Here we go again – time for another supergroup. Sure, the term has been used more than it’s healthy for its own good, but what else do you call a band consisting of current and […]
A few months ago I wrote the review for Chapter One, so I’d recommend going back and reading it first. For those unfamiliar with Nemoreus, I can briefly tell that Nemoreus is a six-member Austrian […]
Since the 1960s, progressive rock has pushed the boundaries of rock n’ roll music to incorporate longer songs, conceptual lyrics and advanced compositions and techniques. Here we have a band that does exactly that, playing […]
Winters Breath is an Austrian (Vienna-based) metal project founded in 2020 and highly influenced by symphonic/progressive black & melodic death metal. ‘There are always stories, Stories not worthy to be told, Stories containing to much […]
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 the […]
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 […]
Morgue (not to be confused with Morgue – a death metal band from Dijon, or Morg – a death metal from Nice) is a death metal powerhouse hailing from France. The horde was founded in […]
Desires Profane is the first full length album by Sweden’s ‘avenging witches of black metal’, going under the moniker of Völva. The powerful trio behind Völva (In Norse mythology the seeress is usually referred to […]
Sometimes it’s just killer album art that knocks me over the edge to give an album a try. A sword thrust in the bleeding sky did the trick. More important, the band describing their influences. […]
Withdraw is the name of a solo project that a Viennese multi-instrumentalist has been pursuing since 2021. Now comes the most interesting part; nine full-length since 2021?! No, it’s not a mistake, it’s an actual […]
Wow, this is something special! I’m talking of this special CD-box sent to me by Stef Kohler, one of the members of the musical gathering called One Velvet Winter. Listening to this 5 CD-box for […]
Obsidian Mantra is a death metal band from Greater Poland, founded in 2014. Recently renewed band’s line-up consists of; Kacper Kajzderski (vocals & bass), Mateusz Witan (guitars) and Mateusz Wróbel (drums). Released just a couple […]
Last year, Tamás Kátai aka Thy Catafalque released the 11th album Alföld and already now he’s ready with the follow-up, entitled XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek. After fairly experimental and of career highlights Vadak […]
As you all might know, one-third of our staff members are originating from the Balkan Peninsula. Despite of the fact that we have been doing this since 2001, it’s not that many Croatian bands we […]
Temple Of Decay is the Black/Death Metal project of Polish/Irish-living multi-instrumentalist Mortt – A project he has founded and refined since 2019. In that time he has produced and released three albums of these one […]
Upon The Altar is a Polish Blackened Death Metal trio, funded half a decade ago – Apparently with the express purpose of wreaking as much havoc as humanly possible (this theory is formed on the […]