1. LONEWOLF “Army of the Damned” CD

NAPALM Records 30.03.2012   Often you can hear that LONEWOLF are the French version of RUNNING WILD. Even if I want to argue about this (and I do not) the opening track from “Army of the Damned” should discourage me. The agglutinate around...

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2. STEEL ASSASSIN “WWII: Metal Of Honor” CD

High Roller Records 07.05.2012   The Americans in STEEL ASSASSIN join the club of the veteran bands that do not carry it too far with their discographies before or after their reunion. They have always taken their inspiration from the...

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3. REZET “Civic Nightmares” CD

Twilight Vertrieb 30.03.2012   The Germans needed a little bit more than a year to hammer their sophomore album down. Although there are no changes in the line-up, there are dynamic changes in the music of REZET. In the presentation of the band...

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4. DEATH RIDES A HORSE "Pantokrator" MCD

Self-Prod. 2010 Sometimes it happens there are bands coming out of nowhere, bands you have never heard of and that immediately stick you to the wall so the surprise is BIG when you listen to the music ! This is absolutely the case with DEATH...

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5. UNISONIC "Unisonic" CD

EAR Music 30.03.2012   When I first heard about Michael Kiske reuniting and working with Kai Hansen in this new band called Unisonic, I was so excited, and utterly speechless. Honestly, I was not expecting a 'Keeper of the seven keys' reunion,...

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6. SKELATOR "Agents Of Power" CD

METAL ON METAL Records 27.04.2012   With another slice of the blade, and wielding of the axes of evil, those agents of power, girth, steel and certain bloodshed - Seattle's own skull crushing Skelator - have made another heavy metal sacrifice,...

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7. FAITH OR FEAR "Titanium" CD

Self-Prod. 2012   Even though those punishing Bay Area thrasers known as Faith or Fear have existed in one form or another for over 30 years, just like Cleveland's Destructor, they have only released a paucity of CDs; all quality, 3 to be...

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8. EXUMER "Fire & Damnation" CD

Metal Blade Records 06.04.2012   Rising from the seeds of hate and still possessed by the firery determination to deliver poignant, yet skull crushing thrash; Germany's own fallen saints - Exumer - have returned with yet another destructive...

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9. ACT OF STATE "Rebellion" MCD

Self-Prod. 15.11.2011   ACT OF STATE is a very young band from the Netherlands that got formed in 2010 after members from progressive metal band SHADOW OF EDEN and old-school thrashers DAMNATOR decided to join forces.. What the hell members...

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10. RANCOR "Release The Rancor" CD

Self-Prod. 04.2010   RANCOR is a 5 piece thrash metal band hailing from Madrid/Spain and "Release The Rancor" is their first full-length album following two demos & one EP released between 2002 & 2006... So it took them almost 4 years...

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