Articles by Lior Stein

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Lior Stein
Lior was a reviewer, DJ and host for our Thrash Metal segment called Terror Zone, based out of Haifa, Israel. He attributes his love of Metal to his father, who got him into bands like Deep Purple, Rainbow, Boston, and Queen. When he was in junior high he got his first Iron Maiden CD, The Number Of The Beast. That's how he started his own collection of albums. Also, he's the guitarist, vocalist and founder of the Thrash Metal band Switchblade. Most of his musical influences come from Metal Church, Vicious Rumors, Overkill, and Annihilator.
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ASHES OF DECAY – Resurrect

September 6, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Ashes Of Decay comes in with a second album for 2008 after five years without a release. Resurrect is an example of a release that follows tradition without any hints or twists to left or …READ MORE

BRIMSTONE – Carving A Crimson Career

September 6, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Brimstone addresses the Metal world with Carving A Crimson Career. That’s a great line, a great name for an album and also a good one for a song but why didn’t they go for it? …READ MORE

Black Metal, in most of its forms, always in a way, by many examples, is associated to the chilling and frosting northern winter. Craving, the German band from Oldenburg, is an example of that association. …READ MORE

IMMORTAL DIVINATION – From The Abyssmal Depths

September 6, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Savagery, execution, clash of swords and abysmal depth that is what the US band from Seattle, Immortal Divination, is all about and they are out for blood. The group practices the sub genre of “Grindcore” …READ MORE

THE TURBOMEN – Rock ‘N Ride

September 6, 2008 Lior Stein 0

From Nancy – Toul, Lorraine, France, here comes The Turbomen trio. This trio represents the late 70s and 80s Hard Rock mixed with Heavy and Stoner Metal along with some southern American Blues elements. They …READ MORE

NATAN – Het Zicht Van De Dood

September 1, 2008 Lior Stein 0

The Belgian band Natan is one of many proofs that Black Metal has developed over the years since its arrival in the early 1990s. The blending of atmospheric elements into Black Metal really made the …READ MORE

LARIN – World Of Pain

August 23, 2008 Lior Stein 0

George Larin, from Melbourne, Australia, is the kind of guy who shared his writings with other bands that he had taken part of. He rose to the level where you want to do everything yourself …READ MORE

SAVATAGE – Fight For The Rock

August 20, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Back in the glory days of the 80’s, when Heavy Metal was the hottest thing around, Savatage was one of many American based Heavy Metal bands that produced highly acquainted albums like: Sirens, Power Of …READ MORE

RADIO CULT – Grooves From The Grave

August 19, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Let’s get to know the young US band Radio Cult. They originated in 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia with, for now, a very solid goal which is the revival of classic songs from the 70’s, 80’s …READ MORE

WATERLAND – Demo

August 15, 2008 Lior Stein 0

What a wonderful thing, the Fantasy theme in Metal songs is. It sets your imagination to spread around and captivate your mind. You can go anywhere, or if you are really into the Power / …READ MORE