Hah it has been a long time since I listened to some quality epic metal, which makes me pump my fist in the air and fills my old warrior´s heart with pride and valor reminding me why I love this kind of metal so much. Warrior Path are epic/power metal band from Greece led by guitarist Andreas Sinanoglou and featuring mighty Bob Katsionis of Firewind fame and Daniel Heiman of Lost Horizon on vocals. This album contains ten songs with It Has Begun being instrumental intro. What to say? I am awed by this album, being perfect example how quality warrior epic metal is made. Daniel´s vocals are better than ever and songwriting is fantastic with fantastic choruses just made for singing along live and pumping your horns and fists in the air. Guitar work is impeccable with so many great solos, melodies, hooks and riffs. Atmospheric parts in the songs only add to the drama and tell this fantasy story of war, betrayal, madness, loyalty and vengeance. My personal favorites are the title song, Avenger and Neverending Path. This is a superb record for all of you who love your metal melodic, energetic and epic!
Nutshell are from Leuven, Belgium and this is their new e.p. These five entities grew up, as they say, on different forms of punk rock and they amalgamated all their influences in their music, thus making Nutshell what it is. What do we have here? We have five songs of mighty punk rock bordering with garage punk influences in the songwriting and the music itself is very energetic, yet there is some subtle melody underneath it all, like in one of my personal favorites Florida Man with that wicked guitar hooks of melody. Vocals are shouted and a bit nervous at times, but they are just like they are supposed to be for this kind of punk. Guitars are also very crispy, noisy and hit you right in the eye along with thunderous drumming and pumping bass. Lyrics are a bit humorous, a bit personal and a bit political if you read between the lines. I like this one. If you are a fan of this kind of punk rock, go get this one.
Scarecrow from Finland are no strangers to the pages of this zine. These horror punk veterans just released their brand new e.p. containing four songs. If you have listened to their music you will know that Scarecrow play horror punk, but a bit harsher and melancholic at the same time, with many metal influences thrown in the song structures sounding awesome topped with harsh and melodic vocals by mastermind Jack13. So, let´s see what we get here. The title song is a bit more melodic and paying tribute to horror punk classics being metallic doo wop vision of horror. I can also hear tribute to The Misfits in guitar work towards the end of the song. This one has such superb melody just made for humming and singing along for all you horror fiends out there. Zombie is a remake, fast, almost thrash metal or Scandinavian death metal influenced song mixed with horror punk, blood lusty and energetic. This record also features epic guest vocal work by Johanna Rutto on The Beauty of the Beast, being my personal favorite on this record, that I listened to over and over again. Vocal interplay between Jack13 and Johanna created atmosphere that made my skin crawling with goosebumps. This nice splatterpunk record ends with Le Moribond, most metallic song of the record and hardest song making perfect ending. Great one again!
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