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 majority, decided to put […]
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 […]
20th May 2024
Hell Eternal, for those of you familiar with the early to late ninteties Black Metal scene in Sweden will no doubt be a name you have heard before – Being, as it is, the third […]
18th May 2024
Nidafjällen, much like the band I reviewed earlier in the week, seems to be somewhat of a recluse online. While I have been able to pick up bits and pieces of information about this Swedish […]
17th May 2024
Burgonet, aside from being the name of a rather intricate renaisance helmet dating back to the 16th century and a precursor to a modern version of the combat helmet (much obliged Wikipedia), is now also the […]
17th May 2024
The Enduring Spirit is the fourth studio album by Canadian death metal trio Tomb Mold. This seven-tracker album was released through 20 Buck Spin in autumn last year (2023). After releasing three albums in three […]
22nd June 2024
Photo: Goran www.urbanmescalero.com When Slayer played their final concert in 2019 it was clear that band’s guitarist Kerry King was not ready for retirement and that wish to put Slayer to rest was mostly driven […]
22nd June 2024
Photo: Goran www.urbanmescalero.com The opinions on Limp Bizkit are many and they are very different, but regardless of what a typical Copenhell guest might think of the band, it’s likely that most would agree that […]
21st June 2024
Photo: Goran www.urbanmescalero.com Ever since their heyday in the 90’s New York Hard Core originals from Biohazard have been on and off with different line-ups. The classic line-up shortly reunited in late 00’s and then here […]
21st June 2024
Photo: Goran www.urbanmescalero.com Somewhat of a scoop for Copenhell, looking at Mr. Bungle’s significance in 90’s when they released some of the most interesting and revolutionary experimental music. The band cantered around Mike Patton (Faith […]
21st June 2024
Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com (Photographers were banned from Black Sabbath’s Copenhell show) Sadlly Avenged Sevenfold’s career seriously took off after passing of their drummer The Rev. Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy stepped in for recording and of […]
21st June 2024
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com In 2021 Scottish Dvne released Etemen Ænka which ended up being one of the strongest releases of the year and in fact an album that helped define progressive metal in this time […]
20th June 2024
Photo: Goran www.urbanmescalero.com One of the big names at this year’s Copenhell are California’s The Offspring, who haven’t played Copenhagen in a long long time. Off the bat it seems bit illogical that they were […]
20th June 2024
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Corey Taylor had always been a busy man unfolding his creativity in many directions. Ever since Stone Sour was placed on indefinite hiatus, Taylor focused on his solo career, alongside his bread-and-butter Slipknot. […]
13th June 2024
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 […]
12th June 2024
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 […]
