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EP of the Week 06.5-2026: Superblood – Enter a New Phase
Just when I thought Eizo Sakamoto had disappeared completely from the rock and metal scene after most of his post-Anthem projects failed to make much of a lasting impression, he was suddenly announced as Superblood’s new frontman with the fantastic new single ‘Enter a New Phase’ a few months ago.…
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Interview Tailgunner: Nailing the Excitement
While 2023’s ‘Guns for Hire’ was a very promising debut album, it wasn’t until Tailgunner toured with that material that it really came to life. That excitement and experience was brought into the recordings of ‘Midnight Blitz’ with spectacular results. Bassist Thomas ‘Bones’ Hewson and guitarist Rhea Thompson, who debuts…
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Album of the Week 06-2026: Leatherhead – Violent Horror Stories
With their 2024 self-titled debut album, Greek old school metalheads Leatherhead already made quite the impression on me, though my overall opinion of that album remains that it shows some potential that was yet to be realized. In all honesty, though, I did not expect them to live up to…
Latest Interviews
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Interview Giancarlo Picozzi (Arkangel): Expressive and Rebellious Hard Rock
Along with his drumming brother Giorgio, Arkangel guitarist Giancarlo Picozzi was part of the first generation of Venezuelan heavy metal musicians, establishing the band under the name Power Age as early as 1978. These days, the Picozzi brothers are still the core of Arkangel. Giancarlo looks back on nearly forty…
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Interview Andrés Guzmán (Grand Bite): Sharing Passions and Ideals
While Grand Bite isn’t commonly named among the first generation of Venezuelan heavy metal bands, the band were actually established before Resistencia and Arkangel had debuted. They have since become one of the more prolific Venezuelan metal bands of their era, delivering six albums full of solid traditional heavy metal…
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Interview Riccardo Musci (Ariah Records): Applying Business Skills to a Hobby
Record store, label and concert promoter Ariah Records is at the heart of the Venezuelan Metal Scene, and has been for about 25 years. Co-founder and co-owner Riccardo Musci gives us a glimpse into his motivations behind starting Ariah Records, and how the Venezuelan metal music industry has changed over…
Latest Reviews
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Album of the Week 50-2025: Sexto Sonar – Enfrentando la Realidad
Progressive metal bands often contradict themselves by playing something that closely resembles their influences. Maybe it’s because Sexto Sonar is not from Europe or North America, but even though hints of their influences occasionally pop up, their sole full-length album ‘Enfrentando la Realidad’ has a fairly original sound that largely…
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Album of the Week 49-2025: Resistencia – Hecho en Venezuela
Very early heavy metal albums from any country have a tendency to be charming and promising, but also flawed. More often than not, that is the result of even the most experienced sound engineers at the time not knowing how to capture the raw power of a rock band on…
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Album of the Week 48-2025: Struck a Nerve – Struck a Nerve
If you get the chorus to the Bad Religion song stuck in your head when reading that band name, rest assured: you are not the only one. There isn’t any melodic hardcore on Struck a Nerve’s debut album, however. In fact, there isn’t much punk at all. Instead, the British…
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