All Shall Perish – Awaken the Dreamers Nuclear Blast Records [Rating:4/5] Ok Metal fans; are you ready for the next great Grindcore album of 2008!? If so, look no further than All Shall Perish’s newest Nuclear Blast release Awaken the Dreamers! This being my first experience with All Shall Perish, I am actually really impressed [...]
Continue reading → No alcohol was spared as the Brew-Tality Tour swept through Fayetteville, NC… Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Brew-Tality Tour made its way on through NC and was an absolutely awesome tour! The show I was able to catch took place at Jester’s Pub in Fayetteville, NC on August 29, 2008 and I had a blast! [...]
Continue reading → Black Tide – Light From Above Interscope Records [Rating:4/5] Get ready for one of the youngest sensations to hit the Heavy metal and Hard rock scenes in 2008, Black Tide! These guys formed in 2004, but Light From Above is their debut album released March 18, 2008, and this album is awesome! With all of [...]
Continue reading → Chrome Division Björn Luna – Bass 1. What made you want to be a bass player? How long have you been playing? – Coincidence. I started to play guitar, and the band I was with needed a bass player. So I skipped two strings and from there I’ve been totally comfortable with it. I’ve played [...]
Continue reading → Metal Masters plows its way through Bristow, VA… To say that the Metal Masters Tour stop at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA was the greatest and LOUDEST concert I’ve EVER been to would be a complete understatement. Not only was it the best and loudest concert, it was absolutely surreal to finally see some [...]
Continue reading → Chrome Division – Booze, Broads & Beelzebub Nuclear Blast Records [Rating:5/5] Norway’s bad boys of Rock are back and they couldn’t be better! With a mixture of the Punk-like speed and vocal style of Motörhead, the Delta Blues style of ZZ Top, and the overall bad ass attitude of the five man all-star line-up, Chrome [...]
Continue reading → OPM – Golden State of Mind Suburban Noize Records [Rating:4/5] OPM is back with their fourth album since their debut Menace to Sobriety released in 2000. The newest album is entitled Golden State of Mind and this album is great! Keeping with the OPM style, Golden State of Mind provides a great mix of Reggae, [...]
Continue reading → Equilibrium Helge Stang – Vocals 1. How long have you been a vocalist? 8 years by now. First I just did it because nobody else wanted to do this. But on Equilibrium I joined as a singer. For the first time, hehe. 2. Who are some of your main influences for your vocal style? We [...]
Continue reading → Equilibrium – Sagas Nuclear Blast Records [Rating:4/5] The mythological side of Metal is striking Rock In Review once again with Equilibrium’s Nuclear Blast Records debut album entitled Sagas. Equilibrium could be put into a few different categories because of the different influences they put into their music, but I think Viking metal or Symphonic Black [...]
Continue reading → HammerFall – Masterpieces Nuclear Blast Records [Rating:4.5/5] HammerFall has done it again! Technically, this is the first time they’ve put together an album constructed of all their covers (including a few that were previously unreleased), but Masterpieces should not be looked at as any less of an album than any of HammerFall’s other great albums. [...]
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