a-10-mile-radius-is-now-pregnant’ Black Spiders!
These guys have been on the go since 2008, landing a supporting slot with the mighty Airbourne for the …

In every genre of music, there are grand fathers, god fathers, legends, icons and gods! In the heavy metal scene there are many legends, icons and gods, but there is one band that can be classified even higher than all the rest; Black Sabbath, the Titans of heavy metal.
After 33 years of media speculations, gossip and false positive news, the original Black Sabbath line-up who sang about the Devil, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward are finally back heading back to the studio to record a new …

Life is full of surprises. Be it is the weather, the girl sleeping next to you looks ugly this morning, not like she did last night because you were drunk, etc. This morning I was surprised to hear that Paradise Lost’s guitarist, Gregor Mackintosh started a new band, VallenFyre.
One would wonder why I am surprised, because isn’t it normal that these artists typically have side projects? Correct but what surprised me is that Gregor Mackintosh is a vocalist. I guess everyone is so used to see him playing a guitar; …

Queen was a British rock band that gave us hits like Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga, I want to Break Free, Show must go on, the two stadium anthems, We Will Rock You and We are the Champions and much more.
But what about their debut self titled Studio album back in 1973?  Was it an instant hit?  Unfortunately success is only measured by number of album copies sold, or by air time on radio stations. Therefore, technically speaking this album surely was not a commercial success. Though as …

The new Paradise Lost album will be called ‘Faith Divides Us Death Unites Us’ and will be released on Century Media Records in September 2009!  According to the band, this is the darkest and heaviest effort to date!
Paradise Lost newest releases where always of a surprise, as with each album they presented a different unexpected musical style from the previous album.  This can be noticed from the distorted heavy guitars and growling From Lost Paradise, their first album to an electro pop sound like ‘Depeche Mode’ in their 8th album, …

Tiamat are finally back after 5 years with their new album, “Amanethes“.  One thing that fascinates me about Tiamat, is that they always kept the same heavy metal style, but always spiced up with influences surrounding them.
In Skeleton Skeletron, Johan Edlund, Tiamat’s vocalist was living in an urban area and it clearly shows from the album’s artwork and also with the introduction of atmospheric soundscapes/effects in their music.
In Amanethes, it clearly shows that Johan is living in Greece.  Although the album is heavier than its 2 predecessors, the perfect introduction of the bouzouki in …