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Amaranthe – The Catalyst (Album Review)

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Over the last decade, few modern Metal acts have achieved the success of Sweden’s Amaranthe. Not an overnight success, it has been a steady build to the top for the band; first attracting audiences with their 2011 self-titled debut, leading to an explosion of international ... Read More

Shinedown – Planet Zero (Album Review)

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Back in 2018 Shinedown tried to warn us of the dire societal path we were headed with the bold album ATTENTION ATTENTION. Now four years later, the shadow casted over us is ever larger, thus inspiring Shinedown’s latest observational work Planet Zero.  Marking Shinedown’s seventh overall studio ... Read More