MonumentumSir Lord Baltimore - Kingdome Come
There’s no serious hardrocker/metalhead who neglects the mastery of Great Britain in the birth and development of what we years now refer to as Heavy Metal music. Be it BLACK SABBATH, LED ZEPPELIN, DEEP PURPLE or I-don’t-know-who-other-was-there band, the UK potion of the proto-Metal style was huge and boiling. In the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, one could refer to bands like e.g. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT to capture a glimpse of Metal-related ideology, still the US-based primal Metal likes in earlier recordings could link to IRON BUTTERFLY, VANILLA FUDGE, BLUE CHEER and DUST in order to describe the heaviness and volume delivered in that era. Ok, please add here another act: SIR LORD BALTIMORE.
Written by Grigoris Chronis Saturday, 28 January 2012 23:30
Van Halen - Van Halen
Back in the 60s and early-to-mid 70s it was Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and a handful of other guitar impresarios setting the base for how Rock guitar would be played and sound like. In the same era, the likes of ROLLING STONES, Alice Cooper and KISS would try to define what rockin’ entertainment was all about. And then it was this debut album by VAN HALEN that simply set new standards in both guitar performance and frontman pursuit in the faces of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth.
Written by Grigoris Chronis Tuesday, 10 January 2012 19:42
Septic Flesh - Ophidian Wheel
Anno mundi 1997: the extreme Metal scene is at its best form. Following a very productive year, 1997 sees the release of many new albums by bands nowadays are considered to be ultra famous in this scene, like BURZUM, MAYHEM, IMMORTAL, EMPEROR, SATYRICON, OLD MAN’S CHILD, HYPOCRISY and DEICIDE. At the same time, the extreme scene in Greece is getting bigger.
Written by Minos Dokopoulos Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:42
Destruction - Sentence Of Death
I got this vinyl quite a long time ago, I think it was 2-3 years after it was originally released. Now, still being a Thrash addict but also listening to a diversity of Metal sounds even just to have an idea, I believe “Sentence Of Death” release has its place in the ‘Monumentum’ page of our mag as a heavily influential release by a long gone established outfit like German thrashers DESTRUCTION. And why was a masterpiece like the 1985 “Infernal Overkill” follow-up left aside?
Written by Grigoris Chronis Saturday, 17 December 2011 15:42
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