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HARD & HEAVY cd reviews 2015
Escalane: The Days Of Decay
Last Autumn's Dream: Paintings
Septagon: Deadhead Syndicate
Spoil Engine: Stormsleeper (ep)
Theander Expression: Wonderful Anticipation
La Ventura: 2.0 - EP
Unchained Reality: Unchained Reality
Bridge To Mars: Bridge To Mars
Charm Designer: Everlasting
Tainted Nation: On The Outside
Elvenking: The Night Of Nights – Live
Ignite: A War Against You
Lugnet: Lugnet
Sister Sin: Black Lotus
Terzij De Horde: Self
Axel Rudi Pell: Game Of Sin
Rhapsody Of Fire: Into The Legend
The Fifth Alliance: Death Poems
Vanir: Aldar Rök
Varg: The End Of All Lies
Enzo And The Glory Ensemble: In The Name Of The Father
Arcanum XII: Evening lights
Chronos Zero: Hollowlands – The Tears Path: Chapter One
Cloudscape: Voice Of Reason
My Dear Addiction: Kill The Silence
Amber Asylum: Sin Eater
Brainstorm: Scary Creatures
Divided Multitude: Divided Multitude
Now Or Never: II
The Order Of Chaos: Apocalypse Moon
Electric Guitars: String Fever
Hell In The Club: Shadow Of The Monster
Sanguine: Black Sheep
Shakra: High Noon
Wolfhorde: Towards The Gate Of North
Coronatus: Raben Im Herz
Genus Ordinis Dei: The Middle
Headless Crown: Time For Revolution
Images At Twilight: Kings
MessengeR: Starwolf – Pt. II: Novastorm
Eternal (Of Sweden): Heaven's Gate
Imperia: Tears Of Silence
Necronomicon: Pathfinder … Between Heaven And Hell
Saligia: Fonix
Shallow Ground: Embrace The Fury
Benighted Soul: Kenotic
Cold Night For Alligators: Course Of Events
Dark The Suns: Life Eternal
The Moth Gatherer: The Earth Is The Sky
Vorna: Ei Valo Minua Seurra
The Lizards: Reptilicus Maximus
Blood Red Saints: Speedway
Find Me: Dark Angel
Harem Scarem: Live At Phoenix
Khymera: The Grand Design
Alcatrazz: No Parole From Rock ‘N’ Roll
Cage: Ancient Evil
Paradise Lost: Symphony For The Lost
Skeptical Minds: Omega Thanatos
Steak Number Eight: Kosmokoma
'77: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us
Firespawn: Shadow Realms
Nucleus Torn: Neon Light Eternal
Swallow The Sun: Songs From The North I, II, & III
The Shrine: Rare Breed
Erimha: Thesis Ov Warfare
Manimal: Trapped In The Shadows
Roxxcalibur: Gems Of NWOBHM
Scarleth: The Silver Lining
Teramaze: Her Halo
Magenta: Songs for the Dead
Evil Drive: The Land Of The Dead
Kampfar: Profan
Martin Turner: Written In The Stars
Solution 45: Nightmares In The Waking State – Part 1
Vinnie Moore: Aerial Visions
Asylum Pyre: Spirited Away
Ivanhoe: 7 Days
Melted Space: The Great Lie
Voodoo Circle: Whiskey Fingers
Honeymoon Disease: The Transcendence
Mammoth Storm: Fornjot
Manegarm: Manegarm
Phantasma: The Deviant Hearts
Temptations For The Weak: Black Vision
Amaranthe: Breaking Point, B-Sides 2011-2015
Billy Sherwood: Citizen
Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall: Kingdom Of Rock
Mayday Parade: Black Lines
Vandenplas: Chronicles Of The Immortals, Netherworld II
Black Income: Noise Pollution
Dead Soul: The Sheltering Sky
Grave: Out Of Respect For The Dead
Macbeth: Imperium
Magic Circle: Journey Blind
Amberian Dawn: Innuendo
Draconian: Sovran
Grave Digger: Exhumation – The Early Years
Skindred: Volume
Weh: Ingenmannsland
Antimatter: The Judas Table
Last Days Of Eden: Ride The World
Nyx: Home
