http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/mes%20images/logo_new.jpg http://www.spirit-of-metal.com http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/ The 20 last albums reviews http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Banner_Of_Wrath-nom_album-Through_A_Decade_Of_Wrath-l-en.html The Munich Banners Of Wrath already pleased me on their demo "MK1", which before no less than 7 years appeared and is limited on 333 pieces, quite well. Now me you are present here in self-direction debut "<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Banner_Of_Wrath-nom_album-Through_A_Decade_Of_Wrath-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('95635','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Through A Decade Of Wrath</b></a>" developed. Here beside the Songs of demo 7 new tracks were published. Who does not even received thus no demo has must be so sad, even if a collectors item(delivered... Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Banner_Of_Wrath-nom_album-Through_A_Decade_Of_Wrath-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-In_Flames-nom_album-A_Sense_Of_Purpose-l-en.html Over the past few years <a href="/groupe-groupe-In_Flames-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('36','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>In Flames</b></a> have been wandering down questionable paths as far as long-time fans are concerned, some abandoned the band completely and the others decided that the new <a href="/groupe-groupe-In_Flames-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('36','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>In Flames</b></a> isn't really all that bad after all, and stuck with them. "<a... Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-In_Flames-nom_album-A_Sense_Of_Purpose-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Kerker-l-en.html Much of the music in this world are mirrored by their album art. <a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Kerker-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('24165','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Kerker</b></a> by <a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Paysage_d'Hiver-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('1061','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Paysage d'Hiver</b></a> is a fine example of this. Its a 30+ minute long song divided into different parts, or chapters as I like to call them. They all sound like... Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Kerker-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Gigantic_Brain-nom_album-The_Invasion_Discography-l-en.html This album is one of sci-fi adventures. Not so much adventures as slaughters. <a href="/groupe-groupe-Gigantic_Brain-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('27580','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Gigantic Brain</b></a> uses this to his advantage and was able to pump out 63 tracks of non-stop cybergrind insanity, most of which not even making the one minute mark. This album always cheers me up. <BR> <BR>Being the bands first (maybe even last) release, it has very good quality. I would have never expected a band such as this to produce music of this quality. Like the first song:... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Gigantic_Brain-nom_album-The_Invasion_Discography-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Atomtrakt-nom_album-Schutt___Asche-l-en.html Imagine this: You're in a cold and desolate arctic world. For miles you see snow. But wait, whats that in the horizon? Its a black speck. As you walk closer, you see its a military base. You hear music coming from it. What does the music sound like, you might ask? Well, it sounds like <a href="/groupe-groupe-Atomtrakt-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('12500','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Atomtrakt</b></a>. <a href="/groupe-groupe-Atomtrakt-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('12500','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Atomtrakt</b></a> has its own brand of... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Atomtrakt-nom_album-Schutt___Asche-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Schnee_*_Das_Winterreich-l-en.html It seems like a perfect match: <a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Paysage_d'Hiver-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('1061','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Paysage d'Hiver</b></a> and <a href="/groupe-groupe-Vinterriket-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('554','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Vinterriket</b></a>. <a href="/groupe-groupe-Two-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('15185','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Two</b></a> amazing ambient black metal bands centered around the lonliness and desolation of winter.... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Schnee_*_Das_Winterreich-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Burzum-nom_album-Filosofem-l-en.html This masterpiece is a work of art, and legendary in the Black Metal culture! As this is Varg Vikernes' final album before his trial and imprisonment in 1994, this is often regaurded as an album that represents the freedom of vikernes and his music. While the quality of the recording is not excellent and the vocals sound kind of hazy this album stands the test of time and breaks through as one of the greatest black metal albums of the 90's. Acording to varg this album was recorded entirely with only the use of some old fuzz pedals for guitar effcts, and the mic used was a poor wuality... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Burzum-nom_album-Filosofem-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Avantasia-nom_album-The_Scarecrow-l-en.html I remember an interview with Tobias Sammett in which he stated, that there would never be a third part of "<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Avantasia-nom_album-Avantasia-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('11460','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Avantasia</b></a>-<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Avantasia-nom_album-The_Metal_Opera-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('3915','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>The Metal Opera</b></a>". To avoid contradicting himself he has now called the third <a... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Avantasia-nom_album-The_Scarecrow-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Ayreon-nom_album-01011001-l-en.html So, here it is: the newest Album of mastermind Arjen Lucassen. I have waited a long time very eagerly for it and what can I say? I was blown away once again by the creativity and the genius of Arjen. <BR><a href="/groupe-groupe-Again-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('7833','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Again</b></a>, he has succeeded in gathering many top-vocalist from all heavy metal branches in his Electric Castle studio, it`s almost unbelievable who can be found on this album. <BR>But first things first. This album differs from the others as this time the singers do not... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Ayreon-nom_album-01011001-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Undead_Funeral-nom_album-T.O.D._*_Trinity_of_Death-l-en.html Undead <a href="/groupe-groupe-Funeral-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('3162','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Funeral</b></a> are a Munich band with a successful mix of black, Death and Thrash Metal . The band was only in spring 2005 founded and it is therefore all the more surprising as mature and powerful all already across. This is definitely in a higher league than the Underground played and the overall result is, for a self production, pretty good. That this band does not label deal has surprised me a little. I have seen bands with a large label on the back includes the... