It’s DJ Astrocreep back on the decks of doom at the Über Rock virtual bar. We may still be in lockdown but there’s no reason we can’t still rock the fuck out! With no further adieu, it’s time to deliver our latest pick of the singles we’ve received over the last couple of weeks.
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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 – and our winning offering this week does just that…
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This declarative third album from Swedish night stalkers Vampire crawled out of the dank sewers of Gothenburg and into ÜR’s inbox around a month or so ago, but somehow got mired down in the folder marked “must give that a listen when we get a chance”. Events conspired to make sure that it sat in there for a few weeks, until it came time for a bit of spring clean and it popped back onto our radar – and, boy, are we glad it did, as it is a hugely impressive offering from these blackened deathmongers.
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The name Mike LePond will be well known to ÜR’s more metallic-minded readers, as he has served for the past 20 years as the bass driver of ÜS symphonic metal titans Symphony X. Having released his debut solo album in 2014, he subsequently appended the title of same to his own name to mould the moniker under which he has now delivered this third self-led opus, which once again sees him employing the now time-honoured power metal combination of historical themes and big-ass anthems, and doing so with the affluent ease you would expect of a musician of such pedigree.
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There is a saying about some things being better left unsaid. Equally, there are some things which, once said, should never be repeated. And that latter point, to be brutally honest, is the crux of Monk’s issue with this, the first of Toby Jepson’s post-Little Angels album, which has now been remastered and is about to be re-released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of its initial appearance.
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