Russian Zombie Metal band SMERDEAD released their new
EP «Зловещие истории». The release was recorded in USSRstudio and WattaStudio,
and mixed/mastered by Alexander Dorohin and Denis Shurakov at WhiteBoxStudio.
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THE GATES - The Nightmare of Being
Century Media Records
A 5-piece still and I'd say a way overrated album I don't care what Decibel said about this. It has the roots in melodic death metal, but none of the riffs really struck me as awe-inspiring. They were pretty generic and a good portion of clean tone guitar-work. The vocals aren't that swift and I really think that they're not hacking it anymore. 'At War With Reality' wasn't that great either. I prefer 'Slaughter of the Soul' and they've had gaps in their remaining together or not. I think that they should just hang it up. There was nothing on here that took me aback as to saying "wow, what a milestone." Nothing of that sort.
VANQUISHER - An Age Undreamed of
Stormspell Records
Αυτό που μου αρέσει πολύ στην metal μουσική είναι η ποικιλία ακουσμάτων που προσφέρει στον ακροατή. Μπορεί για παράδειγμα 2 συγκροτήματα να κινούνται στον χώρο του epic metal και να είναι τόσο διαφορετικά μεταξύ τους. Για παράδειγμα οι ARCANE TALES που παρουσίασα πρόσφατα και οι VANQUISHER που θα παρουσιάσω εδώ. Και τα 2 συγκροτήματα ανήκουν στο ως άνω είδος αλλά η προσέγγισή τους είναι τελείως διαφορετική.
ARCANE
TALES - Steel, Fire And Magic
Broken Bones Records
Πρόσφατα έβλεπα την τελευταία σαιζόν του GAME OF THRONES, την οποία προσωπικά βρήκα πολύ καλή κι ότι έκλεινε με πολύ ουσιαστικό τρόπο την όλη ιστορία. Υπό την επιρροή, λοιπόν, αυτής της υπέροχης σειράς έψαχνα να ακούσω κάτι που θα με ταξιδέψει σε κόσμους μαγείας, γενναίων πολεμιστών, αδίστακτων κακών και φανταστικών πλασμάτων. Η αναζήτηση μου δεν κράτησε πολύ, αφού οι ARCANE TALES με τη νέα τους κυκλοφορία υπό τον τίτλο «Steel, Fire And Magic» υπήρχε στη δισκοθήκη μου για να ικανοποιήσει την ανάγκη μου αυτή.
CANNIBAL
CORPSE – Kill
Metal Blade Records
Ferocious and unrelenting this is a MONUMENT of death metal and a boon to Cannibal Corpse's discography. Even though this is 15+ years old, it's still popular among my death metal choices when feeling I need brutal. The guitars are chunky and thick, just what the meat holder's in their cast iron brains in belting out amazing/metamorphosis style metal. I was surprised it took a while before I noticed more/less of this. So here now is it's justice! It's hit-or-miss when it comes to Corpse but they've managed to put out some good LP's following this one. Pat O'brien is no longer with the band, but I still think they're making monstrous material.
MORTA SKULD - Suffer For Nothing
Peaceville
Records
A tinge of Malevolent Creation sounding type of gig here, though the guitars are lower but equally strong. I liked this whole album, especially because it's an old school death metal vibe to it. Wisconsin based Morta Skuld have played alongside Death, Obituary, et al and they've been into the scene since 30+ years ago! I had the privilege to see a live performance of this for this album. They can definitely pull it off live! The album is a bit short, not even 40 minutes but it still packs a punch, to say the least! Decent sounding recording as well, definitely one of the better bands in this old school death metal genre that's still around.
English Symphonic Metal band MISTBORNE released their
new single «Awake». The new single was recorded by MISTBORNE in the band's home
studio, and mixed/mastered by Wynter Prior of "Sphynx Studios". Music
Video produced by MadeInEden.
MISTBORNE was formed in 2021 in London, England by
Denis Hristov (Vocals/Piano), Jodey Baxter (Guitars) and Jordan Turner (Drums).
Mistborne's debut album details are expected to be unveiled in early Autumn
2022, with the album planned for release by the end of 2022. The band has
released the first two singles from their debut, titled "The New
Order" and "Awake"."
