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Lord Of The Lost
OPVS NOIR Vol. 3 finds Lord of the Lost entrenched in a familiar aesthetic, delivering an experience that’s undeniably dark but lacks genuine spark.
Visions of Atlantis
Armada – An Orchestral Voyage feels like a lavishly funded theme park ride, all spectacle and no genuine thrills.
Tarja
Tarja's latest offering is a carefully constructed soundscape of gothic grandeur and orchestral metal, but lacks the visceral punch to truly ignite.
Sabaton
Sabaton’s ‘Legends’ delivers precisely what you expect: bombastic riffs, historical narratives, and enough power chords to trigger a minor earthquake.
Majestica
Rise from Ruin is a frustrating listen; moments of genuine brilliance are suffocated by an overblown, predictable structure.
Gladenfold
Gladenfold's 'Soulbound' offers a glacial, technically proficient journey, but struggles to ignite beyond its impressive foundations.
Avatar
Avatar’s latest offering isn’t a forest; it's a swamp of repetitive riffs and tired tropes, drowning any spark of originality.
Arion
Arion's latest offering is a relentlessly bland exercise in melodic metal, devoid of spark or originality.
Edenbridge
Edenbridge's latest offering feels less like a blazing inferno and more like a damp squib lost in the vastness of space.
STARSET
SILOS isn't a chaotic explosion; it’s the slow, methodical crumbling of a meticulously constructed world.
Blackbriar
Blackbriar's latest feels like a beautifully orchestrated collapse; moments of genuine brilliance buried under frustrating repetition.
Beyond The Black
'Break The Silence' flirts with genuine grandeur but ultimately buckles under the weight of its own ambition; a frustratingly uneven listen.