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First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Sithraniel Sithraniel - Various Sensations Release Date: May 13, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Duration: 35:29 Genre: Instrumental Heavy Metal Origin: Turkey Based in Turkey, Sithraniel is a rare representative of Turkish heavy metal - and the latest release is a seven track album of instrumental compositions. "Various Sensations" is a kind of conceptual album dedicated to, ahem, various sensations. Every other track is named after a certain feeling, familiar to any metal fan who seeks help in the heaviest genre of music. The album kicks off with Qualm, “doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct; a misgiving”. The bassline introduces a heavy hearted, massive riff, all in medium tempo and accompanied by simplistic accented drumming. Then Descension fades in ...

  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com Picture Credit: Reap the Light Reap the Light - Deliver Hell Release Date: December 10, 2021 Label: Light Reapers Media Format: Digital Duration: 50:44 Genre: Heavy Metal Origin: Frederick , MD , USA What you reap is not always what you sow - and Reap the Light delivers hell with their debut album. Reap the Light is a two-piece American Heavy Metal act working with various vocalists to complete and embody their creative vision - on their latest release (Back to Bedlam) they even partnered with ex-Judas Priest vocalist, Tim Ripper Owens , holy shit. "Deliver Hell" was released in late 2021 but it’s really hard to tell - cause the songs on the album are out of time Metal classics that could’ve been recorded by any band from the heav...

    First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com Picture Credit: Galladorn Galladorn - The Cauldron Born Release Date: April 29, 2022 Duration: 05:18 Genre: Power Metal Origin: USA/UK Do you still mourn Iced Earth’s deconstruction after the infamous Capitol Hill riot? Well, grieve no more - Galladorn is here to deliver the heaviest metal for your longing soul. Galladorn is an emerging duo, formed in 2020. To this day this two-piece UK metal outfit has released two exquisite covers for Hammerfall’s “The Dragon Lies Bleeding” and Iced Earth’s “Dark Saga” (duh). But today we are going to highlight the band’s latest instalment entitled “The Cauldron Born”. This is a classic 5 and minute heavy metal epic, raised on the steady diet of Blind Guardian and Savatage but multiplied b...

  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com Picture Credit: Frank Gradeen Frank Gradeen - Dracula Will Strike Tonight Release Date: March 18, 2022 Duration: 02:56 Genre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Origin: Sweden Frank Gradeen unleashed his new track 'Dracula Will Strike Tonight' on us - and it will grab you by the hoohas. By the time you catch the glimpse of Frank it's already too late. Danzig-like ripped barbarian with long curly hair produces the music that sounds exactly like the author looks. And he looks freaking badass. So fathers… hide your daughters! It’s some beefy mid-tempo heavy metal with power/prog influences. Clean vocals are expected, and they delivered in that deep classic timbre. Keyboards pave the way to chugging crunchy riff and it’s pure magic like Paul ...

Picture Credit: Kjetic Tofte   Electric High - Sun Release Date: August 27, 2021 Length: 03:35 Genre:  Heavy Rock  /  Garage Rock Origin:  Bergen ,  Norway This July, Bergen's Electric High punctured our eardrums and moved our whole body when they released their EP " Reach of your Love ". Click here to read more about this release . The first single that followed the EP is 'Sun'. The song tells us about a ruler who got imprisoned by his subjects and who is now longing for the sunlight's healing power. SUN by Electric High Driven by immense energy, this powerful Heavy Rock anthem rolls forward like a Merkava tank. Although heavily Blues-influenced, 'Sun' often scratches the border between Heavy Rock and Heavy Metal - the guitar insane solo by Marius   Mørch  even intensifies this impression. And finally, Electric High have created another Rock'n'Roll hymn for the whole body and for endless nights. Music from every post will stay in the  MangoR...

Picture Credit: Andrew Soto   It is the year 2021, the pandemic is all over the planet, and here is no end in sight. But during this winter we have witnessed the power of the internet yet again. The digital army took over Wall Street, making the deteriorating game retailer and movie theater chain stocks skyrocket - in no time and out of pure fun and enthusiasm. Such growth of GameStop and AMC on the market really made the likes of hedge funds angry, making them throw “manipulation”, “fraud” and “unfair” all around. Long story short - it turned out that the Redditors are really a power to reckon with, and the stockbrokers are indeed cunts.   Heavy metal has always been in touch with the current political agenda, and it is no surprise that the AMC/Gamestop controversy was reflected in a metal song. Please welcome Andrew Soto - he just “Can’t stop, won’t stop”.   It’s a clever piece of financially aware metal, and i just can't help myself but totally thinking about Metal...

