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PUTERAEON – Quindecennial Horror
15 years in, Swedish death squad Puteraeon still have a name that make me stop and type real slow every time the deed has to be done, which, to be honest, is very rarely: these guys never really hopped on my radar, and with new EP Quindecennial Horror …
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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…