In a beautiful, about 890 seat venue named the Rose Theatre, Brampton ON – Canada, boasted by one of the volunteers as the 2nd largest stage in Canada, not a bad seat in the place,[…]
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Author: Alessandro
Interview: Helix
On Friday September 6 2017, DutchMetalManiac’s Alessandro got an opportunity of a lifetime! After seeing them many times, taking some personal pics and creating a Helix shrine of cool signed memorabilia and personalized, rare items,[…]
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Review: Eon – Purgatory Inherited
Well! Retournez to the French Riviera en Toulon where some hyper-cool riffing at 1:38 takes place from the lads of EON (aka Element of Noise – cool!) on the lead track, Hatemakers, of their latest[…]
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Review: Selbst – Selbst
From the opening strums, Of Solitary Ramblings, I am finding a solid like of this so called “black/death metal” genre. This 2-person ‘group’ (I still can’t fathom this, but ‘da hell with it) hailing from[…]
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Review: Crafteon – Cosmic Reawakening
A neat group hailing from Denver, Colorado, the band here introduced as Lord Mordiggian (Guitar/Vocals), Fthaggua (Lead Guitar), Ithaqua (Bass) and Rhagorthua (Drums), present an interesting take on the works of H.P. Lovecraft (hence the[…]
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Review: Bereft Of Light – Hoinar
Cascadian Metal. This is a new one on me as since this one man band hails from Romania and The Cascades are a mountain range from British Columbia, Canada through Washington, Oregon and finally Southern[…]
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Review: Protosequence – Biophagous
This Edmonton, Alberta, Canada band comprised of Jacob Teeple (bass), Kyle Hunter (guitar), Joseph McKee (vocals), Logan Vars (drums), Parker (guitar and vocals), has some good metal stones with this 4 song EP! More and[…]
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Review: Demotional – Discovery
A distinct pleasure to hear this! After 2 other albums, sharing stages with the likes of Arch Enemy and Entombed, the ‘Swedish Sextet’ brings up the ante in contemporary metal. Stylish in their suits, they[…]
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Review: Pandemonium – Nihilist
Most of the lads, Paul (vocals), Mark (vocals, guitar), Michael (bass), Major (guitar), Desecrate (drums), and a special, sorrowful RIP to Peter (aka Zuber) have been around since the early nineties and have shared stages[…]
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Review: Misanthropic Rage – Gates No Longer Shut
As I sit, dying from eerie vibes and hellfire and giving this opus the listen it deserves, my thoughts drift to puppies and SATAN! The mindless riffing guitar In a Blind Dimension serves to annoy[…]
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