Album Review: In Flames – Battles

If ‘The Jester Race‘ is one of your favourite ever albums, you probably gave up on In Flames a couple albums ago. That odd alternative transition spooked the band’s stalwart fans into looking elsewhere to get their melodic death metal fix. But re-signing to the label that housed the Swedes during their finest moments, ‘Battles’ might just shoot off an old-school flare…

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Album Review: Hammerfall – Built To Last

Every power metal fan knows Hammerfall. The band have served as ambassadors to the genre for almost 20 years now given their classic heavy metal nature that eases you into a new audible world of steel, thunder and knights. It’s been a bit of a stale ride for the titans as of late, but ‘Built To Last‘ looks to bring that revival we’ve all been looking for.

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