Tag: Shadow Kingdom
Coven – Worship New Gods Review
As metal fans, I think we are all, to some extent, treasure hunters; we love to discover new music. After all, finding new metal to listen to is most likely the reason you come to …
Pale Divine – Painted Windows Black Review
News reports regarding Tony Iommi’s health, combined with the recent tragic losses of Mark Reale (Riot) and Ronnie Montrose, have set me to thinking about the whole notion of ‘guitar gods’ lately. There’s an end …
Manilla Road – The Deluge (Reissue) Review
It’s a good time to be a Manilla Road fan. The undisputed kings of epic metal will unleash Playground of the Damned, their fifteenth album, later this summer. Out of print albums have been reissued on CD at …
Crowned In Earth – Visions Of The Haunted Review
Tally another under the win column for Shadow Kingdom Records. Their latest discovery is UK doom unit Crowned In Earth, the vision of vocal-guitar-bass-organ specialist Kevin Lawry. After bringing in drummer Darin McCloskey (Pale Divine, …
Jameson Raid – Just As The Dust Has Settled Review
My love for metallic historical treasure-hunting is well-documented, but this band eluded me for a long time. In my late-night internet scourings, it’s been only within the last year or two that I ran across …
Iron Man – Black Night & The Passage (Reissue) Review
Note: for clarification purposes, this review covers two separate re-issues from Shadow Kingdom Records of Iron Man‘s first two releases — this is not a “2-on-1” package. One of the many rewarding things about steeping …
Serpent’s Knight – Silent Knight… Of Myth And Destiny Review
I’m a collector, one of those obsessive types who has to at least hear every scrap of music he possibly can, if only to know not to hear it again. Over time, I’ve given up …
Demontage – The Principal Extinction Review
There is a very distinct chance that Demontage do not remember the first steps of writing The Principal Extinction, their second studio effort. It likely started with Spatilomantis (vocals and guitar), Abominable Reverend (drums), and …