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Magnum – ‘The Monster Roars’ (Steamhammer/SPV)

Magnum – ‘The Monster Roars’ (Steamhammer/SPV)

Posted by | Jan 11, 2022 | ,

After almost five decades in the music business, and a temporary hiatus between 1995 and 2001, Magnum have become much more productive in the latter part of their career, releasing some form of music or other almost every year since 2001.  If you ask someone who sang ‘On A Story Tellers Night’ or ‘Vigilante’, they may struggle to name the band but would recognize the titles. However, these are two of David O’Neill’s favourite Magnum tracks. Could this better either of these? To find out more read on.

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Big Scenic Nowhere – ‘The Long Morrow’ (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Big Scenic Nowhere – ‘The Long Morrow’ (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Posted by | Jan 11, 2022 | ,

It may be pushing it a bit to label Californian rock collective Big Scenic Nowhere a ‘supergroup’, but with Bob Balch (Fu Manchu), Tony Reed (Mos Generator), Gary Arce and Bill Stinson (Yawning Man) at the helm, plus guest performances from Reeves Gabrels (Bowie/The Cure) and Per Wiberg (Spiritual Beggars/Opeth), it’s certainly a collection of musicians with pedigree to pay attention to. Here their second full length album, ‘The Long Morrow’, digs further into the progressive realms the band explored on last year’s ‘Lavender Blues’ EP, drifting away from the desert rock and psych-fuzz soundscapes of their earlier work.

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Ereb Altor – ‘Vargtimman’ (Hammerheart Records)

Ereb Altor – ‘Vargtimman’ (Hammerheart Records)

Posted by | Jan 10, 2022 | ,

Swedish band Ereb Altor were founded in 2003 by Mats and Ragnar of the doom metal band Isole, as a continuation of Isole’s predecessor Forlorn’s style, mainly influenced by Bathory. Now our Bona freely admits he’s a bit of a Bathory fan and loved Hammerheart so he was quite eager to hear this new album from Ereb Altor, the title of which means “time of the wolf” by the way.

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Needless – ‘The Cosmic Cauldron’ (Uprising! Records)

Needless – ‘The Cosmic Cauldron’ (Uprising! Records)

Posted by | Jan 10, 2022 | ,

Hungarian death metal band Needless was founded back in 2004 and over the years evolved into what would be an active musical group as of 2014. With a terrific blend of melodic thrash and death metal, the band fits into the melodic death metal genre along the lines of bands such as Children of Bodom and Dark Tranquility but adds a splash of black metal and elements of progressive metal as well. Their first release, ‘The Dark Spirit of Ages’, was well received by both critics and music fans alike and in 2021, the band signed with Uprising! Records.

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