Death, magic, doom. Taste those words and then tell me they don’t fit very well to describe the new album from Candlemass. Luckily those words also make out the title of the album, and seldom do you see a title that is so striking. If I Ever Die serves as a fast-paced opener with a swirling riff and comes complete with a driving force to it, and the mighty start of the album is surely promising to say the least. Death, Magic Doom is the second album with this setting of Candlemass and it feels like it picks up where the Lucifer Rising EP left us Continue Reading

Made In Hong Kong, a phrase well known from manufactured products, and quality is perhaps not what you first associate with it. Nevertheless, the first live recording from Nightwish with Anette Olzon does not feel as any mass-produced low price gadget, although the album appears to be a product from their record label and according to an interview with main-man Tuomas Holopainen, he has nothing to do with the album and would have preferred it not to have been released. The album is released in a DVD-version as well, with a documentary and video-clips to go along with the audio Continue Reading

Fade To Black is the fourth endeavour from Evil Masquerade, and why they haven’t yet broken through to a wide audience Continue Reading

Henchmen Ride. There, my good friends, is a perfect example Continue Reading

Helloween, a name that gathers respect among many. Also, Michael Continue Reading

I am not even going to try to review the solo debut from Warrel Dane without Continue Reading

Germany’s Deadlock formed in 1997 and by 2002 they released Continue Reading