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Amaranthe – Manifest (Nuclear Blast)

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  Van Muylem    30 december 2020

The Swedish six-piece have spent the last decade establishing themselves as a formidable, positive and fervently melodic force for metallic good. From their explosive self-titled debut in 2011 to the more sophisticated, streamlined likes of 2014’s Massive Addictive and its immaculate f...

Vokonis to release fourth studio album "Odyssey"

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  Van Muylem    28 december 2020

In November, Vokonis released the single "Through the Depths". Featuring Per Wiberg (Opeth, Spiritual Beggars, Kamchatka) on Keyboard, the single is the first taste of Vokonis' upcoming, fourth studio album "Odyssey", out in May on The Sign Records. The album contains 6 dy...

VISION DIVINE - When All The Heroes Are Dead (Scarlet Records)

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  Van Muylem    29 december 2020

Yet another band I had to discover and coming from Italy this time are the power metalheads from Vision Divine! According to the promo talk ‘When All The Heroes Are Dead’ is the new, long waited album from Vision Divine, coming 7 years after the critically-acclaimed ‘Destination...

SIX FOOT SIX - End Of All (Scarlet Records)

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  Van Muylem    28 december 2020

Never heard of these Swedish heavy metal folks, but when I listened to the first track of the album I was sold! I liked the cool licks and catchy chorus! Let’s discover them together!

WINTERAGE - The Inheritance of Beauty (Scarlet Records)

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  Van Muylem    27 december 2020

Having previously released the critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Harmonic Passage’ and shared the stage with renowned bands such as Angra, Moonspell, Elvenking, Dark Moor, Dragonland and Pathfinder and many others, Winterage are now ready to unleash their full potential and reach ...

BE THE WOLF – Torino (Scarlet Records)

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  Van Muylem    26 december 2020

After the 80’s melodic hard rock digression of the very brilliant ‘Empress’ album (2018), Be The Wolf are back where they belong. Starting from the title, their fourth effort marks a sort of return to the past. ‘Torino’, the band’s hometown, is not an ordinary ...

Maple & Rye release melancholic New Year's song about the complexity of ending a close relationship!

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  Van Muylem    25 december 2020

At the dawn of this holiday season they released their grave interpretation of  'White Christmas' and following the melancholic traces of that piece, they are back with 'NYE'  - a New Years song about the complexity of ending a close relationship, released on Christmas day.

FREAKANGEL - Death Walks With Us EP (Alfa Matrix)

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  Van Muylem    25 december 2020

Dmitry Darling and his FREAKANGEL gang just returned to port, looping the loop where it all began in 2010… For the occasion, their original label-home Alfa Matrix is re-releasing the band’s complete back-catalogue on their official Bandcamp page before new surprises pop up in 2021&he...

Blind Guardian sings Merry XMAS Everybody!

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  Van Muylem    24 december 2020

Just in case you can't get enough of our X-Mas tune here are some impressions from the actual filming session with director Dirk "The Pixeleye" Behlau at Krefeld-Kulturfabrik.  Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/Ug2lRwdqubE

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Helalyn Flowers to launch 6th studio album ‘Àiresis’ in February 2021!

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  Van Muylem    24 december 2020

Out on February 19th is “Àiresis”, the brand new 6th studio album by the Italian female fronted electro-rock act Helalyn Flowers. The release is available in 3 formats, a normal 10-track CD (available here in pre-order), a 21-track double CD (available here in pre-order) a...