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Artist: Wythersake Album Title: Antiquity Label: Scarlet Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 The great thing about listening to a debut, is that you never quite know what you’re going to get until you press play and listen. You can read as many press releases as you wish, that will mention this genre or  Continue Reading »

Artist: Odd Dimension Album Title: The Blue Dawn Label: Scarlet Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 It’s hard to know where to begin with this album review, given that there’s so much to tell you about. ‘The Blue Dawn’ marks the return of Italian progressive rock/metal band after an absence of eight years. They  Continue Reading »

Artist: Metalite Album Title: A Virtual World Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 Oh, I don’t know, I just don’t know about this album. Regular readers will know that I have a pretty high cheese tolerance when it comes to heavy music. I may like some of the farthest and darkest reaches  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cryptosis Album Title: Bionic Swarm Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 It’s not often that you see a band completely ditch their identity and create a whole new entity in the process. Normally, a band will cling to the past and the name despite there being few original members involved.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ghosts Of Atlantis Album Title: 3.6.2.4 Label: Black Lion Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 There be witchcraft around these parts, that’s for sure. I wasn’t happy with my first draft of my review for Ghosts Of Atlantis so, somehow, it disappeared. Gone. Vanished. Being a Suffolk boy born and bred, I know  Continue Reading »

Artist: Memoriam Album Title: To The End Label: Reaper Entertainment Date of Release: 26 March2021 With an impressive regularity that many of my local service providers could learn from, Memoriam return for the fourth time since their inception five years ago, with their latest full-length opus ‘To The End’. I was heartily impressed with their  Continue Reading »

Artist: Aversed Album Title: Impermanent Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 19 March 2021 Less is more, right? Right? It’s the clichéd phrase that we always hear and to which many will subscribe. Not in the case of Aversed though. It’s clearly an old adage that has passed them by based on the content of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Secret Sphere Album Title: Lifeblood Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 12 March 2021 Italian melodic power metal band Secret Sphere have been around for the best part of 25 years but are one of those bands that have never quite taken the world by storm. Without being too disingenuous I hope, the quintet  Continue Reading »

Artist: Enforced Album Title: Kill Grid Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 12 March 2021 Having fallen back in love with thrash metal over the last 18 months or so, I am now going to attempt a further broadening of my horizons by giving some cross-over thrash a shot. Not really one for hardcore  Continue Reading »

Artist: Liquid Tension Experiment Album Title: LTE3 Label: 16 April 2021 Date of Release: InsideOut Music Ah, Liquid Tension Experiment. The band that plays the kind of music that I’d normally consider to be my nemesis. I’m a huge fan of progressive music, but I’ve always struggled with instrumental prog, where there’s a huge emphasis  Continue Reading »