Just like last year I’m gonna revisit the metal scene and do a retroactive sweep to see what came through and what I might have missed.
And just like last year, I’m using the excellent best of 2003 staff poll over at Metal-Rules.com. I’ve been scouting around a bit and their list is as good as [...]
Filed under Music by Björn Hallberg 4 years, 6 months ago | 1,445 views
These guys never seem to give up. Even though their glory days ended some 15 years ago. For some reason I can never really let go. It’s nostalgia again I suppose. Iron Maiden was after all my introduction into metal. And strangely a lot of other genres as well.
Anyway. The new album is out 2003-09-08. [...]
Filed under Music by Björn Hallberg 4 years, 12 months ago | 357 views
I should really do this every weekend. Too bad I don’t have the time or patience. I browse through a lot of new (and old) music every week and once again there is an album worth promoting. This week I will briefly mention two albums, one new and one old. Both heavy on vocals and [...]
Filed under Music by Björn Hallberg 5 years, 2 months ago | 379 views
Finally, the new album from Swedish power metal group Hammerfall is OUT!
“Crimson Thunder” follows the recipe of the previous albums in that it contains one cover ( “Angel Of Mercy” ), one ballad ( “Dreams Come True” ), one instrumental track ( “In Memoriam/Requiem” ) and the rest are fast paced metal songs. It’s a [...]
Filed under Music by Björn Hallberg 5 years, 10 months ago | 778 views
I got my hands on the “In Symphony” cd by Sissel Kyrkjebø. Extremely talented female vocal artist. One of the finest in the world imho.
Anyway, I realized not until the 11th track that there was a problem with the disc itself. Clipping. And upon revisiting the other tracks using a waveform editor I find the [...]
Filed under Music by Björn Hallberg 6 years, 2 months ago | 356 views