No Man Eyes is an Italian Heavy Metal quartet that has existed for five years running. In that time they have released two full-length albums, the second of which is entitled Cosmogony. Within it is […]
Black Bleeding is one of those oldies, but goldies that you somehow never really seem to hear about until you stumble across them by accident (for me that part is true at least). The Belgium-based […]
Mental Disaster is a Norwegian four-piece, one that has specialized in a Death and Thrash Metal mix. Perhaps not overly common, but still not unheard of. Their second full-length release, Raping the Symbol of Humanity […]
This is probably the single-most impressive album that I have received in all the time that I have had the pleasure of working for Metal Revolution. As far as I know, none of my colleagues […]
Them is a so-called metal super group from USA. Usually, I’m not the biggest fan of a super groups but this one sure has some potential. Stellar musicians and members of Suffocation, Symphony X, Lanfear, […]
My first encounter with Long Distance Calling was back in 2011, when the guest appearance from Armoured Saint / ex-Anthrax singer John Bush was what attracted my attention. Luckily the self-titled album showed that there […]
Although the band was formed more than 15 years ago, it is first a decade ago that Black Stone Cherry made an entrance to the metal scene with their attention-grabbing self-titled debut. Meanwhile, they’ve also […]
The side project (and one-man band) of the guitarist from fellow French Black Metal band Malevolentia (who also released a new album a short while ago), Heimsgard is still built up around a Black Metal […]
Over the last couple of years I have been more and more impressed by the French Black Metal scene. It is big, it is diverse, and no matter how many great bands you stumble across, […]
Ekram is a Spanish Hard Rock band, one with some degree of Heavy Metal (and, I suppose, a few Doom) influences scattered across their repertoire of tracks. These influences are most often seen as a […]
Near the beginning of this year Italian new-comers Revenience released their first full-length album under the title Daedalum. And while I can honestly say that I had never even heard about this quintet prior to […]
Pokerface (back in the 1980s, when I begun listening to metal, Pokerface would have been a great moniker for a metal band, but now, all I can think of is Lady Gaga) are not playing […]
Canadian-born quartet Black Wizard is quite the dedicated band. In the last six years they have released three full-length albums, each and every one of them riddled with tales of drugs and wild parties (as […]
Dutch trio Villainy have been anything but idle: In the six years that have passed since their inception they have released two demos, a compilation album, a single and, counting Dim, two full-length releases. And […]
Stortregn (Heavy Rain in Danish?!) is a four-piece extreme black/death metal formation. The band was founded in 2005 in Switzerland. Singularity, which consists of 9 ordinary and one bonus track “Neverending Singularity”, is their third […]
Founded in 1985, but broke up in 1996 (with over 500,000 sold records worldwide!), that’s a very short history of the British veteran thrashers Xentrix. One of the most underrated bands in the history of […]
The previous Tool album came out 13 years ago and while that fact shouldn’t have any effect on expectations for the new album, it’s worth mentioning that that’s before the world knew of smartphones. Chew […]
Horrorgraphy is a Symphonic Doom Metal band, hailing from Greece. The band came into being two years ago and have so far produced and released a single Fulll-lenght release: Namely, the titular Season of Grief, […]
Asian death metal is not something that we hear about very often on these latitudes, but now it’s time for a change! The Ungodly Lamentations is a relatively new album by a death metal combo […]
With a delay of 5 months I’m listening to the new album by Waylander. Ériú’s Wheel arrives seven years after its predecessor Kindred Spirits. In their a quarter-century long career they’ve only released five albums […]
Ordinul Negru is a Romanian Black Metal quartet with, so far, five years of experience playing together as a band but considerably more if one considers the numerous bands that the four musicians have also […]
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com It has been quiet when it comes to new music from King Diamond and not just the band, but King Diamond the man himself. But now there seems to be […]
Legendary string wrangler Yngwie Malmsteen needs no further introduction to any metal and rock fan. To call this man a maestro or guitar virtuoso is to state the obvious. This man is an undoubted pioneer, […]
Back in 2005 Volbeat released a debut album that was not only a unique piece of work, but also carried all the trademarks of a young hungry band who were acing to unleash their creativity […]
Zaum is a Canadian trio, one that has existed for the last six years. In that time, they have released three Full-length albums and a single Split, all of which have seen somewhat commercial acclaim, […]