Author: Team Uber

Dreams Of Avalon – ‘Beyond The Dream’ (Metalville)

When one thinks of melodic rock, it is not hard for your musical compass to magnetize itself towards the Scandinavian peninsula, and Sweden in particular. After all, the Scandi-nations seem to produce more melodic rock acts, often of unerringly (and unnervingly, especially for the competition) great quality, per head of population than virtually anywhere else in the known Überverse. The latest act to add their name to the ever-growing list of such quality acts are Dreams Of Avalon – a band whose name may be new to most people, but one who come with an impeccable pedigree, as the project is the brainchild of one Joachim Nordlund, perhaps best known as the guitarist with ÜR-approved power metal crüe Astral Doors.

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Repulsive Vision – ‘Necrovictology’ (Emanzipation Productions)

Six years ago, after what he can only assume was a string of bad luck, Jonny B ended up leaving Birmingham behind to start a new life in the remote Cumbrian town of Barrow-in-Furness. Desperate to find any sort of live music to fill the void that had been left by the Birmingham metal scene, JB was surprised to find that there was an active extreme metal scene in Barrow and it was through this that he ended up at 2016’s Funeral Fest, featuring local boys Repulsive Vision.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – NAPALM DEATH

Despite the ongoing lockdown in many parts of the Überverse, we are still receiving a healthy bundle of submissions for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ title. Many of them are produced against the background of continuing quarantine conditions in some countries, while others reflect artists being able to return and flex their creative muscles once again.

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Midgard – ‘Tales Of Kreia’ (Sliptrick Records)

Monk has to admit that, when this album submission first landed in the ÜRHQ inbox, he viewed it as something of an anomaly. A folk metal band from Ukraine who take their monicker from the ancient Norse name for the world of man (that’s Middle Earth to all you heathen Tolkienites), and a concept album about a rebellious Jedi knight… It didn’t seem to make any sense. But, then, slowly, it did…

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