The 1980s was quite revolutionary in the music world, due to the proliferation and advancements in synthesiser technology from the 1970s that touched all genres of music – from pop music when…
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In the first days of the new 2019, we continue to provide a glimpse into our (probably) most listened records for the past month. Now we go back in December 2018, remembering…
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Dear Friends, No rest for the wicked, so we at Blessed Altar Zine HQ are in full operating mode in the first hours of the new year. It’s the dawn of an…
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Ah, that time of the year again! Winter Holidays! Everybody to stop for a while, to relax, to reflect on what’s been done, achieved, overlooked even. To take a breath before the…
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In the mid 1990s as a sixth form student, I was aware of what I assumed to be ‘Dark Indie Kids’. They wore far more black than the metalheads, keeping themselves to…
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The Winter has always been a great inspiration in the music – bands’ names, bands’ albums, bands’ songs, bands’ artworks…so much available there connected with the season.The Winter with its proud lonely…
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Another month is gone. Another wrinkle, grey hair. Another month of music. Actually November was a fantastic month for the metal music. We at Blessed Altar Zine continued to cover as much…
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Back in the 80s, the only possibility for a band to release an album was to get signed by a record label or, (rarely) form their own label (and pray to find…
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In a so diverse decade, when so much genres and sub-genres rose and fell, 1997 delivered probably the last big shot of great records released in the 90s. The outside influences were…
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What we have here are ten hard-rock/glam-metal albums that were overlooked and/or underrated at the time of their original release, and despite the fact that they are all gems of the genre!…