1. BITTER FROST "Bitter Frost" CD
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... in their compositions a technical neo classical style in the riffs and soli. You will also find symphonic orchestration. Most of the songs are dark but melodic, some have a doom sound like “Oplexicon I ...

2. M.Z "Heavenwards" CD
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... style is still melodic metal even if now the group has since 2007, a vocalist. The compositions are mature and the group knows where it goes musically speaking. “Heavenwards” is a classic heavy metal album ...

3. UNLEASHED "As Yggdrasil Trembles" CD
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... To Me" - you know what to expect ! All the songs of this album are pure Unleashed "classics" and one couldn't expect better ones from this new album, Unleashed have put alot of blood, sweat & guts in, ...

4. SHOTGUN CURE "Depravity Unleashed" CD/EP
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... potential ! Their style is classical US thrash metal style in the veins of early Metallica, Heathen, Exodus and Megadeth... catchy, fast, aggressive with always an interest for melodious breaks & tempo-changes ...

5. CRYSTAL VIPER "Defenders Of The Magic Circle - Live In Germany" CD
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... be amazed ! CRYSTAL VIPER ends the CD with a coversong from VIRGIN STEELE called "Obsession (It Burns For You)" - a pure classic Epic/Heavy Metal anthem !! If you dig bands like Running Wild, Lonewolf, ...

6. CATHEDRAL "The Guessing Game" CD
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... but always coherent, from "classical" Cathedral songs like "Edwige's Eyes", "The Running Man", "Journey Into jade" or "Requiem For The Voiceless" (with reminicences from the first album), doomier one like ...

7. CANDLEMASS "Ashes To Ashes" CD
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... years ago playing this kinda music... They never changed their style and today they're considered as a classic or cult band, which is nothing less than what they deserve ! On "Ashes To Ashes", the production ...

8. ION "Immaculada" CD
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ION "Immaculada" CD   Equilibrium Music 06 - 2010   Some of you might know Duncan Patterson for being Anathema’s bass player between 1991 to 1998. Duncan Patterson comes back this year with ...

9. AT VANCE "Ride The Sky" CD
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... classical music with “Vivaldi, Summer 2nd Set”, which is rather well done, and the cover “Wishing well”. I think that the former vocalist fists better vocally than this one, not that Rick Altzi doesn’t ...

10. ASHENT Deconstructive" CD
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ASHENT Deconstructive" CD   Lion Music 2009   Ashent is an Italian group which has released last year its second album “Deconstructive”. The style of the group is melodic progressive metal with ...

11. DEMIANS "Mute" CD
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DEMIANS "Mute" CD   Inside Out 06/2010   Two years ago after « Building An Empire », the French group Demians comes back with “Mute”. When I say the group it is in fact a one man band which ...

12. CARAVELLUS "Knowledge Machine" CD
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... elements such as rock, jazz, classic music, Brazilian folk rhythms. The guitars are strong and intense and the keyboards are much present being either a piano or keyboards. The arrangements are rich, well ...

13. AUDREY HORNE "Audrey Horne" CD
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... has a voice that bewitches you. This album is a good balance between slow and strong and rock compositions. The compositions are solid with good but classic soli, the group has a good vocalist and the ...

14. ANGREPP "Warfare" CD
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... that the compositions are looking like one another and you cannot take out one song rather than another one. All the elements of classical black/thrash metal are here. The riffs are sharp and the rhythmic ...

15. RESURRECTURIS "Non Voglio Morire" CD
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RESURRECTURIS "Non Voglio Morire" CD   Casket Music/Copro Records 2009   “Non Voglio Morire” is the last album from Resurrecturis. The style of the group is death metal, modern and classic. This ...

16. BETO VAZQUEZ INFINITY
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... the styles that have influenced me since my beginnings, from the classic to the heavy. I think on every album the ideas were evolving and reaching their intended destinations. How do you think yours albums ...

17. ANDRE MATOS "Mentalize" CD
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SPV/Sony Music 2010 “Mentalize” is the second album from Andre Matos. The compositions are good ones; the classic side done with classic orchestrations is less present as well as the ethnic side. ...

18. NEFERTUM "Revered Lames" CD
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... The keyboards are much present in the compositions but the guitars, saturated at wishes are not at rest. The rhythmic section is not at rest. The voice is classic and well at place. If you like Dimmu ...

19. HJALLARHORN "Iron Clad Soldiers" CD
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  Pure Steel Records 2009   Hjallarhorn is a Norwegian metal group. The music of the group is influence by the classic 70s hard rock/metal and the 80s classic metal. Even if they were formed in ...

20. SAVAGE BLADE "We Are The Hammer" CD
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... contains classic songs with modern sound and a modern production. It is really a success and I hope that the group will continue on that way.   www.wearethehammer.com www.myspace.com/wearethehammer ...