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8 minutes ago, AlSymerz said:

I've got Livewire's only full length CD and I have their previous album when they were a Thrash/power metal band called Fenrir

 

First time hearing them, I get most of it from that NWOTHM channel, and try to post one from each country as well as the best. Guitar work is fantastic I must say, I dig it 

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I get a lot of Aussie shit sent to me from mates still in the industry. Sometimes there are gems other times not so much.

Fenrir is on bandcamp under fenriraustralia. The vocals are a little more aggressive (not death growls), but it's the same band.

 

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2 hours ago, AlSymerz said:

I get a lot of Aussie shit sent to me from mates still in the industry. Sometimes there are gems other times not so much.

Fenrir is on bandcamp under fenriraustralia. The vocals are a little more aggressive (not death growls), but it's the same band.

 

I will definitely check it out, any other hidden gems from down under let know 🤘

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In Malices Wake, Hidden Intent, Harlott, Militaria are some newer ones I guess fit into the category.

Descerator were pretty good but they called it quits recently.

However I'm more into older stuff like Mortal Sin, Allegiance, Armoured Angel, Addictive, Hobbs Angel Of Death and Tarimis

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I liked Burning Witches first two albums but for me they lost something around Dance With The Devil, (it could have been their vocalist and guitarist!) Their new vocalist isn't terrible but the music since Dance hasn't been as good either.

Cobra Spell seem a little more like hard rock to me but I wouldn't dare suggest they aren't trad metal. They are okay, nothing startlingly new but definitely listenable

 

 

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Lizzies - No Law City all female band from Spain 

On 9/26/2024 at 8:14 PM, AlSymerz said:

I liked Burning Witches first two albums but for me they lost something around Dance With The Devil, (it could have been their vocalist and guitarist!) Their new vocalist isn't terrible but the music since Dance hasn't been as good either.

Cobra Spell seem a little more like hard rock to me but I wouldn't dare suggest they aren't trad metal. They are okay, nothing startlingly new but definitely listenable

 

 

Was trying to include some all female bands to show their importance to the longevity of the scene. I think the lead guitarist of Burning Witches joined Cobra Spell, they kinda straddle the lines of trad metal and hair metal IMO. A lot of bands I post are not necessarily like but ones that others might get into, there are so many to choose from and being a guitarist a lot of my time is devoted to the craft and inhibits my ability to hear a lot of new bands. 

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Would be pointless to take notice of my ideas about whether they are trad or not, I wouldn't have a clue where genres meet. The chorus of that Cobra Spell song reminded me more of 80's Chicks with Dicks than it did Burning Withchs. But like I said I went off BW a few years back because I didn't like what they were doing.

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