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Album of the Week 05-2026: Megadeth – Megadeth
Farewell albums tend to aim for going out with a bang, but just as frequently see a band fizzling out. To Dave Mustaine’s credit: apart from the lyrics of closing track ‘The Last Note’, he doesn’t seem to weigh down Megadeth’s self-titled album with any grandiose farewell statements. Instead, he…
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Carlos Sanchez (Krueger, Nomen Omen, Melomaniac TV): True Love for the Art
Carlos Sanchez is an important figure in the Venezuelan metal scene. Not just as the vocalist of veteran death metal band Krueger, which started activity in Caracas as early as 1990, but also in how he promotes the country’s scene through various channels, among which the music program Melomaniac TV.…
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Interview Marino Vásquez (Guerra Santa, Venezuela Metal Fest): Emerging from the Province
For over thirty years, Marino Vásquez has been the voice and the face of heavy/power metal band Guerra Santa, which from the western town of San Cristóbal grew into a force to be reckoned with in all of Venezuela, and later all over Latin America. The band has relocated to…
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Interview Jesús García (Maskhera): Always Willing to Improve
Maskhera is one of the more influential Venezuelan metal bands on the more contemporary groove/thrash metal side of the spectrum. What’s interesting is that the band keeps reinventing itself. It is exactly this drive to get better and more interesting that drummer Jesús García – who is Venezuelan, but didn’t…
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Interview Joad Manuel Jiménez (Sexto Sonar, Arkangel, Centurion): Finding Magic in Music
Joad Manuel Jiménez possesses one of the strongest voices in the South American metal scene, and he has sung with the likes of progressive metal titans Sexto Sonar and heavy metal pioneers Arkangel. Jiménez looks back on his development from a young, rock-loving kid to the expressive frontman of multiple…
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Interview Alejandro Londoño Montoya (Cultura Tres, Agresión, Epitafio): Always Trying to Get Better
Though born in Colombia, Alejandro Londoño Montoya was an important part of the Venezuelan rock and metal scene with death/thrashers Epitafio and rap-metallers Agrésion. For the last two decades, however, his main focus has been his sludge/doom metal band Cultura Tres, which is a little more international in character. “Cultura…
Latest Reviews
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Album of the Week 44-2025: Aria – Kogda Nastanyet Zavtra
Aria celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year. Many veteran bands would be on auto-pilot after such a long period of uninterrupted activity, releasing a compilation album or a live release to mark the occasion. Ever since their best singer Mikhail Zhitnyakov joined the band in 2011, however, Aria has been…
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Album of the Week 43-2025: Aephanemer – Utopie
Aephanemer has always been a promising melodic and especially symphonic death metal band, but nothing prepared me for how much ‘Utopie’ was going to overwhelm me. The French trio went through an evolution that goes beyond the growth bands usually show between two albums, to the point where the whole…
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Album of the Week 42-2025: Spectral Souls – Conspirachronicles
Death metal is in a strange state these days. Many modern bands lack the brutal aggression that defines the genre, opting for groove or technicality instead. There are newer old school death metal acts, but many of those model themselves after one or two very specific bands. Spectral Souls proves…
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