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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KOROG – Mumus

June 17, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Black N’ Roll, that’s a very interesting item, the merging of Black Metal and Hard Rock or Rock N’ Roll Music. The real deal behind this unique type of Metal is structured by the growl …READ MORE

LAHMIA – Forget Every Sunrise

June 15, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Lahmia was formed in 2001 in the city of Rome, Italy. Their first step in the Metal world was by playing a mix of Thrash and Gothic metal. In 2005 they started to turn away …READ MORE

When thinking about it, Venom actually did very well through Cronos’ absence for 8 years to do his own Heavy Metal thing with the band “Cronos”. Unlike, Destruction, for example, who decided to renounce their …READ MORE

PANTERA – Projects In The Jungle

June 6, 2008 Lior Stein 0

In the golden years of the 1980s Pantera produced four albums to the Metal world. The band’s sub-genre in Metal in those days was more Heavy / Glam and sometimes was recognized as Speed Metal, …READ MORE

CONQUEST – End Of Days

June 3, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Do you remember the 1999 movie, “End Of Days”? Well after hearing Conquest’s new album, one cannot help but find a shared theme of both album and movie that is religion. Conquest is not indulging …READ MORE

INFERNOPHONIC – Spark It Up

May 20, 2008 Lior Stein 0

“Say Whatcha Mean, Whatcha Mean” that is what Infernophonic are all about in their debut release Spark It Up. The band from New Jersey, US arose in 2006 by the veteran bass player Kevin Bolembach …READ MORE

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – The Way Of The Fist

May 10, 2008 Lior Stein 0

The Way Of The Fist takes the listener through a journey of the real, ugly life that most of the new age people prefer to ignore while still living it. It is all about cruelty, …READ MORE

DARK EMPIRE – Humanity Dethroned

May 5, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Presenting, what could have been, the next generation of the German Blind Guardian. Dark Empire, an American and partly a Swedish joint force, plays a mixture of Power and Technical Thrash Metal along with some …READ MORE

CRAWLER – Burst

April 24, 2008 Lior Stein 0

The Metal world is not short of Heavy Metal bands, even today when most of the bands go modern. However, young acts that do play true and old Heavy Metal, the 80s way, will always …READ MORE

HEINRICHREICH/TARANIS (Split) – Ancient Will

April 15, 2008 Lior Stein 0

Two leaders, two bands / projects /, both try to play old school early 90’s Black Metal. Jorg Heinrich and Bjorn Desmet are running both their shows with ability but since their will went towards …READ MORE