Varathron: The Confessional Of The Black Penitents
Whiskey Ritual: Blow With the Devil
Kentuckydaredevils: Another Shit Day In Suck City
Circle II Circle: Reign In Darkness
Heart Of A Coward: Deliverance
Pagan's Mind: Full Circle
Queensrÿche: Condition Human
Dark Moor: Project X
Eldritch: Underlying Issues
Joel Hoekstra's 13: Dying To Live
Stryper: Fallen
Voodoo Hill: Waterfall
The Grim: Sanctified
The Winery Dogs: Hot Streak
Various Artists: Symphonic Metal, Dark & Beautiful 9
Vreid: Solverv
With The Dead: With The Dead
Malevolent Creation: Dead Man's Path
Psycho Drama: From Ashes To Wings
Rebellion: Wyrd Bio Ful Araed, The History Of The Saxons
Signum Regis: Chapter IV – The Reckoning
Stratovarius: Eternal
Caligula's Horse: Bloom
Entwine: Chaotic Nation
Ephyra: Along The Path
Essence: Prime
Kerion: CloudRiders Part 2, Technowars
Akarusa Yami: Heavy Climb
Blessthefall: To Those Left Behind
Devil City Angels: Devil City Angels
Diviner: Fallen Empires
Dragony: Shadowplay
Riwen: The Cold
Sailing To Nowhere: To The Unknown
The Dear Hunter: Act IV, Rebirth In Reprise
Varg: Rotkäppchen (ep)
W.A.S.P.: Golgotha
Graveshadow: Nocturnal Reurrection
Housebreaking: Against All Odds
Jeff Brown: 23 Years
Millennial Reign: Carry The Fire
Monster Magnet: Cobras And Fire (The Mastermind Redux)
Audiotopsy: Natural Causes
Be The Wolf: Imago
Bliksem: Gruesome Masterpiece
Casablanca: Miskatonic Graffiti
Gama Bomb: Untouchable Glory
Operation Mindcrime: The Key
Orange Outlaw: Dessert Wolf
Simulacrum: Sky Divided
T.A.N.K.: Symbiosis
Waken Eyes: Exodus
Blackmore's Night: All Our Yesterdays
Black Temple: It All Ends
Black Tongue: The Unconquerable Dark
Gloryhammer: Space 1992-Rise Of The Chaos Wizards
Huntress: Static
Iron Maiden: The Book Of Souls
Krash Karma: Paint The Devil
Nekyia Orchestra: Magnum Chaos
Ugly Kid Joe: Uglier Than They Used To Be
WEAK: Dark Desires
Butcher Babies: Take It Like A Man
Dawn Of Destiny: To Hell
Dead Lord: Heads Held High
Godslave: Whatever We Want
Heimdalls Wacht: Ut Die Graute Olle Tied (Deel II) – Land Der Nebel
Riverside: Love, Fear And The Time Machine
Sadist: Hyaena
St. Prostitute: Glorified
Vly: 1/Time
Void Of Sleep: New World Order
21 Octayne: “2.0”
Diemonds: Never Wanna Die
Jackson Firebird: Shake The Breakdown
Kickin Valentina: Super Atomic
Nonexist: Throne Of Scars
Spock's Beard: The Oblivion Paticle
Temple Of Baal: Mysterium
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats: The Night Creeper
VI: De Praestigiis Angelorum
Wolfheart: Shadow World
Chemia: Let Me
Counterparts: Tragedy Will Find Us
Death Dealer: Hallowed Ground
Ghost: Meliora
Northlane: Node
Chaos Frame: Paths To Exile
Pentagram: Curious Volume
Sebastien: Dark Chambers Of Déjà-Vu
Tracer: Water For Thirsty Dogs
Wintergarden: The Big Black Box (single)
Saga: Best of…Now & Then - The Collection - 1978 – Infinity
Lynch Mob: Rebel
Praying Mantis: Legacy
Royal Hunt: XIII – The Devil's Dozen
The Murder Of My Sweet: Beth Out Of Hell
Krisiun: Forged In Fury
Leaves' Eyes: King Of Kings
Loud At Least!: Dirty
One Machine: The Final Cull
Terror: The 25th Hour
Hungryheart: Dirty Italian Job
Enabler: Fail To Feel Love
Gus G.: Brand New Revolution
Jonne: Jonne
Kill Ritual: Karma Machine
Magister Templi: Into Duat
Nergard: A Bit Closer To Heaven
