5th June 2024
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 […]
4th June 2024
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 […]
4th June 2024
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 […]
4th June 2024
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 […]
31st May 2024
Following the latest trend of Darkness Shall Rise, Parody Of The Masses is a re-release of a nineties Black Metal classics that somehow dodged the zeitgeit of the period (or, at the very least, I […]
31st May 2024
World anno 2024 is a complex place with lots of era-defining events unfolding right before our eyes. As such, 21st century is big inspiration for artists. Swedish PreHistoric Animals have, unlike the majority, decided to […]
31st May 2024
Following a 21-year hiatus (and some line-up changes) since their last album, UK-industrial metal pioneers Kill II This return with a new album entitled Variant. Earlier in their career they released; Another Cross II Bare […]
30th May 2024
Dea Artio is a one-man atmospheric black metal project from Luftenberg/Upper Austria. It’s founded by a multi-instrumentalist Kevin Kuchlmayr alias Kvein. If his name sounds familiar to you, it’s because he’s also active, as a […]
29th May 2024
Nemoreus is a six-member Austrian folk-metal band consisting of; Fabian Zechmeister (vocals, bouzouki & flutes), Kai Auer (guitar), Stefan Hochegger (guitar), Maike Fink (violin), Stefan Jerabek (bass) & Adrian Weiss (drums). The band is not […]
28th May 2024
Tomáš Kohout is responsible for churning of the most demented riffs in Czech Republic’ black metal history, as evidenced by his work in Master’s Hammer. However, a lot of people are not aware of his […]
27th May 2024
Released on Halloween 2023, Tales From Death is latest album by Belgium one-man project going under the moniker of Horrorwish. It comes as a follow-up to his 2020 debut album No Place To Hide. The […]
24th May 2024
In a classic example of not planning ahead properly, I can now sit down and review the first ever release from Swedish Death/Black Metallers In Battle – The band whose ‘second’ ever release I was […]
22nd May 2024
Alone the idea of a supergroup consisting of Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian was enough to create plenty of buzz around in the world of rock music even before Black Country […]
21st May 2024
Heavy music being produced in Poland is something I am always fond of so I was exited when I saw another metal release from Poland landed at my doorstep. Ethelyn is no exception, as they […]
21st May 2024
In Battle is/was a Swedish Black/Death Metal quartet, one that was/is active from 1996 up to the year 2008 where it was apparently put on hold for an unforeseeable amount of time. In the twelve […]
15th November 2024
Steinras is a Norwegian Black Metal duo, one that I have been having some difficulty finding information regarding. Their official FaceBook account (which is the only source I have been able to dig up with […]
14th November 2024
Released through the extreme-metal’ most friendly label in Europe, Godz Ov War Productions, Extinction Protocol is the debut album from US black/death metallers Primitive Warfare. The band/duo/two agents are; Pu239: (Atomic Matter Battery and Operatic […]
12th November 2024
Where to start with another release from Godz Ov War Productions? There’s no reason to repeat the history of this awesome Polish label, but some of our readers might need an introduction to a band […]
12th November 2024
Breaking out of the legendary London heavy metal scene, Thrasherwolf is the next band to watch on the UK metal scene. Classic, unfiltered 1980s style raw thrash metal. The London quartet fit right into the […]
11th November 2024
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com It’s been marketed and received and a gran return of Dream Theater even though, the only thing that happened is that the band’s drummer and one of founding members, Mike Portnoy has […]
7th November 2024
Midnightmares is a dark and symphonic gothic metal band, formed in the winter of 2023 by the Belgian-Mexican duo; Gio Smet & Mariel Gimeno. Meanwhile, Midnightmares is not just a woman/man project, as other musicians […]
6th November 2024
Nudy is the most recent release from Polish Experimental Speed/Black Metal hybrid band Ifryt – With heavy emphasis on experimental. Having been around since 2017 where their debut Ep was released, the band then went […]
5th November 2024
Founded nearly two decades ago, Corrosive Elements is a French Death/Thrash Metal quintet inspired by the greatest of the great of both of these genres – The band themselves freely admit to taking inspiration from […]
5th November 2024
A few weeks ago, Patrick Kettenmeyer sent me the latest album by Kraton. The most natural and illuminating question to raise is; who’s Kraton then? It’s a five-piece group founded in 2011 and hailing from […]
4th November 2024
Time Lurker is one of those bands that you spin once and they immediately get under your skin – The music resonates with you, it becomes the background music to whatever it is you are […]
