Metal Reviews

Yeah, I'm posting this here. Hahaha. Hellheim just doesn't seem like a music forum! Anyway, with all these leaks it's looking like the first quarter of 2006 is going to kick ass for metal! All of these upcoming albums range from really good to fucking awesome:

Devin Townsend Band - Synchestra
Devin Townsend - Hummer
In Flames - Come Clarity (just let it go)
Amorphis - Eclipse
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance

Did I miss any? I'm looking forward to the next few months! What are you looking forward to in 2006?

I'm expecting a lot of new stuff. It's going to be a great new metal year.

Rage - Speak Of The Dead
Evergrey - TBA
Mercenary - TBA
Altaria - The Empire Will Fall
Winterlong - Metal/Technology
Twilightning - TBA
Symphony X - TBA
Diablo - Mimic 47
Sinergy - Sins Of The Past
Theater Of Tragedy - Storm (???)
Celesty - TBA
Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
Pyramaze - Legend Of The Bone Carver
Cloudscape - Crimson Skies
Lacuna Coil - Karmacode

And hopefully as much new surprises.

P.S. I purposely left out Blind Guardian.

But by writing this you included them.


Let's not forget Wuthering Heights and Virgin Steele

Oh yeah! I cannot wait for these three, as well! Especially the Rage album.

Oh well you got me...
I just have this feeling there will be something wrong with this album. It will be great if i'm wrong, though.

Have you read Rage's studio diary?
It all sounds great in writing. My only fear is that the orchestra doesn't dominate through the songs. It must only provide atmosphere, so that Peavey, Mike and Vic can go berzerk in "rage style demolition". I hope they haven't lost their edge. If they do it right it will be a monster of an album.

I'm looking forward for the new Elvenking. I'm sure that they can write a kickass album if they get their shit together.

WINTERSUN !!!
the new IRON MAIDEN
the new METALLICA (can't be worse than St Anger imho)

Well, the Rage - Ghosts, Lingua Mortis and XIII were great and there was a lot of orchestration with those albums. Less so on Ghosts, I know, but still great albums. I am quite confident that this band will deliver!

And T.I.E., do you think Metallica will have a new one out in 2006? I'd say 2007 at the earliest.

Yes!! This should be a great release now that they have their original singer back.

I think (not really sure)

Jag Panzer
Human Fortress
Dio
Jon Oliva's Pain

well, I'm not in the secret of the Gods but I feel 2006 will be the year... hopefully, Metallica #9 will be more like Load/Reload (modern metal rock...) and though Lars will still be a major asshole this album will rock !

http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/new_rele ... coming=yes


January

········ Rhapsody - Live In Canada 2005– The Dark Secret [Live]
········ Celestial Crown - Suicidal Angels
09.01 - Sonata Arctica - The End Of This Chapter [Compilation]
09.01 - DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage
16.01 - Carpathian Forest - Fuck You All
16.01 - Green Carnation - The Acoustic Verses
16.01 - Sepultura - Dante XXI
20.01 - Edguy - Rocket Ride
20.01 - Winterlong - Metal/Technology
21.01 - Andromeda - Chimera
23.01 - Furia - Kheros
25.01 - Norther - Till Death Unites Us
25.01 - Silentium - Seducia
25.01 - Twilightning - TBA [EP]
27.01 - Elvenking - The Winter Wake

February

········ Aeternus - Hexaeon
········ Eternal Gray - NUMB [EP]
········ Poisonblack - TBA
········ Blind Guardian - TBA [Single]
········ Negura Bunget - OM
········ Zyklon - Storm Detonation Live [DVD]
········ Ensiferum - Dragonheads [EP]
········ Luca Turilli - TBA
········ Krisiun - AssassiNation
········ Sadus - Out For Blood
03.02 - In Flames - Come Clarity
13.02 - Katatonia - My Twin [Single]
17.02 - Amorphis - Eclipse
20.02 - Kataklysm - In the Arms of Devastation
21.02 - Flotsam & Jetsam - Live In Japan [DVD]
22.02 - Kalmah - The Black Waltz
24.02 - Vanden Plas - Christ.0
24.02 - Majesty - Hellforces
28.02 - Mastodon - The Workhorse Chronicles [DVD]


Mar- April
March

········ Symphony X - TBA
········ Bal-Sagoth - TBA
········ Sentenced - Buried Alive [DVD]
········ Def Leppard - YEAH!
········ Wayd - Ghostwalk
········ Madder Mortem - Desiderata
········ Ajattara - Äpäre
········ The Gathering - TBA
········ Lacuna Coil - Karmacode
········ Venom - Metal Black
03.03 - Diablo - Mimic 47
06.03 - Sinergy - Sins Of The Past
13.03 - Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
14.03 - Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime II
20.03 - Rage - TBA
21.03 - Cannibal Corpse - Kill
24.03 - Theatre Of Tragedy - Storm
28.03 - Impaled Nazarene - Pro Patria Finlandia
31.03 - Sonata Arctica - For The Sake Of Revenge [DVD]

April

········ Illnath - Second Skin of Harlequin
········ Elvira Madigan - Regent Sie
········ Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - TBA
········ Novembre - Materia
········ Autopsy - Dark Crusades [DVD]
········ Iron Savior - TBA
········ Lake Of Tears - TBA
········ Celesty - TBA
········ Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road
········ Ministry - Rio Grande Blood
········ Steel Attack - Astral Phenomena
24.04 - Blind Guardian - TBA

A lot of great bands on that list. I completely forgot to mention Cellador. They should be done recording by the end of this week and have their debut ready for release in May '06.

not much for me I'm afraid... could be some nice surprises though... let's hope so...

Is that you saying YEAH! or is that actually the name of their album?

:?

The new Iron Maiden, Dio, Blind Guardian and Virgin steel, should be great.

And some delicious Spam I must say.

I agree, I am getting tired of hearing about this Cellulite.

Tell your mom to go on a diet then. And tell her to stop wearing shorts.