GRAVE DIGGER-Bone collector (my review)

German heavy metal legends finally recorded something powerful. It's a volcano of heavy metal madness inside the universe.

Album instantly starts with a big bang "Bone collector".

And also in other songs. In each one song you can hear a perfect, wild and hard dose of metal music. It's impossible to choose one favorite tune. Each one song offers a satisfaction for our ears. Impressive atmosphere and sound. True metal ride and wonderment created by this band.

Unique guitar riffs, solos, melodies shows their great musical intelligence and philosophy. There's no weak or useless place. If you want a blast of crushing music, everything is here for you. Energetic and dynamic bass and also drums that are a supernatural cannonade crushing everything. Powerful, metal, heavy and hard vocals are an another fuel for the fire.

For the fire and flames in this colossal metal inferno.

Pleasure to listen to this masterpiece. And lyrics? They are full of insane, interesting stories. So, Bone collector is an amazing, adventurous music book. It's one of their best albums. Golden star in heavy metal constellation. 

BURNING WITCHES-Inquisition (my review)

The metal witches always comes with a supernatural dose of solid metal music.

Adventurous musical book will surely devour you like a magic spell.

Album's start is ghostly and fatal. The insane attack comes in "Soul eater". Continues in "Shame". A great top is in "The spell of the skull". Really magical metal wonderment.

"Inquisition" is very attractive, impressive tune. There's a magic and power of this band. Essence of powerful music. "High priestess of the night" is a classic metal beauty. Fast, heavy ride is in "Burn in hell".

"Release me" is a beautiful slower song. Another explosion comes in "In for the kill". "In the eye of the storm" brings a wonderful atmosphere of a typical heavy song. A great tornado is destroying inside "Mirror, mirror".

Their musical intelligence is admirable. Guitars in this musical book are a wonderful, harmonious ornament playing a fantastic, impressive and unique riffs, solos and melodies. It's more than excellent. It's very dynamic, various part of this album.

Bass guitar plays a riffs with own essence and spell. Energetic drums fuels each one song perfectly. It's a magical cannonade.

A forceful vocals are perfectly adapted in every tune.

There's a power of metal too. Lyrics are full of interesting stories. Album cover is insane, explosive and great. Burning witches recorded an essential and meaningful album for heavy metal world. It's their hard and heavy musical magic. 

KREATOR-Carrion (cello)

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KREATOR-Under the guillotine (cello)

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SEPULTURA-The cloud of unknowing (my review)

Last EP by this band brings an expected blast. Last songs, last noise, last breath and last goodbye.

These are the fragments of their music for the last 30 years when they've become a different band. But still with roots of thrash metal. This ain't something new or progressive. It's a farewell. Pretty cool farewell. Not the best but good.

The legacy of old, classic Sepultura? Yes, a little bit in the song 'The place". There's a little bit of spirit of Arise album.

Atmosphere of this tune is similar to "Under siege (Regnum irae)" and "Desperate cry".

"The place" is full of unique, emotional, mysterious and impressive riffs, solos, vocals. It's the best song on this short album. And one of their best ones in the new age of this band.

"All souls rising" is a fast, heavy attack with an unstoppable energy and power. Crushing drums, guitars, vocals. There's an insane atmosphere of the metal storm.

"Beyond the dream" is slower song, really emotional and admirable. The most beautiful ballad by Sepultura.

These guitar melodies are brilliant. "Sacred books" is an another hard song. Not so great. It could be better. So doesn't matter if you like this EP or not.

It's their farewell.

HEATHEN-Empire of the blind (my review)

This is the fourth attack by metal beast Heathen. It starts with a wonderful intro. It's the first touch of thrashing. Another songs will surely catch your attention. It's like a great metal empire with all these crushing, jumping and heavy riffs, melodic, I point out, very melodic solos.

This guitar duo, Lee and Kragen, is stunning, gorgeous and outstanding. A fantastic performance is audible here very well.

Heathen brought some new majestic atmosphere to all these tunes. It's a thrash metal in new age. Unstoppable, very energetic drums are an important powerhouse in this metal empire. The strength is great. In full tunes.

Amazing bass lines supports the power of all these songs. Vocals gives a special and unique atmosphere to other instruments. Lyrics, as always, tells about many characteristic things typical for this band and music genre.

Multiplicity is important also for this album. Album cover is insane but music excellent.

Heathen recorded a precious album for metal community. They have their own style, meaning and sense. That's good.

Heathen belong to the greatest thrash metal bands in the world.