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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 27, 2026 251 1 2

With their 1991 debut Don’t Come Easy, American hard rockers Tyketto delivered one of the genre’s true melodic masterpieces, a record that should have dominated the era, yet somehow slipped through the cracks and remains a criminally underrated gem. In the years since, the...

THE HALO EFFECT Days Of The Lost Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 27, 2026 3571 1 2

The Halo Effect emerged in 2020, formed by five former members of In Flames: Jesper Stömblad (guitars), Mikael Stanne (vocals), Niclas Engelin (guitars), Peter Iwers (bass) and Daniel Svensson (drums). Their mission was clear from the outset — to return to the roots of...

THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN Escaping Eternity Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 10, 2026 3953 1 2

The Devils of Loudun, a symphonic and melodic death metal outfit from Seattle, Washington, step confidently into the spotlight with Escaping Eternity, their long‑awaited full‑length debut. Though the band previously issued a pair of EPs, this release marks their most ambitious and fully realized...

TROLLWAR Oath Of The Storm Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 3487 1 2

Trollwar is a Canadian band, based in Quebec and 'Oath of The Storm' is their second full-lenght album. The album consist of 4 remastered songs from their 2017 EP 'The Traveller's Path' with refined orcestration, while the rest of the material are brand new...

THE ARTIFICE PRECEPT Premonition Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2907 1 2

I stumbled over The Artifice Precept more or less by accident, and there's not much information to be found about this band around the internet either. But as far as I understand they are heading form US and 'Premonition' is their debut album, or...

THE WALKING DEAD ORCHESTRA Resurrect Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2672 1 2

Heading from Grenoble, France The Walking Dead Orchestra return with their sophomore full length album following up their 2013 debut entitled 'Architects Of Distruction'. 'Resurrect' is a concept album centred around the character of 'The Architect', who continues his story from the debut album....

THE FACELESS In Becoming A Ghost Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated December 18, 2017 3778 1 2

The Faceless mastermind Michael Keene has gathered a completely new line up for 'In Becoming A Ghost', the fourth in line of The Faceless studio albums, including Abigail Williams' Ken Sorceron on vocals, The Zenit Passage's Justin McKinney on guitar and Bryce Butler on...

THE OUTER LIMITS Apocalyto Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen Updated October 27, 2017 3050 0 2

The Outer Limits is a Bulgarian thrash metal band formed in 2008, but existed under another name from 1988-95. Their debut album ‘World Metal Domination’ saw the light of day in 2014, and now they are back with their brand new sophomore album entitled...

THUNDER Rip It Up Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen April 06, 2017 2414 1 1

When it comes to classic hard rock British legends Thunder has always been a safe bet. Even though their 1990 debut 'Backstreet Symphony' is still considered to be their magnum opus all their later albums are solid quality as well. 'Rip it Up' is...

THE BURNING DOGMA No Shores Of Hope Hot

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Album EK Even Knudsen December 16, 2016 3985 1 1

With their first official release Italian band The Burning Dogma offers something different to the death metal genre by incorporating elements of several different styles into their music. Keyboards are used to create a symphonic atmosphere while clean male and female vocal parts can...