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Über Rock Introduces… Scarred

Über Rock Introduces… Scarred

Posted by | Feb 27, 2021 | , ,

Four years after their last release, Luxembourg progressive/tech metallers Scarred last month returned to the fray with their third, self-titled album, their first to feature new vocalist Yann Dalscheid. Although the album somehow slipped under our radar in reviewing terms, we thought we’d make up for that criminal oversight by catching up with drummer Laurent Kessel to chat about the band, the album, the challenges of the year-long pandemic and breaking out of the tiny landlocked principality in which they are based.

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Evergrey – ‘Escape Of The Phoenix’ (AFM)

Evergrey – ‘Escape Of The Phoenix’ (AFM)

Posted by | Feb 26, 2021 | ,

If there’s one thing that can be said about the ongoing COVID pan(dem)ic it is that it most definitely has shifted every aspect of the world’s focus, and in particular the way we live our everyday lives. Everything has become much more insular, with millions of people locked behind closed doors, unable to undertake many of the “normal” activities which we previously took for granted, such as meeting up with family and friends – or even being able to say a simple “goodbye” when such a tragic circumstance arises. As far as the music business is concerned, the C-19 era certainly has been a time of almost cataclysmic change, with everyone in the industry forced to re-evaluate even the simplest tasks, such as how to be creative and continue doing what they love to do…

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Attika – ‘Metal Lands’ (Pure Steel)

Attika – ‘Metal Lands’ (Pure Steel)

Posted by | Feb 26, 2021 | ,

If there’s one record company upon whom you can rely to deliver the sort of music their name suggests then it is the German label Pure Steel, who specialize in (mostly) no nonsense, straight ahead heavy metal of the traditional kind – the sort that gets you banging your head and air guitaring around your living room like a six-year old who has just consumed an entire bag of jelly babies (and, believe us, having seven grandchildren, Monk knows exactly what that is like). The latest exemplar of this predictive approach is this, the comeback album from Floridian old school graduates Attika.

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Ghosts Of Sunset – ‘Headed West’ EP (Golden Robot)

Ghosts Of Sunset – ‘Headed West’ EP (Golden Robot)

Posted by | Feb 26, 2021 | ,

We first strayed into the path of the appropriately named Ghosts Of Sunset last September, when the Nashville duo, accompanied (as they were) by one Johnny Monaco, casually sauntered into our Singles Club and hit us fairly and squarely between their eyes with their debut track, ‘Miles In Between’, before turning on their cowboy boot clad heels and walking out – but not without promising us that there was more to come! And, sure as a fuck is a fuck, five months to the virtual day later, Messrs Long and Merchant have once again kicked in the doors of ÜRHQ and planted this debut EP defiantly and emphatically into one of our multiple death decks, turned up the volume and pressed the little arrow that spins the little shiny disc around and around…

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Anneke van Giersbergen – ‘The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest’ (InsideOut Music)

Anneke van Giersbergen – ‘The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest’ (InsideOut Music)

Posted by | Feb 25, 2021 | ,

Well now, Anneke van Giersbergen is one of those names that should be instantly familiar to most self-respecting metalheads, although some may not even realise why. There’s a formidably expansive career to dive into if you can afford the time, from Dutch band The Gathering through to many collaborations (most notably with Devin Townsend) as well as a very fruitful solo career! We’ve seen a whole range of different shades over the years, so it’s going to be very interesting to see what flavour we’ll get in this latest instalment of the saga of Anneke van Giersbergen. The only way is to delve in to be reminded that ‘The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest’.

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