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Crimfall-As The Path Unfolds... February 2009-Napalm Records-NPR 268 By Axemaiden As the Path Unfolds... is the debut release from the purveyors of dramatic Finnish Viking metal, Crimfall. The album begins with the mighty ‘Neothera Awakening’, which very much has the feel...

One-Way Mirror – One Way Mirror Metal Blade Records – 27th June 2008 – 3984-14677-2 By Axemaiden One-Way Mirror are a collaboration heavy metal group comprised of Guillaume Bideau from Mnemic on vocals, David and Franck Potvin from Lyzanxia and Phase I on lead and...

U.D.O. – Mastercutor Alive Golden Core Records – 2008 By Axemaiden The fact that this is the first live album German heavy/classic metal group U.D.O. have released in quite a number of years coupled with the notion that they have had over twenty years of releasing material...

Klimt 1918 – Just In Case We’ll Never Meet Again Prophecy Productions By Axemaiden Death metal fans may be more familiar with Italian brothers Marco and Paolo Soellner’s first band Another Day than the much more chilled out Klimt 1918 which is very, very different...

Skewered – Homegrown Brutality Self-released 2007 By Axemaiden Skewered are one of Ireland’s most well-known and well-respected brutal death metal bands and Homegrown Brutality is a fine tribute to this genre. Although the CD is only six tracks long, it manages to condense...

Kampfar – Heimgang Napalm Records – 2008 By Axemaiden The shrouded dawn of Kampfar began fifteen years ago in their native hometown of Fredrikstad, Norway and was originally a musical collaboration between lead singer Dolk and guitarist Thomas which focussed on the...

Mac Blagick – Mac Blagick Glen Ghost Records – 2007 By Axemaiden I was, I suppose quite unfairly, prepared to dislike this band on the basis of the name Mac Blagick which is to be fair, a little cheesy, but I decided to shed the negative attitude and give them another...

Tortuga – Kings of Albany In At The Deep End Records – 10 November 2008 By Axemaiden Kings of Albany is the debut album from the Norwich-based self-confessed ‘troupe of miserablists’ Tortuga. Although cynical and aggressive ‘post-hardcore, noise and doom&#8217...

Falconer – Among Beggars And Thieves Metal Blade Records Inc – 2008 By Axemaiden Among Beggars And Thieves, whilst retaining the stereotypical Falconer sound, has moved into a darker new direction since the release of their previous work Northwind. The band still utilises the epic...

Sacred Oath – ...‘Till Death Do Us Part (Live in Germany) Angel Thorne Music Company LLC – 2008 By Axemaiden Does anyone remember which bands they were listening to in 1985? I certainly don’t (having only just been born), but for those of you who do remember...

Mercenary – Architect Of Lies Century Media Records, Ltd – 2008 By Axemaiden Architect Of Lies is the latest release from Danish band Mercenary. Although the band are usually cited as being a huge force within the ‘melodic death metal’ category, this newest...

Diphtheria – To Wait For Fire Pitch Black Records – 2008 By Axemaiden For any of you out there who have never heard of Cypriot power-metal group, Diphtheria, now is your chance, as their first full-length album To Wait For Fire is finally available to buy (although it is limited...

Stigma – When Midnight Strikes! Pivotal Rockordings – 2008 By Axemaiden Although Italian Deathcore metallers Stigma are no strangers to the recording studio, When Midnight Strikes! is the eagerly awaited first full-length album that the band have released in their career...

Showstripsilence – Monsters and Humans, horrorific and all new! Graves Records - 2006 By Axemaiden Monsters and Humans is the latest offering from Italian punk/hardcore group Showstripsilence and marks their first full album to be released. To be honest though, I’m not...

Dead Man’s Root – Mouth Breather Teratorn Records – 2007 By Axemaiden I must confess at first that I was biased in favour of this band and album purely for the name Dead Man’s Root, which still fills me with hilarity every time I read it, so I was really hoping that the album would live...