Nuclear Blast Records – Page 21

Therion – Celebrators of Becoming – Review

January 12, 2007

How you feel about Therion depends largely on your tolerance for hugely melodramatic, pretentious opera metal. Experience Therion with this six-disc box set.

Chrome Division – Doomsday Rock ‘n Roll – Review

January 5, 2007

Doomsday Rock ‘n Roll constantly struggles to overcome the clichés attached to any other denim’n’leather band with aspirations of three-chord stardom.

Mendeed – The Dead Live By Love – Review

January 1, 2007

Third full-length, a glorious grab bag of thrash shred, hardcore stomp, Blind Guardian harmonies, snarling and clean singing, and dueling soloing.

Therion – Gothic Kabbalah – Review

January 1, 2007

Therion’s always been a blast, mixing cheesy power metal with full orchestration and choirs and Goth metal bombast.

Ektomorf – Outcast – Review

January 1, 2007

Some of the best Prong strut I’ve heard in years. 10 years in the racket, this Hungarian band led by brothers have the groove and grunt to go the distance.

I – Between Two Worlds – Review

December 22, 2006

Despite what you hear, this is not a mainstreamy hard rockin’ biker rock release, it’s easy-on-the-ears Immortal, a trajectory from Sons of Northern Darkness.

Scar Symmetry – Pitch Black Progress – Review

November 10, 2006

The band’s second effort in less than two years. The guitar sound is grander, the hooks more deadly, and the melodies more developed and instantly ear-catching.

Blind Guardian – A Twist In The Myth – Review

October 27, 2006

Germany’s charmed leprechaun rockers return by half measures to a bit racier power metalizing, taking heed of reaction to Night At The Opera as too cinematic.

Communic – Waves of Visual Decay – Review

October 6, 2006

Complicated rhythms, machine gun guitars, double-bass drums, and the operatic vocals of also guitarist Oddleif Stenslaf who aspires to Nevermore’s Warrel Dane.

All Shall Perish – The Price of Existence – Review

September 29, 2006

Their blend of technical death, metalcore breakdowns, and grind speed is refreshing in a time when many bands seem content churning out the same old shit.