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MalefistuM – ‘Enemy’ (Fastball Music)

MalefistuM – ‘Enemy’ (Fastball Music)

Posted by | Jun 10, 2020 | ,

MalefistuM is a new project put together by guitarist Jens Faber, perhaps better known as the driving force behind German power metallers Dawn Of Destiny, with whom he has released seven albums without managing to break into the upper echelons of the genre’s wannabe elite. This new project sees him walk a slightly different path, with an emphasis much more on the DM end of the spectrum, thanks largely to the involvement of vocalist Melissa Bonny, who is one of those female vocalists with the rare ability to switch between purgatorial death growls and high-flown operatics quicker than most of us can neck a shot of Buckie…

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Black Market Heart – ‘Transfusion’ EP (Self-Released)

Black Market Heart – ‘Transfusion’ EP (Self-Released)

Posted by | Jun 10, 2020 | ,

Having covered their debut EP back in September 2018, it would have been rather remiss of Astrocreep not to take up the opportunity to cover the next Black Market Heart EP in the form of forthcoming release ‘Transfusion’. Having really enjoyed their short but melancholic opener – an EP the big lad still has on his ‘phone for listening to while travelling and has played at some Goth reunion nights he DJs at – he dove right into this as soon as he got a moment…

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The Winter Passing – ‘New Ways Of Living’ (Big Scary Monsters)

The Winter Passing – ‘New Ways Of Living’ (Big Scary Monsters)

Posted by | Jun 10, 2020 | ,

This is definitely not an album John B would have picked out for himself but he’s happy that it landed on his desk. Taking on a very standard indie pop-punk style reminiscent of Washington state coffee shop culture there really is not anything groundbreaking here or even all that new but rather this is a pretty good example of a solid offering in the genre. While it is not really JB’s style and it is not something that he will go back to all that often himself, he knows a lot of people that would put this album on repeat and he enjoyed his visit to a genre that normally gets overlooked in his mind.

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Ravenlight – ‘Project Genesis’ (Novus Records)

Ravenlight – ‘Project Genesis’ (Novus Records)

Posted by | Jun 9, 2020 | ,

Ravenlight occupy something of a unique position in Northern Ireland, if not on the only island of Ireland as a whole, as they are the only female-fronted symphonic metal band of which Monk is aware in this particular corner of the Überverse. The title of this, their forthcoming debut full-length, is somewhat apposite, but also something of a misnomer, as Ravenlight are, in fact, somewhat embedded in the same scene in which they stand out, as band mastermind John Connor was also the driving force behind its immediate predecessor Selene.

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