Pyogenesis: A Century In The Curse Of Time
Simple Lies: Let It Kill
The Summit: Higher Ground
Black Majesty: Cross Of Thorns
Celestial Son: Saturn's Return
Istapp: Frostbiten
Kaledon: Chapter IV: Twilight Of The Gods
King Heavy: King Heavy
Raise Hell: Written In Blood
Russkaja: Peace, Love & Russian Roll
Sinister: Dark Memorials
Xandria: Fire & Ashes (ep)
Year Of The Goat: The Unspeakable
August Burns Red: Found In Far Away Places
Dagoba: Tales Of The Black Dawn
Dragonforce: In The Line Of Fire
Foreigner: Greatest Hits Live
Powerwolf: Blessed & Possessed
The V: Now Or Never
To/Die/for: Cult
Vattnet Viskar: Settler
We Came As Romans: We Came As Romans
Yes: Like It Is, At The Mesa Arts Center
Chaos Magic: Chaos Magic
Dimino: Old Habits Die Hard
Hevilan: The End Of Time
Kelly Keeling: Mind Radio
Stormhammer: Echoes Of A Lost Paradise
Steve Hackett: Wolflight
System Overthrow: System Overthrow
U.D.O.: Navy Metal Night
Universal Theory: Most Attractive Force
Unleash The Archers: Time Stand Still
Lucifer’s Friend: Awakening
Glowsun: Beyond The Wall Of Time
High On Fire: Luminiferous
Morglbl: Tea Time For Punks
Next To None: A Light In The Dark
Kingcrow: Eidos
Les Discrets: Live At Roadburn
Sunset In The 12th House: Mozaic
TesseracT: Odyssey
We Butter The Bread With Butter: Wieder Geil
Kyrbgrinder: Chronicles Of A Dark Machine
Arena: The Unquiet Sky
Art Of Anarchy: Art Of Anarchy
District 97: In Vaults
Four Year Strong: Four Year Strong
Lost Souls Carnival: Collection Of Carefully Selected
Paradise Lost: The Plague Within
Skintrade: Scarred For Life
The Ghost Next Door: The Ghost Next Door
Virgin Steele: Nocturnes Of Hellfire & Damnation
After All: Rejection Overruled (ep)
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!: Get Lost Find Yourself
E-Force: Demonikhol
In Hearts Wake: Skydancer
Killer: Monsters Of Rock
Graveworm: Ascending Hate
Lucifer: Lucifer I
Tomb Of Finland: Below The Green
Unsafe: Enter Dark Places
Various Artists: A Light In The Black (A Tribute To Ronnie James Dio)
Blaze Of Perdition: Near Death Revelations
Bloodlost: Evil Origins
Borealis: Purgatory
Crystal Ball: Liferider
Fogg: High Testament
House Of Lords: Indestructible
Iron Savior: Live At The Final Frontier
Kamchatka: Long Road Made Of Gold
Thunder Rising: Sole Freedom
Trixter: Human Era
Babymetal: Babymetal
Asia: Axxis XXX Live In San Fransisco MMXII
Beauvoir Free: American Trash
Burning Point: Burning Point
Darktribe: The Modern Age
King Hiss: Acoustic Sessions (single)
My Refuge: A Matter Of Supremacy
My Sleeping Karma: Moksha
Starquake: Times That Matter
You, Me, And Everyone We Know: Dogged
Atkins May Project: Anthology
Arcturus: Arcturian
Coal Chamber: Rivals
Emery: You Were Never Alone
Humangled: Prodromes Of A Flatline
Lord Of The Lost: Swan Songs
Max Pie: Odd Memories
Ski-King: Sketchbook III, New Horizons
Tarja: Luna Park Ride
The Dead Daisies: Revolucion
Artaius: The Fifth Season
Atavismo: Desintergracion
Deez Nuts: Word Is Bond
Deuil: Shock/Deny
Kaipa: Kaipa & Ingett Nytt Under Solen
Nomans Land: Last Crusade
Soul Grip: Avadon
Soul Secret: 4
Steve 'n' Seagulls: Farm Machine
Whitesnake: The Purple Album
Aeverium: Break Out
Cain's Offering: Stormcrow
Heathen Foray: Into Battle
Leprous: The Congregation
