13th February 2025
Rotten music for rotten people?! It’s not like that but it’s pretty dark, nasty and raw. I’m talking of the latest full-length from a death metal trio going under the moniker of Rotpit. The band […]
12th February 2025
Recently, I had an interview with Steven Vrieswijk from Dutch band Klaïton. Apart from the aforementioned Steven Vrieswijk (bass) the band is comprises Gratiën Versijpt (vocals), Erwin Wesdorp (guitars), Stefan Verdoorn (guitars) and Ronald Camonier […]
7th February 2025
The amount of buzz surrounding the return of drummer Mike Portnoy to Dream Theater was colossal, but to understand all the fuss, it’s important to know that Mike Portnoy has always been much more than […]
4th February 2025
Violent Definition is thrash metal quartet from Athens, Greece. The band is comprised of; IronBeast (vocals), Nick P. (guitars), Chris Z. (bass) and Maelstrom (drums). They have been making their brand of thrash noise since […]
31st January 2025
Originally released as split 12‘‘ LP containing 3 songs from the first and only Fessus demo Pilgrims Of Morbidity and 4 songs from Kill The Lord. You can hear the whole split LP below, but […]
30th January 2025
Rheinkaos is founded in 2007 by guitarist Dimitrios B. and vocalist Savaoth, drawing influence from avant-garde pioneers like Dødheimsgard & Ulver, and progressive legends Fates Warning. In 2008, the band self-released their debut demo, featuring […]
29th January 2025
Founded circa 2013, Cryptic Brood are three maniacs hailing from Wolfsburg (Germany), and is comprised of Steffen Brandes (drums & vocals), Michael Lehner (guitars & vocals) and Dennis Butzke (bass & vocals). Yes, you read […]
28th January 2025
It is well known that Poland has an extremely vibrant black metal scene. Another good thing about Polish scene is that you don’t have to choose between quality vs. quantity, as with majority of Polish […]
27th January 2025
Raw metal sounds spewing out of Leeds UK. A crossover throwback. Think golden age of thrash/punk/metal sounds, think Slayer Haunting the Chapel era screeching hellfire conjuring guitar wails, Exodus, Testament, Cro Mags, influenced and reminiscent […]
27th January 2025
6Exhance is Belgium power trio, formed in 2021. It consists of Peter Verdonck (saxophone and screams), David Jean’s Nokerman (guitar and bass effects) and Kjell de Raes (drums). The band have self released their debut […]
23rd January 2025
This is going to be a relatively quick review since we are dealing with four-tracker MCD. But first a few words on the artist; Witchfuck (took their name from the track “Witchfuck” off of the […]
22nd January 2025
Chasing Zeniths is the progressive and symphonic rock brainchild of songwriter, composer and vocalist Carl Kernie. His base is in Seattle, Washington, but his latest project Chasing Zeniths is an international project consisting of 10 […]
21st January 2025
In many ways a love letter to the old-school Black Metal scene of the nineties, German quintet Total Hate sprung into existance a decade after the fact, encompassing straight off the bat, all the things […]
21st January 2025
Rising from the ashes of Manu Armata comes Boneripper, a Dutch metallic hardcore quintet consisting of Eric (guitar), Jeljer (guitar), WD (vocals), Douwe (bass) and Kees-Jan (drums). In the accompanying press that came with this […]
20th January 2025
Old Temple returns to the roots of (in this case a Polish) metal, and with undisguised pride presents next re-release. This time it’s the re-release of Politics, a twelve-tracker sophomore album by Quo Vadis (a […]
18th March 2025
Holy Death is a somewhat legendary Second Wave Black Metal trio, one that started out as a Thrash Metal band called Gladiator in the late nineties, only to embrace – Wholeheartedly I might add – […]
18th March 2025
KIR are a two-piece combo from Kraków, Poland. The band consists of Harvest (vocals) and Ferment (guitars & bass), while Krzysztof Klingbein (session drums) is a guest musician. Like many of their colleagues from Polish […]
17th March 2025
Repugnator is, almost like the name suggests, a Black/Death Metal hybrid, one that can trace its origins to Portugal where all four members of the band reside. They have been playing together for the last […]
17th March 2025
The last time we reviewed a Steven Wilson album was in 2017 when he released To the Bone. Since then, he has released a couple of strong records which, due to their more pop and […]
17th March 2025
In my humble opinion Merciless, from Strängnäs (Sweden), is one of the finest and most underrated death/thrash bands! When it comes to intensity, aggression and speed, there’s almost no other album which can compete to […]
14th March 2025
Bantar is a four piece instrumental prog-rock band from The Netherlands. Following three musicians started up the band; Martijn Weyburg (guitars, bass and keyboards), Frank Weijers (guitars and bass), Marcel van der Graaf (drums), and […]
13th March 2025
From town of Łódź (Poland) hails a melodic doom metal band, Desolate Empyrean. The band is founded in 2018. Since the very formation of the band, this quartet had an intention of creating a music […]
12th March 2025
Hate Them All is a very traditional Polish Black Metal trio, despite that they were formed some twenty years after the original emergence of the genre (being listed as having sprung into creation in 2010). […]
11th March 2025
We have covered Polish extreme bands on numerous occasions on these pages and this time is no exception. Czarna Magia (my limited knowledge of Polish language tells me that it stands for ‘Black Magic’) is […]
10th March 2025
Räum is the brain-child of four talented belgian musicians who spent what seems to be the majority of the COVID-lockdown creating, shaping and honing their own frustrations regarding the emptiness and self-destructive nature of mankind, […]
