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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MY SMALL COMMUNITY – A Day Becomes A Lifetime

December 12, 2007 Lior Stein 0

Are these guys that emotional? From this release one may notice an MTV Emocore band. However, one can notice a Nu Metal act. Both characteristics are true for this group. My Small Community originated in …READ MORE

HATCHERY – Birth Of A Bomb

October 13, 2007 Lior Stein 0

The German band Hatchery fights for the survival of Thrash Metal and Metal itself, indeed a war worth fighting for and a genre worth preserving. Hatchery also shows that the comeback of Old School Thrash …READ MORE

AHOORA – All In Blood With You

September 30, 2007 Lior Stein 0

In past days there were many incidents where Metal bands were banned out of countries because of their material and especially their lyrical themes. Cannibal Corpse is still a band that is banned from several …READ MORE

DOWN – Down III: Over the Under

September 25, 2007 Lior Stein 0

Phil Anselmo, over the years, went through many career changes while fronting Pantera. After the band’s demise projects like the Hard core-ish Superjoint Ritual, the weird Southern Isolation and other numbered days semi-bands didn’t last …READ MORE

THE AFTERLIFE – Insanity

September 6, 2007 Lior Stein 0

Since the beginning of the Russian immigration, after the fall of the Iron Curtain between the years 1990-1991, to Israel the country’s Metal scene has grown, respectively, at quite a large rate. The Afterlife are …READ MORE

LOUDLION – Love Will Break Your Heart

September 6, 2007 Lior Stein 0

Here is a small treat for some of you Hard Rock fans. Have you been longing for the old sound of the classic era of Def Leppard? Are the albums Pyromania and Hysteria on the …READ MORE

AFFLICTION – Execution Is Necessary

June 10, 2007 Lior Stein 0

The Turkish Metal scene has been developing since the late 1980s which then was led by Pentagram (a.k.a Mezarkabul), which came out in 1987 and formed the foundation. Since the beginning of the 1990s a …READ MORE

VAMP LE STAT – Filth

May 6, 2007 Lior Stein 0

The glorious times of classic Glam Metal, L.A style was in the dawn of the 80’s and the early and mid-years of the 90’s. Vamp Le Stat are one of those bands but they are …READ MORE

BLIND MYSELF – Ancient Scream Therapy

March 30, 2007 Lior Stein 0

The Hungarian Blind Myself are one of the many promoters of the possible evolution, as some say, of Melodic Death Metal. The band from Budapest has been around since 1995, early on playing Hardcore and …READ MORE

BRICK BATH – I Won’t Live The Lie

February 12, 2007 Lior Stein 0

“Find my inner peace…” or the inner noise, that is what one can expect out of Brick Bath’s second release, I Won’t Live The Lie. This American group which was formed in 1996 by Dark …READ MORE