Proving once again that heavy metal is indeed a universal language, Carthagods come to us, as their name would aptly suggest, from the land of the ancient Carthaginian empire, known today as Tunisia. Despite this being only their second album, the quintet was one of the first metal bands to emerge from the sub-Sahara, predating their more prolific and better-known compatriots Myrath by a couple of years.
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There is a line in the press release which accompanied this, the third album by Southend agit-poppers Asylums which grates with Monk, as no doubt it will with many ÜR readers, and especially our female ones, when singer Luke Branch refers to the fact that his wife “fell pregnant” during the writing and recording process. We mean, babies are not conceived by a woman tripping over a loose paving stone: there is a biological process involved. However, what Branch’s somewhat misworded statement serves to do is highlight the backdrop against which this new album itself was gestated and brought into the world.
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By the time a band, any band, have reached the stage of releasing their seventh album, it is perhaps inevitable to expect they have reached a certain degree of elevation among their peers, a certain level of competency and a certain level of, shall we say, admiration. And, it has to be admitted, that Stormzone have certainly reached a certain level of attainment in their status as, arguably, Northern Ireland’s premier – and certainly most high profile, and coincidentally prolific – heavy metal act, albeit perhaps while being another example of prophets unheard in their own land, headlining festivals across Europe while picking and choosing when and where they play back home.
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Jonny B has definitely been picking up a significant proportion of the melodic death metal that finds its way into the “bucket” of albums at ÜRHQ which has been a fantastic way to discover some of the newer bands starting to make waves on the scene. So when this album arrived with a promo claiming that the genre has pretty much died, he was sceptical to say the least. However, not being one to judge an album based on the claims of the press release (otherwise what would be the point in reviewing albums at all!), he gave this the benefit of the doubt and looked into what Meridian Dawn has to offer.
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By DJ Monk Like ourselves here at Über Rock, Bloodstock’s motto has long been “by the fans, for...
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