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REVENGIA – Lake Of Fire 2012

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Lake Of Fire was recently mastered by Dragan Tanascovic at Studio Bohus and features the following tracks: ‘Free From Sin’ ‘His Will’ ‘Lake Of Fire’ ‘The Day I Die’ ‘Alone’ ‘Purest Of Emotions’ ‘Sin For Sale’ ‘Asylum’ ‘Bloodline’ ‘Termination By The Hand Of Creation’ ‘The Galleon’ ‘The One’ (first pressing bonus track)

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Plector – Punishment Day 2012

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This is a really good release from a small town Swedish band. A band that quit just the other day.

I don’t have the details about the breakup so I won’t comment on that. “Punishment Day” on the other hand, has been in my ears a few hours now. It’s a solid album packed with riffing, tight drumming and super-evil vocals. Sound-wise there’s nothing to complain about: the mix is clean but heavy. Style-wise I ended up thinking that this is some kind of Meshuggah turned heavy metal turned death metal. Don’t get too hung up on that simile though.

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Metallica – Orion Music + More (The Black Album) / Fest-Night II (2012)

Once the lads from Sheffield finished their strong set, Metallica took the stage to the familiar strains of their longtime Ennio Morricone-penned opener, “The Ecstasy of Gold,” and immediately brought their fans way back – as far back as possible – to the first song the band ever recorded, “Hit the Lights.” They wasted no time further laying on the thrash with “Master of Puppets” and “The Four Horsemen.” The much-hyped Ride the Lightning section arrived a few songs later, with the band performing the album in reverse, probably an easy decision for a record that ends with a long and winding instrumental (“The Call of Ktulu”) and begins with as fast, heavy and precise a track as the band has ever written (“Fight Fire With Fire”). The song “Escape” received its world premiere, a somewhat shocking feat for a 28-year-old song, but hearing it live served as a sufficient reminder as to why it had been cast aside for so long. (more…)