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HYAENA – Metamorphosis review

HYAENA – Metamorphosis

Qua Rock Records

https://www.facebook.com/Hyaena-forever-156325511060584/

Here I have something that will bring joy to the fans and collectors of the 80’s metal sound. There is no doubt my friends that the 80’s was an era that heavy metal was forged and all the genres that we know now were developed or started back then. And although most of us when we speak about 80’s metal have in mind countries like Great Britain, Germany and the U.S.A. (after all that’s where the huge names of the genre popped out), if you do a good research then you will find out that other countries had a very good metal scene as well. Such a country is Italy which in the 80’s had a very strong and healthy scene (although we learned more about this scene in the late 90’s). Such a child of that era are HYAENA and I am here to present to you the re-release of their 1987 demo entitled “Metamorphosis”.

TENTH AMENDMENT – Conviction review

TENTH AMENDMENT – Conviction

Independent

https://www.facebook.com/TenthAmendmentMetal

TENTH AMENDMENT is a U.S. based band that exists since 2010 and so far they have released two full length albums, their debut titled “Self Evident” in 2011 and this year they felt ready after five years of preparations to release their sophomore album “Conviction”. Their music is categorized as groove metal and I guess this description is very accurate, but if you ask me I prefer the term hardcore.

LACUNA COIL - Delirium review

LACUNA COIL - Delirium

Century Media Records

http://www.lacunacoil.it/

Despite the poor reviews lurking, I happen to differ in my perception of this sort of "concept" album if you want to call it that. It's a 4-some now as opposed to what the band was in the past in their lineup. Nevertheless, the band managed to create some pretty unique sounds with that dropped guitar tuning and the fluctuation/trade offs between Cristina and Andrea. So what if the album is slow! Read the lyrics and put them to the music it works out well, a good sounding release though people are more used to keying in on “Broken Crown Halo”, “Dark Adrenaline”, etc. This IS the new lineup, some fantastic guest lead guitar-work. As usual, I enjoyed hearing Cristina but it is a good combo. I think you would still put this in the "alternative metal" category, there were no fast bits to any of this.

A TORTURED SOUL - On this Evil Night review

A TORTURED SOUL - On this Evil Night

Pure Steel Records

https://www.reverbnation.com/atorturedsoul

Having their second and third album, I was wandering what happened to this very promising metal band from U.S.A. It seems that they had some line – up issues and after they have solved that with the coming of 3 new musicians they strike back with their album “On this Evil Night”.

KRISIUN - The Great Execution review

KRISIUN - The Great Execution

Century Media Records

https://www.facebook.com/krisiun.official/

Another brutal ousting by this Brazilian trio, pure extreme death metal though not as extreme as earlier days such as “Conquerors of Armageddon”, though still heavy as hell. There are tracks that are a bit slower in tempo, but still blast beating is there accompanying the fast guitar bits. Moyses never ceases to amaze on the fretboard with his fantastic leads whizzing up and down the guitar. The rhythms are catchy, original and HEAVY. A lot of the songs are varied. I couldn't get much into the lyrics but the music is fantastic. The thickness of the main guitar I became a quick fan of this album. They still are kicking butt after years in the industry. I'd say this is their best newest album, though they do have one that came out in 2015. “The Great Execution” has got balls to it!

"Στρατός Περνούσε..." στη Νεοελληνική Λογοτεχνία

ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ ΠΕΡΝΟΥΣΕ...ΣΤΗ ΝΕΟΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ by Συλλογικό έργο

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ανθολογία λογοτεχνικών κειμένων που περιγράφει τον Ελληνικό στρατό από τον 19ο αιώνα μέχρι και τις μέρες μας. Δεν έχουν αλλάξει πολλά όπως θα διαπιστώσετε... Συγκλονιστικές στιγμές ειδικά όταν τα κείμενα αναφέρονται στις ταραγμένες εποχές της ελληνικής ιστορίας, αλλά και στα καψώνια (ευτυχώς η γενιά μου δεν τα έζησε), και στην αυτοκτονία (έτυχε να συμβεί μια κατά τη διάρκεια της θητείας μου στην Αλεξανδρούπολη). Ένα εξαιρετικό ανθολόγιο που θα ξυπνήσει μνήμες σε όσους υπηρέτησαν και θα δώσει μια γεύση για το τι είναι ο Ελληνικός Στρατός σε όσους θα υπηρετήσουν ή δεν θα υπηρετήσουν ποτέ.