2010-07-12 Review: REVIOLENCE “Modern Beast" – modern beasts bubble hot tar
What kind of association could arise for an ordinary man when considering Brazil? Well, worldwide famous carnivals have origins from this country. Also, one should know that Brazilians use the Portuguese language.
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2009-09-06 Review: SHADOWDANCES “Misery Loves My Company” – a step away from metal
Initially, album can fascinate with its high production quality. Indeed, this recording can claim for the best recording status in all Baltic and Eastern Europe just for its perfect quality of sound.
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2008-11-05 Review: NOFUCK “Existenzminimum” – minimal existence and maximal continence?
The core of NOFUCK, the erotic, ironic and angry Italian band was rallied by love to thrash metal eleven years ago. The four guys materialized their ideas in the release titled “Existenzminimum” last year.
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2008-08-03 Review: XTRUNK “Not In Vain” – why French metalheads feel no envy to other metal stages?
These guys say they are not jealous to foreign metal stages simply because there are enough good bands in their homeland. Here is a team joining musicians who are experienced in other formations for about 15 years so far.
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2008-06-17 Review: COLLIDE “All That Oppress” – is the Life Oppressing us?
It is not only beer and grind that Latvians love. I found out this when received a promo version of the new COLLIDE album “All That Oppress”. The disc was kindly provided by our neighbours when I met a lot of them in the festival Kilkim Žaibu.
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2008-05-27 Review: FRAILTY “Lost Lifeless Lights” – When the Lights Fade Away...
I listen to FRAILTY album “Lost Lifeless Lights” on this thick and dismal sprig day. However, it does not bring “sunlight”, not only due to the title.
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2008-04-30 Review: REVIOLENCE “Violent Phoenix” – Brazilian Phoenix Raised from Ashes
While we are waiting for the recording of full-length album of Brazilian thrash metallers REVIOLENCE, here is the review of their EP “Violent Phoenix”. You are encouraged to pay special attention to this band and their potential.
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2008-02-19 Review: CHAIN REACTION “Vicious Circle” – in Search of True Road
CHAIN REACTION is a rather young Polish thrash/hardcore metal band formed in 2002. The actively playing band had only one EP album called “id” in its discography up till now, which received good evaluations according to the musicians. The LP album “Vicious Circle” released by the band in 2007 is reviewed here, on ferrum.lt.
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2008-02-06 Review: SEBORRHEA “Different Segments of Human Life” – Protect your Hair and Ears
Latvians seem to enjoy beer and ...grind! That was what I found out when I visited “Baltic Bizarre Fest” in Riga: two local acts sounded true and nasty grind style. However, in fact, the present review will be not about the event.
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2008-01-29 Report: “Hole in the Sky Festival 2007” - Return of the Kings
Bergen is known as the cradle of Norwegian culture and music. Either you like Grieg or GORGOROTH, you can find both of them here. But let’s leave the great composer behind focusing on metal music events in this city.
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2006-12-08 Review: VALINOR "Hidden Beauty" – is the Beauty Hidden Too Deep?
Four years have passed and the Polish VALINOR reminded about their existence. Now the second album named „Hidden Beauty“ has been released.
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2006-12-08 Review: "Seeds of Fate" – French Seeds for Lust of HYPNOSIS and Hallucinations
Here we could return back to October 1993 when heavy seeds were sowed in a province of France. They finally matured three years later when Cindy, Patrice and Pierre formed the core of HYPNOSIS. Today we have the fourth album of the band named „Seeds of Fate“.
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2006-09-29 Report: “Hole in the Sky 2006” - Morbid Tales from the City of Rain
It’s becoming an annual tradition to visit Bergen on the last weekend of August. And it is not the fish market or wooden houses which attract me there. The “Hole in the Sky” festival being held at this time is famous for good bands and special atmosphere.
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2006-06-01 Report: Wacken Open Air 2005: Surprises from Sky and Earth for 16th Fest Edition
“Iron“ guys (Thom Jensen and Holger Hübner) don’t slumber, and despite of the heating sun or melting rains, carry out their mission. At the very end of one WOA, preparation jobs for another one are performed.
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2005-11-02 Report: Show of Steve Vai in Vilnius
“I wrote this song for all my friends in Lithuania. When I grow up, I’m gonna be a famous rock’n’roll guitar player!”. No, these weren’t the words said at the beginning of the concert, but they could be the best reflection of the whole concert spirit.
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2004-09-01 Report: WACKEN OPEN AIR 2004 - Lithuanian attitude towards events of anniversary metal fiesta
15th Wacken Open Air was the reason fields of quiet village were crowded by huge mass of metalheads and all stages were going to raise a number of very famous and strong metal acts. The jubilee attracted attention of record number of Lithuanian headbangers as well.
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2003-09-01 Report: WACKEN OPEN AIR 2003 - Privileges of accredited paparazzi
Yeah, this year’s Wacken was special to me from the musical aspect: so many fuckin‘ great bands to witness it was shame to miss them and/or get too drunk and take too little care on them. So, the plan was pretty clear – to remember old good days when you have been running like mad to check this that and yet another, and after that a dozen of other shows.
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