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DEEP PURPLE – Machine Head (Super Deluxe Edition)
It was probably impossible to tell at the time, but certain albums from the late ’60s/early ’70s were either trailblazing or helping solidify the style we all now know and love as heavy metal. Case in point, Led Zeppelin II, Paranoid, and Machine Head….
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ATTIC – Return Of The Witchfinder
As we await a new Mercyful Fate record, the time will seem much shorter with the latest from Germany’s answer to the King & Crew. Album #3, for Attic, is almost seven years in the making, although they catapulted from the underground, to a number of hi…
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HONEYMOON SUITE – Alive
If you’re a long time Honeymoon Suite fan like yours truly – with the receded-to-nothing hairline and grey beard to prove it – you will agree the band is hard pressed to ever top their first two albums. The self-titled debut (1984) and its follow up, T…
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SKELETAL REMAINS – Fragments Of The Ageless
Skeletal Remains is one of those bands cursed with a name that just goes in one eyeball and out the other, prompting a Metal Archives search more than I’d care to admit. But, yes, yes, Skeletal Remains, one album on Dark Descent a while back before jum…
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RUSSELL / GUNS Vocalist JACK RUSSELL – “I Tried To Put Myself In The Song”
“It took me a while to really get behind it, which is good for me cause when I like a record immediately, I tend to burn out on it real quick,” begins Great White vocalist Jack Russell, speaking about Medusa, available now via Frontiers Music. Medusa i…
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SONATA ARCTICA – Clear Cold Beyond
The prodigal (pariah) child returns home. The power metal fire still burns with Sonata Arctica on their newest full-length Clear Cold Beyond. The friendly Finns shine with up-tempo anthems, thoughtful lyrics, blazing solos, and their quirky humor. It’s…
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BETWEEN A ROCK AND A PROG PLACE: STEVEN WILSON – “I’ve Never Really Got Past DAVID GILMOUR”
What truly is progressive music? Each month BraveWords will aim to dissect that answer with a thorough overview of the current musical climate that is the prog world. Old and new, borrowed and blue. A musical community without borders. So watch for a s…
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NECROPHOBIC – In The Twilight Grey
Has it really been four years since Dawn Of The Damned topped my Best of 2020 list? About time for a follow-up! Like its predecessor, the ten song effort is fast, fierce, and yet surprisingly melodic. Echoing riffs introduce sinister “Grace Of The Past…
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ATROPHY – Asylum
We were given a dose of Socialized Hate in 1988, something Violent by Nature in 1990, now in 2024 original singer Brian Zimmerman returns with a new lineup, taking us to the Asylum. I was a fan of the first Atrophy two albums, and this last wave of thr…
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BLAZE BAYLEY – Circle Of Stone
Blaze has carved out an impressive solo discography of pumping heavy metal and newest opus Circle Of Stone is no different. Circle Of Stone holds more importance as it is his first new material since undergoing triple bypass heart surgery in April 2023…