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Undead_Funeral-nom_album-T.O.D._*_Trinity_of_Death-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-...And_Justice_For_All-l-en.html R.I.P crazy headbanger... <a href="/groupe-groupe-Yes-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('34784','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Yes</b></a>, this is the first album of originals after the death of Cliff Burton, and the first where <a href="/groupe-groupe-Jason-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('6185','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>Jason</b></a> Newsted participates in it's creative process. <BR> <BR>The first thing to jump into my ears is that the melodies are slower, no more "speed thrash-metal". The second thing is the difference in Hetfield's voice: it sounds... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-...And_Justice_For_All-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-Reload-l-en.html Many MetallicA fans like me felt that the band was going into our pockets to get the most m<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-One-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('11989','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>One</b></a>y they could when they released "Re<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-Load-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('1887','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Load</b></a>". In fact, most of us knew that this album was going to be released by the time the band presented "<a... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-Reload-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-Load-l-en.html After the success achieved by the "<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-Black_Album-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('624','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Black Album</b></a>", MetallicA kept their thoughts in... their bank accounts and so, they decided to release "<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-Load-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('1887','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Load</b></a>", an album that smells like sales. <BR> <BR>This album is full of simple riffs, mostly with poor guitar solos... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Metallica-nom_album-Load-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Kyuss-nom_album-Welcome_To_Sky_Valley-l-en.html This is maybe THE denitive stoner rock album. This <a href="/groupe-groupe-North-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('2939','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>North</b></a> American band went for their 3rd album (not counting with "<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Kyuss-nom_album-Sons_Of_Kyuss-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('12031','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Sons Of Kyuss</b></a>", back then when the band was called "<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Kyuss-nom_album-Sons_Of_Kyuss-l-en.html"... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Kyuss-nom_album-Welcome_To_Sky_Valley-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-The_Dreadful_Hours-l-en.html By this time some of <a href="/groupe-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('43','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>My Dying Bride</b></a> fans were worried about the future of the band: the two previous albums were not as strong as we were used to, and "<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-The_Dreadful_Hours-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('83','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>The Dreadful Hours</b></a>" was received with expectation after the two "Meisterwerk" compilations. <BR> <BR>The album starts with the... Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-The_Dreadful_Hours-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-The_Light_at_the_End_of_the_World-l-en.html After the enigmatic, weird, controversial previous "34,788%... complete", <a href="/groupe-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('43','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>My Dying Bride</b></a> thought it was time to come back to doom metal, but in a different way. Tired of those violins (yes, they were getting monotonous sometimes), the band completely left them, adding more proeminent keyboards and stronger vocals. <BR> <BR>You can notice that immediately on the first song, "She is the dark". The song has different paces, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but... Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-The_Light_at_the_End_of_the_World-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-34,788_..._Complete-l-en.html This is it: the most polemic album from <a href="/groupe-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('43','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>My Dying Bride</b></a>, the "Ugly duck", the love it or leave it (more leave it to most doom die hard fans). Looking at the album and reading the title you immediately notice that something might be wrong: the name is completely crazy, nothing to do with classic metal albums, the cover art is strange, more high-tech than dark... <BR> <BR>First seconds and you notice that the guitars sound different, then the drums start and Aaron... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-34,788_..._Complete-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-Like_Gods_of_the_Sun-l-en.html In first place I want to say that I like this album... My problem is that I like ALL the albums from <a href="/groupe-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoGroupe('43','en');" onmouseout="killInfoGroupe()"><b>My Dying Bride</b></a> and once in a while I had a little disappointment... although it has always been a very tiny one! "<a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-Like_Gods_of_the_Sun-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('1279','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Like Gods of the Sun</b></a>" was one of those little let downs, only... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-My_Dying_Bride-nom_album-Like_Gods_of_the_Sun-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Ellylldan-nom_album-The_Grey_Of_The_Storm_Blinds_All_Hope-l-en.html <a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Ellylldan-nom_album-The_Grey_Of_The_Storm_Blinds_All_Hope-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('80963','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>The Grey Of The Storm Blinds All Hope</b></a> is an interesting album. It says that the album is 7 tracks, but it is really one long track being just over an hour long. This album is very folky, and very ambient. It's definitely for those in search of a good album to rest to, or to take long walks through the forest through, or anything else like that. <BR> <BR>The Barrow, being the first “chapter”,... Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Ellylldan-nom_album-The_Grey_Of_The_Storm_Blinds_All_Hope-l-fr.html http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Einsamkeit-l-en.html <a href="http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Einsamkeit-l-en.html" onMouseOver="PopInfoAlbum('58858','en');" onmouseout="killInfoAlbum()"><b>Einsamkeit</b></a> is the latest release of Paysage d'Hiver, and may as well be considered their best. Its only three tracks long, but each of them are about 15 minutes in length. The each are similar in one way, making the album seem like one, but the are all different in some other way, adding variety to the album. <BR> <BR>The first track, Einkehr, is an ambient track. It greatly reflects the albums cover, a starry... Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Paysage_d'Hiver-nom_album-Einsamkeit-l-fr.html