  Picture Credit: Ceddy Braugs Ceddy Braugs – Systm Ovrload Release Date: August 27, 2021 Label: Tatsu Music Format: Digital Length: 30:39 Genre: Prog Metal / Nu Metal Origin: Los Angeles , CA , USA Heavy Metal and its manifold related genres are often divided into a dichotomy of either being highly artistic and sophisticated or being brutal and harsh. And then there are certain artists that manage to cross this boundary and produce music that combines the elements of both realms. One of those acts is Ceddy Braugs who recently released his debut EP “Systm Ovrload”. On seven new tracks, the gifted artist that is defined by freedom and honesty, by intelligent song structures and absolutely violent sounds at the same time. Ceddy Braugs creates symphonic backgrounds that grind on brutal breakdowns and lets straightforward Heavy and Prog Metal passages flow into complex rhythms. And despite the ambivalence of these sonic elements, “Systm Ovrload” keeps its coherent structure,...

Picture Credit: Authentic Dissent   Authentic Dissent - Gradually... then suddenly Release Date: February 05, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 16:23 Genre: Heavy Metal / Prog Metal Origin: Nashua , NH , USA New Hampshire's Authentic Dissent are a new band that keeps the spirit of pre-Millenium heavy music alive. Dave Lawley  (bass), Mike Osborn  (guitar), Mike Boisclair  (drums), and Brian Gates  (vocals) have released their debut EP "Gradually... then suddenly" earlier this year. The five-track CD is an autochthonous and honest work in the vein of Heavy, Prog, and Thrash Metal legends such as Accept, Destruction, or pre-"Black Album"-Metallica. "Gradually... the suddenly" is introduced by the instrumental 'Res Ipsa Loquitur' (Latin: 'speaking for itself'). The first song creates a dark tension and raises anticipation for a heavy thunderstorm. And th audience will not be disappointed as the title track and the follo...

Picture Credit: Tyrann   Tyrann - Djävulens Musik Release Date: May 28, 2021 Label: Inti Records / Electric Assault Records / Knight of Diamonds Records Format: Vinyl / CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 26:37 Genre: Heavy Metal Origin: Stockholm , Sweden Stockholm's trio Tyrann can probably be called a supergroup. The band consists of Joseph Tholl (Tribulation, Ex-Enforcer), Jakob Ljungberg  (Second Sun, Ex-Tribulation), and Tobias Lindqvist (Enforcer, Terminal). With "Djävulens Musik" (Swedish: "The Devil's Music"), Tyrann have recently released their first full-length album. The album has been released on vinyl (Electric Assault Records; USA), CD (Inti Records; Peru), and cassette (Knight of Diamonds Records; Sweden). By the time this review was written, all analogue formats have already been sold out. Until a second issue will be available, you can stream and download the album on the labels' Bandcamp profiles, or listen to it on Spotify. Djävulens Mu...

Picture Credit: Lost Division   Lost Division - Cuts and Scars Release Date: May 28, 2021 Label: Inverse Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 41:14 Genre:  Heavy Metal  /  Melodic Metal Origin:  Oulu ,  Finland Three years ago, Oulu's Lost Division published their first two-track release " Wish you were dead ". Besides the title track, this EP (or single?) contained a song called 'In Memoriam'. Keep that in mind. In the year of the lockdown, the Finnish band recorded their first full-length album which was then released exactly three years after "Wish you were dead" saw the light of day. The new album is opened by the powerful banger 'In Memoriam 2.0' - a strong sequel to the track from the previous release. Now that is coherence. "Cuts and Scars" is a colourful album, defined by heavy riffing, massive walls of modern Heavy Metal sound, and very melodic arrangements. The tunes are very catchy and yet they are driven forward with intense...

Picture Credit: Chris Maragoth Chris Maragoth -   Burning June Release Date: June 06, 2021 Length: 02:54 Genre: Modern Metal / Heavy Metal Origin: Magdeburg, Germany In January 2021, Chris Maragoth released his EP “ A Vile Gathering ”. Since then, the artist from Magdeburg came up with two new singles “ Behind this Door ” and “ Marmelade Starship ”. This new release on hand though, is something different. Chris Maragoth wrote “Burning June” for his former band back in 2013, but it has never seen the light of the world as the artist left the band. Now, in the age of the virus, “Burning June” was rediscovered by Chris Maragoth and he gave his old track a completely new make-over. It is a song about an evil creature that is facing divine punishment by being burned alive. As the protagonist recognizes there is no way out of this, they accept their fate and gladly look forward to the fire that will free their soul. “Burning June” is a powerful and melodic Metal track. Chris Maragoth let...

Picture Credit: Underking Artwork: Crossfade Productions   Underking - At Hell's Gate Release Date: April 23, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 41:40 (43:56 with Bonus Track) Genre: Modern Metal / Prog Metal Origin: Nottingham , England Maxwell Jeffries , also known as Underking is back with his third full-length album "At Hell's Gate". The artist from Nottingham hence ties on to his recent EP " Red Sun Rises ". On nine songs and a bonus track, Underking demonstrates a very modern and progressive form of Heavy Metal. The sound is versatile, intense, and yet very melodic. And still, the epic soundscapes show parallels to the battle hymns of 80s NWoBHM - the song 'Red Sun Rises' especially is the perfect soundtrack for riding into battle to. "At Hell's Gate" is a beautiful album for fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy literature (or film). Atmospheric soundscapes are presented with intelligent structures and up-tempo riffin...