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Askara – ‘Lights Of Night’ (Fastball Music)

Askara – ‘Lights Of Night’ (Fastball Music)

Posted by | Apr 8, 2022 | ,

The seemingly contrasting fusion of harsh, blackened death growls with an almost angelic voice over the top of a boisterous symphonic metal soundscape is hardly a new formula and has been tried and tested to varying degrees of success over the past couple of decades. Following in the footsteps of generic predecessors such as Lacuna Coil and Leaves’ Eyes, Swiss dark metallers Askara are the latest act to try and strike the fine balance of such stylistic blending.

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Papa Roach – ‘Ego Trip’ (New Noize Records)

Papa Roach – ‘Ego Trip’ (New Noize Records)

Posted by | Apr 8, 2022 | ,

Your favourite platinum-selling alt rockers, Papa Roach, are at it again! Today (Friday 8 April), the band release their 11th (yes, you read that right!) studio album titled ‘Ego Trip’ via New Noize Records. We’ve been getting teased with several powerful singles and the time has come to put all the pieces together. As vocalist Jacoby Shaddix explains,“Now isn’t the time for comfort or conformity, but to be inspired and build something new. Something better, in order to channel something more.”

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Angel Nation – ‘Antares’ (Inner Wound Recordings)

Angel Nation – ‘Antares’ (Inner Wound Recordings)

Posted by | Apr 6, 2022 | ,

Angel Nation singer Elina Siirala should be familiar to erstwhile fans of the symphonic metal mien, as she also fulfils the same role in Leaves’ Eyes, having replaced the band’s founder Liv Kristine back in 2016. However, LE’s relative inactivity over the intervening years has given Siirala plenty of time to concentrate on the revival this, her original band (also known as EnkElination in her native Finnish) and the production of their third album.

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Bhleg – ‘Fäghring’ (Nordvis)

Bhleg – ‘Fäghring’ (Nordvis)

Posted by | Apr 5, 2022 | ,

Bhleg, a proto-Indo-European word for “to shine” was originally conceived in 2007 by S and L, although it wasn’t until 2013 that their conceptualized project took physical form. Drawing from both individual and shared experiences of the dream world, altered states of consciousness, and astral journeys they created ‘Draumr Ást’ – a title which sprung from precisely such circumstances.

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