Nelson: Piece Out
Ghold: Of Ruin
Hardcore Superstar: HCSS
Master Massive: The Pendulum
Nightrage: The Puritan
Sunlight: My Own Truth
11 Paranoias: Stealing Fire From Heaven
Black Book Lodge: Entering Another Measure
The Black Tartan Clan: 2008-2014
Dysrider: Bury The Omen
FM: Heroes And Villains
Magnum: Escape From The Shadow Garden – Live 2014
Royal Quest: The Tale Of Man
Tribulation: The Children Of The Night
Von Hertzen Brothers: New Day Rising
Wiegedood: De Doden Hebben Het Goed
Artaius: Torn Banners
DiabolicuM: Ia Pazuzu
Edge Of Paradise: Immortal Waltz
Glittertind: Blane For Blane
Kamelot: Haven
King Parrot: Dead Set
Kiske / Somerville: City Of Heroes
Peterik/Scherer: Risk Everything
Satyricon: Live At The Opera
Sirenia: The Seventh Life Path
Civil War: Gods And Generals
Demonical: Black Flesh Redemption (EP)
End Of The Dream: All I Am
Hypothermia: Svartkonst
Impelliterri: Venom
Skiltron: The Clans Have United
Skiltron: Beheading The Liars
Skiltron: The Highland Way
Waiting For: The Hexen
Whorion: The Reign Of The 7th Sector
Axel Rudi Pell: Magic Moments – 25th Anniversary Special Show
Bullet Train Blast: Shake Rattle Racing
Dennis Churchill Dries: I
Grumpynators: Wonderland
Nashville Pussy: Ten Years Of Pussy
Jaguar: Metal X
Pyramaze: Disciples Of The Sun
Stormlord: Mare Nostrum
Worldview: The Chosen Few
Zodiac: Road Tapes Vol. 1
Blackwelder: Survivor Of The Fittest
Freedom Call: 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity
Hammer King: Kingdom Of The Hammer King
Hollow Haze: Memories Of An Ancient Time
Jaded Star: Memories From The Future
Messenger: Captain's Loot
Morgoth: Ungod
Thurisaz: The Pulse Of Mourning
Vamps: Bloodsuckers
Watch Them Fade: Welcome To My Void
Barren Earth: On Lonely Towers
Damnation Angels: The Valliant Fire
Exxiles: Oblivion
Harmony: Remembrance (EP)
Lancer: Second Storm
Like A Storm: Awaken The Fire
Miss Behaviour: Last Woman Standing (Re-Issue)
Moxy: 1974-2014 – 40 Years And Still Riding High
Secret Sphere: A Time Never Come (re-recorded)
Serpentine: Circle Of Knives
Chabtan: The Kiss Of Coatlicue
DSG: Still A Warrior
Epsilon: Zu Richten
Frantic Amber: Burning Insight
Furor Gallico: Furor Gallico
Sounds Of Fury: Mediocrazy
Special Providence: Essence Of Change
Starsick System: Daydreamin'
The Gentle Sorm: The Diary
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At The Dawn: Land In Sight
Forgotten Tomb: Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love
Signum Regis: Through The Storm (EP)
Silentlie: Layers Of Nothing
SiXforNinE: SiXforNinE
Iris Divine: Karma Sown
Karyn Crisis' Gospel Of The Witches: Salem's Wounds
Lethal Saint: WWIII
Mammoth Mammoth: Volume IV – Hammered Again
Ranger: Where Evil Dwells
Celtachor: Nuada Of The Silver Arm
Dark Sarah: Behind The Black Veil
Heidevolk: Velua
Ilium: My Misanthropia
Infernal War: A X I O M
Macabre Omen: Gods Of War – At War
Negura Bunget: Tau
Prong: Songs From The Black Hole
Radioactive: F4UR
Thunderheart: Night Of The Warriors
Europe: War Of Kings
A Forest Of Stars: Beware The Sword You Cannot See
Grindhouse: Chapter One
Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion: HFMC
Helrunar: Niederkunfft
Rise Of Avernus: Dramatis Personae (EP)
Steve Rothery: The Ghosts Of Pripyat
Temperance: Limitless
