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ALBUM REVIEW: Battle Beast – Circus Of Doom

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With seventeen years on the clock and five albums already in the bag, Finnish sextet Battle Beast are back once again with another head-shaking, neck-breaking slab of electrifying European power metal. For those already familiar with the band then their sixth full length release, Circus of Doom (Nuclear Blast), will be like slipping into an old pair of comfortable, sparkly metal boots. For everyone else who may be interested, just strap on the nearest air guitar and prepare to grin stupidly for the next forty gloriously cheesy minutes or so.

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Galactic Empire – Galactic Empire

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If you’re male and in your late thirties or forties then there’s a good chance that Star Wars played a significant part in your childhood. From the movies themselves to the toys, books, comics, games, clothes, and basically the relentless merchandising conveyor belt in general, Star Wars was everywhere.Continue reading →


Brimstone Coven – Black Magic

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Brimstone Coven Black Magic Album cover

Giving me a copy of Brimstone Coven’s Black Magic (Metal Blade) is liking giving an alcoholic a free handle. I was in. Let’s cut through the bull, I was digging this album within the first few seconds of listen. It’s got that spooky, fuzzy sound that turns me into a giddy child.

‘Black Magic’ and its bass line get things started on a groovy note, a throw back to the jams of the 60s and 70s when everything seemed to be enveloped in a haze and movement was just a touch slower. I keep playing this song over and over again and just can’t get enough of Andrew D’cagna’s bass playing. Give me, please. Don’t be surprised if you come across me dancing to this in the woods with some friends from beyond the veil.

Songs like ‘Slow Death’ make KISS to mind. They’re higher energy with a little less fuzz and prevent the album from getting monotonous. You also have that classic 70s guitar riffs and even John Williams’ vocals are similar to a slightly more subdued Starchild. It’s like a five minute trip back in time.

The second half of the album or so steers the listener away from the light and back on the road towards Spookyville with ‘The Seers’ and ‘The Plague’. The solo about three minutes in on ‘The Plague’ is spectacular and I am mildly in love with it despite my usual fascination with the bass side of things.

I’m calling it now; Black Magic will be one of my favorite albums of 2016. Give it a listen and discover something beautiful.

7.5/10

ALEIDA LA LLAVE

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Cody Crump Releasing Death EP May 5th, Streaming “Just Another Day”

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Cody Crump

Cody Crump will be releasing his EP entitled Death on May 5, 2015. Listen to the first song off his EP “Just Another Day” below.

A primarily self-taught musician, Crump was kicked out of the school band and choir for bad jokes, and impeached as his junior class president for getting arrested. Obsessed with the film scores of John Williams and Danny Elfman, Crump chose music as his path after a Metallica concert at age 17. A man of many contradictions, the now Los Angeles based Crump hails from a sleepy town in Colorado where he worked various jobs, including dishwashing and waiting tables, to fund his musical ventures, before moving to Denver.

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