The Heretic started as a solo project of Stephan Larsen (who’s responsible for all the guitars, bass, vocal, drum programming) in 2020. However the idea for this project has been in the making for years. […]
This particular Split, by its very nature, consists of two halves, and hence will be divided into its constituent parts as part of this scribble. The first half I will be delving into will be […]
Cachot d’Effroi (French for Dread Dungeon) is a Raw Black Metal solo act, one that I am having quite a bit of trouble finding any information regarding. What I have been able to dig up […]
Ergot De Seigle, aside from being a type of fungus, apparently one that can create entire forests of itself is, as of 2022, also a Raw Black Metal solo-project hailing from my beloved France. So […]
Demonist is a French old-school Death Metal trio who, by their own admission, strive to keep alive the standard set by mid-era Morbid Angel. This has so far been done through a Single that earlier […]
The commercial heyday for Sinner and L.A. Guns may have been in the 80’s, but their respective members Michael Sweet and Tracii Guns, have been rather prolific with several projects during a course of past […]
Houle is a French Black Metal quintet, one whom I had the pleasure of reviewing their debut EP some two years ago. In the interim between then and now they have not only seen it […]
The Raging Project emerges from Project Rage, conceived in 2007 in Besançon, France by Ivan Jacquin and Lionel Fevre. This initially an electro-metal duo was later joined by female vocalist Jeannick Valleur. In 2009 they […]
It’s a bit strange to write a review of a material released three years ago, and after I’ve reviewed Vol. 2 prior to this release. Meanwhile, what we have here is Austrian Metal News – […]
A long time waiting on this heavy rock set by the New York Hudson River Valley quartet. Their 2016 debut Sun Killer album is a retro rising bullet on my hot album chart. It’s 2024, […]
I don’t know the reason why this material was sent to me for a review almost four years after its initial release?! Despite what I have just said, hereby I’ll try to say a few […]
Special thanks to the Catholic Church in Poland for being an endless source of fucking badass lyrical inspiration for many of the country’s extreme metal bands. Polish extreme metal has a tradition of attacking the […]
Music fans, serious music fans love an obscure band. Here you go. Tetsuo, an Italian post-punk/hardcore quintet. Their 2024 Spring release is a six-song set titled, Dots. Interesting album art, intriguing band bio. Alright you […]
Formed in 2003, and after a decade of hiatus since the release of their 2013 third full-length, Viennese symphonic extreme metal band Obsidian Chamber (the name is based on the Mayan mythology, which describes a […]
With release of their debut album Nocturnes and Requiems in 2017, Witherfall entered the metal scene with skill you’d expect from experienced gentlemen associated with Iced Earth, Sanctuary, White Wizzard etc., but what they have […]
The Heretic started as a solo project of Stephan Larsen (who’s responsible for all the guitars, bass, vocal, drum programming) in 2020. However the idea for this project has been in the making for years. […]
This particular Split, by its very nature, consists of two halves, and hence will be divided into its constituent parts as part of this scribble. The first half I will be delving into will be […]
Cachot d’Effroi (French for Dread Dungeon) is a Raw Black Metal solo act, one that I am having quite a bit of trouble finding any information regarding. What I have been able to dig up […]
Ergot De Seigle, aside from being a type of fungus, apparently one that can create entire forests of itself is, as of 2022, also a Raw Black Metal solo-project hailing from my beloved France. So […]
Demonist is a French old-school Death Metal trio who, by their own admission, strive to keep alive the standard set by mid-era Morbid Angel. This has so far been done through a Single that earlier […]
The commercial heyday for Sinner and L.A. Guns may have been in the 80’s, but their respective members Michael Sweet and Tracii Guns, have been rather prolific with several projects during a course of past […]
Tool press photo: Travis-Shinn (Photographers were banned from Tool’s Copenhell show) The progressive royalties are still out there supporting their latest album Fear Inoculum, which came out almost five years ago. Perhaps the fact that […]
Photo: Goran www.urbanmescalero.com Previous day at Copenhell we got to see Biohazard and then we were treated by another New York City Hard Core band, Madball. Heaving its roots in late 80’s the band was […]
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com 15 years have passed since pivotal release Wide Awake from Australian progressive metal band Karnivool and more than ten years have passed since the release of their latest album. But it’s not […]
Photo: Goran www.urbanmescalero.com Some decade ago Robb Flynn decided that Machine Head will not be playing festivals anymore because he didn’t really like them. But then something happened, and Machine Head recently started playing festivals […]