Evile

By Sid | February 22, 2008 7:58 am |
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Metal

One of the small summer 2007 sensations. I first read about them in Metal Hammer magazine. They were presented by Scott Ian (Antrax, S.O.D) as one of the modern “80th Trash Revival” bands. Well I wasn’t actually able to check the trashy 80th by myself, but I think Scott is one of the dudes that definitely have.

Evil

Evile started as a cover band playing small clubs for years. In some time they wrote few of their own pieces and decided to make an album. They send demos to Fleming Rasmussen and he agreed to produce the plate. Well I don’t think that a trash metal band would want more than the producer of the legendary “Master Of Puppets” by Metallica. Fleming himself said that Evile have this old school vibe.

Evil

Evile sound like the good old Metallica and Slayer. Nothing new, man against machine, gladiators, circle pits and hi-top basketball nikes. But they rule. They just have the sound and the spirit, that many modern mallcore bands are lacking. Little words! Lots of metal!

Marc Rizzo

By Sid | February 18, 2008 5:18 am |
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Metal

One of the most impressive modern guitarists.

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Marc started as a guitarist for the nu-metal band Ill Nino and took part in their two most successful and breakthrough albums. After that he joined the legendary Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura) and his band Soulfly in 2005. He participated in two of their albums so far and had a mighty influence at the sound and the complexity of Soulfly’s music. He released two solo albums so far “Colossal Myopia” in 2005 and “The Ultimate Devotion” in 2007. Now he’s also playing in Cavalera Conspiracy, a project of Max and his brother Igor, Sepulturas ex-drummer.

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I’m really not a big fan of so called shredders but this guy is massive. First album (and the best album so far) shows a mix of Rizzo’s love for old school metal, jazz and flamenco. It is an incredibly fast mix of guitar shred and catchy progressive riffing and more calm flamenco songs with jazzy structures and some minor tribal influences. This is somehow different from other guitar master’s albums, the album is really catchy and most of people who heard it once will definitely listen to it again.

Van Canto

By Sid | February 4, 2008 7:14 am |
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Experimental,Metal

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They caught my attention when they were scheduled for the Wacken Open Air 2008. A very interesting band. If simple they play power metal/heavy metal but aside from the fact that they have only vocals and drums.

Yes they don’t have guitars, bass and keys. The vocalists are singing three to four melodic lines instead. Sounds… really weird. On one side this is a unique metal band, somehow similar to Apocalyptica’s experiments. On the other it is still way more experimental and I’m really missing the shredding guitars and heavy bass lines. But still these dudes are focusing mostly on vocals and the vocal lines are awesome and catchy. Also the arrangements are very professional, it reminds me of the good old vintage days when people had to get the best results with bad equipment and focused on the music.

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Their debut album “A Storm To Come” is making real noise in the underground metal scene and that is definitely a success. Another success is their cover of Metallicas “Battery”. A bit funny but very interesting.

Still hope to catch them live this summer!

2007 – Over The Under

By Sid | February 2, 2008 4:57 am |
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Metal

Better to say over the UNDERground. With the release of this album the scrobbles of this band on last.fm doubled in like two month and this project finally gained the success that they deserve. With the frontman Phil Anslemo (ex-Pantera) raising his hands while performing their first song “Bury Me In Smoke” on largest European festivals this summer.

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Down was started in 1995 as a side project of metal legends Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo and Corrosion Of Conformity axeman Peeper Keenan. They gathered some of the local New Orleans musicians (from bands like Crowbar) and presented a sound that was totally spectacular. Swampy New Orleans metal with a twist of Southern Rock and a mighty influence of the legendary Black Sabbath.

Finally after twelve years and two albums, the band gained full time attention and released their third album “Over The Under”. The album was delayed due to surgical operations, drug problems and even hurricane Katrina. But still it came out with an explosion. The band focused more on southern metal leaving their jazzy and acoustic southern rock experiments for the future. The work starts with a catchy “Three Suns And One Star” and keeps you in a real swamp mood till the final eight minute epos “Nothing In Return (Walk Away)”, it actually somehow reminds me of the old Doors stuff like “The End”. So this album is not just worth listening for me it is definitely one of the best albums of 2007, so I think you can give it a try.

Avenged Sevenfold

By Sid | October 3, 2007 12:41 pm |
Categories:
Metal

A little bit o heavy stuff.

Avenged Sevenfold were formed in California in 1999 as a metalcore act. Their first two albums are really standard for this style and caught no major attention, but their 2005 release City of Evil was a success that launched them from small clubs to stadiums and fame.

Avenged Sevenfold

In the year 2005 they brought up something that was old and dull and no one really expected that Iron Maiden t-shirts will be something not for nerds and losers. Avenged Sevenfold brought up the old school heavy metal/glam style. The mix was spectacular. Of course most of the old school guys consider them a joke but who cares, they really have rock and roll and also some really impressive guitar work.

Avenged Sevenfold

Their new album will be released somewhere around the end of 2007 and they promised that it will be something completely new. Well we just have to wait and meanwhile we can still listen to their awesome mix of modern and old-school music.


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