Album Review: Whispers of Lore by Receiver (Gates of Hell Records)
Cypriot classic metal band, Receiver, release a debut album full of fantasy and allegory in Whispers of Lore, due for release on the 10th of November via Gates of Hell Records.
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Album Review: Vision Master – Sceptre (Gates of Hell Records)
Featuring former Funerot members Dan Munro and Reuben Storey (Christian Mistress), Vision Master is an ode to heavy metal. They will release their debut album ‘Sceptre’ on August 25th, 2023.
Album Review: Meurtrières – Ronde De Nuit (Gates of Hell Records)
France’s Meurtrières emerge with Ronde De Nuit, their first full-length. Stocked with seven songs of hard-charging, energetic old-school metal, Meurtrières shows they are one of French metal’s most promising young bands. Out on August 25th, 2023, via Gates of Hell Records.
Album Review: Blazon Rite – Wild Rites and Ancient Songs (Gates of Hell Records)
The dust has barely settled on Blazon Rite’s debut album ‘Endless Halls of Golden Totem’ but the heavy metal group are back with ‘Wild Rites and Ancient Songs’. The new album will be released on the 14th of April 2023 via Gates of Hell Records.
Album Review: Nekkromaniac – Plague Eater (Gates of Hell Records)
Gates of Hell Records will issue a remastered version of Nekkromaniac’s 2021 self-released album ‘Plague Eater’ on vinyl on June 10th, 2022.
Album Review: Maule – Maule (Gates of Hell Records)
New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal newcomers Maule will release its self-titled, full-length debut album on January 14, 2022 on Gates of Hell Records (a Cruz Del Sur Music sub-label).
EP Review: Blood Sport – Hot Blood and Cold Steel (Gates of Hell Records)
Unrelenting, brash speed metal from the dark, icy climes of Finland! The remastered vinyl release of six-song EP from one of Scandinavia’s brashest new bands, Hot Blood and Cold Steel immediately establishes Blood Sport as a speed metal force to be reckoned with! Out on November 12th via Gates of Hell Records.
Album Review: Tentation – Le Berceau Des Dieux (Gates of Hell Records)
Nearly a decade in the making, France’s Tentation emerge with their first full-length album, Le Berceau Des Dieux, a throwback to the glory days of 1980s metal — with vocals sung entirely in French!