Power Metal : Hollywood Metal

TALES OF EVENING – A New Dawn Awaits

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Power metal is a wide genre with many aesthetics under a large umbrella. The symphonic / gothic variety with a... View Article

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Here we go again. I have always loved Twilight Force as they seem to occupy a narrow space between goofy... View Article

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Here we go again. My relationship with the many iterations with Rhapsody began decades ago and has thus solidified into... View Article

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Six months gone and 2019 is already chock-full of quality metal and hard rock releases, many of which are destined... View Article

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Getting into Twisted Tower Dire maybe more complicated than most people are willing to venture. This of course doesn’t matter... View Article

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The debut album by Belgian outfit Witchlords is more or less tailor-made for a Hollywood Metal review. Boasting a steely-thewed... View Article

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Walking into the 12th studio album from Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire can be done in two... View Article

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This month’s image…along with the entire 2019 set of article will come from Tim White. White was born in the... View Article

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End of the year time is always strange regarding lists as there are so many. There are of course lists... View Article

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“Heavy 18” is a collection of some of the heavy metal records which made waves throughout the year. Some of... View Article

Published by Henrik T

Writing end-of-year lists is a cumbersome, but truly gratifying endeavor, I think, as it allows me to revisit a whole... View Article

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There really isn’t any reason why I should be doing this but here I am. The Italian symphonic power metal... View Article

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Sorting through my Bandcamp collection in preparation for my best of year list, I found it impossible to narrow down... View Article

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Harken, brave adventurer, and let me regale you with an epic yarn of war and wizardry, of fire and fell... View Article