18th February 2024
Now if there is one thing I have learned over the years it is the fact that the Polish do nothing half-assed – If they set out to, for instance, create a Death Metal album, […]
17th February 2024
Cruel Force is, by both their own admission and that of their label, a German Blackened Death Metal quartet heavily inspired by the First Wave Of Black Metal (which, by and large, were Thrash Metal […]
13th February 2024
Insepulto is a Costa Rican-based Oldschool Death Metal duo with theoretically quite a few years under their belt – The original incarnation of the band draws roots back more than thirty years from what I […]
12th February 2024
The nautical theme grabbed my interest. An instrumental album, atmospheric soundscape / metal hybrid. Most heavy metal themes revolve around witches, apocalypse, and monsters. The Swiss quintet’s debut album is a six-song set covering nearly […]
8th February 2024
What we got here is a relatively newly released split-tape containing the music from two brutal bands from Finland. It’s been released via French-based Nihilistic Holocaust Records, which is now established as a one of […]
6th February 2024
With the release of a double MC entitled The Secrets Of The Black Arts (Reissue), Darkness Shall Rise Productions has now re-released most of the early recordings from leading Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral. […]
5th February 2024
In Vain’s Back to Nowhere is their sixth release, a first of their song sets for this metal fan. A fine rock n roll cocktail of power metal, speed, and thrash, a sonic assault. The […]
5th February 2024
Dwall is a six-piece act from the Norewgian capital, Oslo. The band was founded in 2014, and the current line-up consists of Stian Hammer (bass), Anders Johnsen (drums), Eigil Dragvik (guitar), Rikke Karlsen (guitar), Siri […]
3rd February 2024
Harvest Gulgatha is a US-based Black/Death Metal trio who, despite being a bit late to the proverbial party (having seen their inception in 2012) nevertheless have so far managed to release two Full-length releases, one […]
2nd February 2024
A little late to the party, I finally managed to get my hands on the record Ecclesia Gnostica (‘The Church Of Gnosis’, a Christian church based in the US), the debut Full-length record from Paris-based […]
30th January 2024
See, this is something really special, an untraditional and alternative piece of music, rather a timeless poetry! I’m talking about Aalborg, Danish based post-metal/post-hardcore/blackgaze quartet going under the moniker of Vægtløs. For those of you […]
17th January 2024
Richard Baboun (Guitars) was kind to send me his band’ debut album in CD format for review. The moniker of his band is Fæded Reality, and they’re playing Heavy & Thrash Metal. Apart from Richard, […]
16th January 2024
Bafomet (Formerly knows as Sigil of Baphomet) is a Japanese Black & Speed Metal horde, founded in 2015. The band is comprising of Noctisadistum, Vladphemer and Branded Rebel. The unholy trio is ready to unleash […]
15th January 2024
Madder Mortem is a Norwegian band that was founded back in 1993 under the moniker of Mystery Tribe. The band currently consists of Agnete M. Kirkevaag (Vocals), BP M. Kirkevaag (Guitar & Vocals), Anders Langberg […]
12th January 2024
Carnal Tomb is hailing from German capital Berlin. The band was founded almost ten years ago with an idea to play the sort of metal they like the most; old-school death metal. Currently, the band’s […]
26th July 2024
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. […]
23rd July 2024
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 […]
14th July 2024
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 […]
13th July 2024
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 […]
11th July 2024
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 […]
10th July 2024
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 […]
24th June 2024
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 […]
23rd June 2024
Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography 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 […]
23rd June 2024
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com 15 years have passed since the 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 […]
22nd June 2024
Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography 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 […]