The Agonist: Eye Of Providence
The Resistance: Torture Tactics
Band Of Spice: Economic Dancers
Dying Gorgeous Lies: First World Breakdown
Dynfari: Vegferd Timans
Gingerpig: Ghost On The Highway
Oceans Ate Alaska: Lost Isles
Ages: The Malefic Miasma
Ethernity: Obscure Illusions
Odin's Court: Turtles All The way Down
Signs Of Darkness: The Age Of Decay
The Answer: Raise A Little Hell
Dantalion: Where Fear Is Born
DivahaR: Divarise
Hesperia: Metallum Italicum
Lucky Bastardz: Alwayz On The Run
Nasty Whores: Nasty Whores
Moonspell: Extinct
Spider Kickers: The Hill Of The Dead
Territory: The Curse
The Midnight Ghost Train: Cold Was The Ground
Viper Solfa: Carving An Icon
Gamma Ray: The Best (Of)
Herman Rarebell & Friends: Herman’s Scorpions Songs
Evil Invaders: Pulses Of Pleasure
Inedia: Human Meridiants And Cohabitant Cores
Lonely Robot: Please Come Home
Neal Morse Band: The Grand Experiment
Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz
Scarved: Dynamite
Steak Number Eight: The Hutch
Thunder: Wonder Days
Eden's Curse: Live With The Curse
Frankenstein Rooster: The Nerdvrotic Sounds' Escape
Harvest: Northern Wind
H.E.A.T.: Live In London
Magic Kingdom: Savage Requiem
One I Cinema: One I Cinema
Reload: Hotter Than A Bullet
Revolution Saints: Revolution Saints
Toundra: IV
Uriah Heep: Live At Koko
Gorilla Pulp: Hell In Can
Uli Jon Roth: Scorpions Revisited
Arstidir Lifsins: Aldafödr Ok Munka Drottinn
Eclipse: Armageddonize
Issa: Crossfire
Talon: Fourplay
The Jury And The Saints: The Jury And The Saints
Tristana: Virtual Crime
UFO: A Conspiracy Of Stars
Wolfheart: Winterborn
36 Crazyfists: Time And Trauma
China Sky: China Sky II
Cyrax: Pictures
Keep Of Kalessin: Epistemology
Napalm Death: Apex Predator – Easy Meat
Solefald: World Metal. Kosmopolis Sud
Stormwitch: Seasons Of The Witch
Tanzwut: Freitag Der 13
Vexillum: Unum
Wolfpakk: Rise Of The Animal
Caelestia: Beneath Abyss
De La Muerte: De La Muerte
HeyWire: HeyWire
Imperial Triumphant: Abyssal Gods
Scanner: The Judegment
Marduk: Frontschwein
Otherwise: Peace At All Costs
Scorpions: We Built This House (single)
Sleeping Pulse : Under The Same Sky
Soto: Inside The Vertigo
Aristocrats: Culture Clash Live
Angelus Apatrida: Hidden Evolution
Angra: Secret Garden
Devil's Train: II
Fire Within: Fire Within
Last Autumn's Dream: Level Eleven
Papa Roach: F.E.A.R.
Thulcandra: Ascension Lost
Thurisaz: Live & Acoustic
Venom: From The Very Depths
Beardfish: +4626-Comfortzone
Finsterforst: Mach Dich Frei
Furor Gallico: Songs From The Earth
Hate: Crusade: Zero
In Legend: Stones At Goliath
Scorpions: Blackout
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter present Dracula: Swing Of Death
Level 10: Chapter 1
Pat Travers Band: Live at the Iridium, NYC
Sweet & Lynch: Only To Rise
Messiah's Kiss: Get Your Bulls Out
Night Demon: Curse Of The Damned
Ostrogoth: Last Tribe Standing
Michael Jessen: Memories
Syn Ze Sasa Tri: Stapîn Peste Stapîni
Alpha Tiger: iDentity
Death Wolf: III: Östergötland
Enabler: La Fin Absolue Du Monde
Insanity Reigns Supreme: Unorthodox
Maverick: Quid Pro Quo
Coronatus: Cantus Lucidus
Leah: Kings And Queens
Saracen: Redemption
The Storyteller: Sacred Fire
Whyzdom: Symphony For A Hopeless God
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