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Metalwar.gr is an online magazine dedicated to heavy metal music and the international metal scene. On the site we publish daily metal news, new album presentations, band interviews and detailed album reviews from the world of metal music.

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FORTRESS FESTIVAL launches app and reveals full stage times

Scarborough, UK; 6 May 2026: Fortress Festival, which has sold out for a fourth consecutive year, has launched an official festival app and released

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Ex-Arch Enemy Frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz Joins DRAGONFORCE As Additional Singer!

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Swedish Gothic Doom Entity DRACONIAN Drops Third Single “Anima”

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Reviews

As The Sun Falls: “Songs From The Veil” album review

Spyros Tribos May 5, 2026

There is a fine line between “atmospheric” and “empty.” Songs From The Veil does not merely avoid that line — it erases it. With their third full-length effort, As The Sun Falls are not simply trying to write another melodic death metal…

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Blossom Death: Exclusive advance listening review of album “Spirit”

Spyros Tribos May 4, 2026

Blossom Death return to the spotlight with Spirit, a debut album seemingly determined to leave a lasting mark on the Greek heavy gothic rock/metal scene. From the very first encounter…

Album Review: Draconian – In Somnolent Ruin

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Album Review: Draconian – In Somnolent Ruin

Kostas Boudoukos May 2, 2026

🎶 Draconian🌎Säffle, Sweden📀 In Somnolent Ruin® Napalm Records📅 08/05/2026 The announcement by Draconian of their new album, combined with the release of its first single, came as an unexpected but welcome…

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Bewitched – “Diabolical Death Mass” album review

metalwar.gr Apr 29, 2026

“What is dead may never die.”A phrase often used by House Greyjoy and its followers (fans of Game of Thrones will recognize it), but in the case of Bewitched, it…

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Album Review: The Fifth Alliance – Stenahoria

Kostas Boudoukos Apr 26, 2026

🎶 The Fifth Alliance🌎Breda, Netherlands📀 Stenahoria® Breathe Plastic Records, Tartarus Records and Ardua Music📅 29/05/2026 THE FIFTH ALLIANCE celebrate two decades of existence this year and return with their fourth full-length…

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Album Review: Darklon – Mind Reaper

Nov 21, 2025

🎶 Darklon🌎 Athens, Greece📀 Mind Reaper® No Remorse Records📅 28/11/2025 Madness, paranoia, incessant headbanging…I think these three words can briefly describe what the listener experiences of “Mind Reaper”, the third full-length album by Heavy Metallers DARKLON which is released in a few days. I…

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Lömsk: Interview on Metalwar

Feb 26, 2026

“From the dark heart of Gothenburg, Sweden, Lömsk returned with ‘Act II – Of Iron and Blood’ to seal their nihilistic narrative. At Soundstoriesbyjo, metalwar.gr, we dive into the ruins…

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Deviser: Interview on Metalwar

Mar 4, 2026

On the occasion of the anniversary live celebrating thirty-five years of the band’s presence in the Greek scene, metalwar.gr got in touch with Nikos Christogiannis, one of the two long-standing…

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Album Review: BattleroaR – Petrichor

Apr 23, 2026

🎶 BattleroaR🌎Athens, Greece📀 Petrichor® No Remorse Records📅 24/04/2026 BATTLEROAR, one of the most emblematic bands of the Greek heavy/epic/power metal scene, return discographically after an eight-year absence since “Codex Epicus”, presenting…

Album Review: Reversed Chakra – Rarefied

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Album Review: Reversed Chakra – Rarefied

Jan 9, 2026

🎶 Reversed Chakra🌎 Florence, Italy and London, UK📀 Rarefied® Carlo Bellotti Publishing📅 31/10/2025 Although this EP doesn’t really fit in with the general style of our magazine, when I hear a unique…