Evil Priest-Demo Ep (2016)

Evil Priest mixed the relentless thrashy aggression and riffage of floridian death metal with a healthy dose of swedish death metal. This demo kicks in with a brutal song... then you hear it... that GUITAR TONE. Damnit, this band has one of the best guitar tones ever heard in death metal in 2016. It's heavy as fuck, really low-tuned and sounds more evil than any actual metal band. Then the three songs carries on, with sheer brutality attacking you from every corner, while singer vomits his inhuman old-school growls without allowing you to breathe. Riff after riff, there is no stop to this monster of a demo. The drumming is top-notch as well; Really powerful and aggressive blastbeats that go along with a great technique. Incredible. Evil Priest manage to be relentlessly aggressive and atmospheric at the same time, without decaying in melodic death metal. The guitar work is damn good. Overall, this demo is an essential piece on the Peruvian death metal puzzle. You like death metal? Then OWN IT, it will destroy your fucking skull !!
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Review by Paul Caravasi

Sacred Gate-Countdown to Armageddon (2016)

This album is one massively impressive dose of metal, mixing equal parts traditional, power, and prog, creating a work that is easily powerful. You see, the charming thing about Sacred Gate is that they really are a traditional metal act espousing hints of progressive tendencies - how many times have you heard that and found it to be utter crap? Sacred Gate no means a clone of anything. A very solid release.Things are kept interesting via a varying tempo, so you've got your mid-paced tunes, your double-bass-fueled ones, and so on.  It's obvious these guys are very talented. If you like melodic bands like Jag Panzer, Iron Maiden, Hammerfall, and Iced Earth you would like this.
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Review by Paul Caravasi

Metal Law-Hellrider (2016)

I recently came across Metal Law and realized that they're a kick ass band. If you're looking for screaming, raging heavy metal , this is what you're looking for. There's some really cool riffs thrown throughout, a lot of killer drumming, and consistent vocals. These are the kinds of musicians I admire, what they do do is show they have raw energy and actual talent. If you admire raw energy and plodding riffs then you will probably like this, a lot. Metal Law is a strong band for metalhead's who admire really good music. Pick this up and embrace the metal warrior in you!
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Review by Paul Caravasi

Attacker-Sins of the World (2016)

Cutting-edge straightforward Heavy Metal. Fresh and energetic. The production is crisp and clean, but still Heavy. The musicians are very skilled, the fellow who plays bass for Attacker definitely knows how to work a bass guitar.The drummer is also excellent, this dude can bash the skins!! The voice is killer, and the two guitar players are also VERY good. I like guitar players who have the ability to switch back and forth during solos. The writing is also good. The songs aren't about how many women they may have banged, or how much whisky they drank. Topics are all good stuff. The musicians in this band show their talent. If you like good metal musicians and a CD that can be played at the highest volume from start to finish, I recommend purchasing this disc. Oh, yeah, this CD has one of my favorite cover illustrations. Definitely cool! Trust me, if you like DIO, Judas Priest, or Iron Maiden, you'll love this album!
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Review by Paul Caravasi

Metal Massacre 14-(2016)

I sit here with beer in hand enjoying this compilation and writing this review. Bands here are amazing. Metalian is an awesome Heavy metal, Noctum is good , Gatekeeper rules here, Assassin's blade sounds awesome with their traditional heavy metal, Cobra is a killer speed metal band, Stone dagger is decent heavy metal, Crypt Sermon is doom in the vein of Candlemass, Savage Master is awesome heavy metal to the vein, Outcast traditional heavy metal, Corsair is another amazing band here , great musicianship. Overall, if you are looking to see what underground metal is all about, pick this up. There's some underrated and overlooked gems on this, powerful vocals and riffing. Another fantastic collection of vintage heavy metal by Metal Blade Records. Good job guys !!
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Review by Paul Caravasi

Primordial-Gods to the Godless-Live at Bang Your Head Festival/Germany 2015

The songs on offer here are instantly just that little bit different to the original versions, a decent amount of energy and really does roll things on brilliantly. If you're like me and enjoy live albums of bands that you like, then this is for you. The band has perefected the art of playing live, or at least on this live record. That is they have perfected playing imperfectly. Some bands can't reproduce what they have 30 takes in a studio live and end up just slaughtering their songs. Some bands play to well, to the point of perfection, where the songs on the live album are so similiar to the songs on the studio album.This album combines the greatness of the songs, with live imperfection and energy making one great experience. The tracks on this album offer something different than on their respective studio albums they are found on. In short this is about as good as it gets for a live album –  there are some quite good versions of damn good songs on here, so enjoy.
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Review by Paul Caravasi

Downfall of Gaia-Atrophy (2016)

Clean production solely for the purpose of enhancing the musical experience, something that I personally rarely enjoy, maybe even only in the case of Black Metal. Anyway…it seems to me that if even one single note or drum beat were different the whole thing would fall together and fail completely for the listener. This is an album one does not merely listen to, one is just fascinated. Fascinated by the incredible precision, the atmosphere of this CD,  the guitars turn to a furious fusion with the drums and bass, the vocals....just really “imperial”, fabulous riffs I have ever endured in BM, accompanied by the drums, the songs flows from one riff to another, in perfect harmony with incredible musicianship, this is furious and very emotional....a ferocious outburst of musical fireworks and uncontrollable emotions. Higher up I mentioned that this CD clearly isn’t for everyone - in fact, I believe it can only be fully appreciated by the chosen few who can understand it. Its so complex and varying at times. I think it can only be loved by those who really feel extreme music in their veins. This is by no means a “light” album. So, I come to the conclusion that this CD is sheer genius, great overall atmosphere and musicianship, yet clearly not for all, I’d like to finish this review with first off saying that this album kicks fucking ass. “All mortals should respect bands like this, not make into a trend!”.
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Review by Paul Caravasi