25th August 2021
Extreme metal from Poland, what’s not to like? Hell’s Coronation is black-doom two-piece, founded in 2016 by Coffincrusher and Zepar, formerly known for their work in Deadthorn and Nekkrofukk. In the following couple of years […]
24th August 2021
Formed in 2014, Electric Haze is a four-piece Swedish band. The band consists of lead vocalist Anton Ekstrom, guitarist Tommy Toya, bassist Andre Ekstrom and drummer Yuppie Anderson. Soon after the formation of the band, […]
12th August 2021
<code> are a very unique UK-based black metal quartet originally founded in 1998 as Seasonal Code, and since 2002 under this name. Flyblown Prince is fifth album from this legendary experimental extremists band. Flyblown Prince […]
11th August 2021
Not just this particular release, but many others too, have suffered from my latest absence. To try to get back on track I’ve picked this short EP from a German (North Rhine-Westphalia) quartet named Helltrail. […]
30th June 2021
Looking past black metal genre and its qualities, something exciting occurs when extreme metal (black, doom, death metal) artists venture into unrelated genres. Some artists such as Emptiness, Anathema and Manes have over the years […]
22nd June 2021
Sordide (which means ‘Filthy’ in French, as far as Google Translate tells me) is a Black Metal trio that proved to be somewhat difficult to dig up information about. Not as difficult as, say Istina […]
18th June 2021
The self-titled album by German power metal legends Helloween is perhaps the most anticipated metal release of 2021. And rightfully so. In order to understand the magnitude of this release, we’ll start off by trying […]
16th June 2021
Maldoror’s Metamorphosis is a debut album by a Spanish black metal duo going under the moniker, No Life Code. The band consists of J. Nefarious (multi-instrumentalist) and M. Berserk (vocalist), noth ‘well-known from Spanish underground […]
12th June 2021
Black Sun Brotherhood are the mighty maniacs hailin from Sarpsborg, Norway. At the end of 2020 this extreme metal band released their full-length debut entitled God & Beast. The album contains 11 tracks of pure, […]
9th June 2021
Traumasphere is, or should I say was, a death metal band from France. It’s has been formed as a duo between Ivan Sikic (vocals, guitars and bass) and Guillaume (drums and keyboards). After releasing their […]
8th June 2021
Mortes Fables is the last recording of the French band Ossuaire, initially released as a MCD (2010) and now rematerialized on a black tape with sticker and pro cover. What you get on this tape […]
7th June 2021
Åskog (pronounced as “oah-skoog”) is a newly formed (2020) black metal duo hailing from Vänersborg, Sweden. Varþnaþer is their debut full-length containing eight tracks. Varþnaþer follows their 2020 Demo EP entitled Varg. On this debut […]
1st June 2021
Yet our fortunate ears can already lay claim to a flood of top notch techdeath releases. We’ve heard Gojira exploding into our spring with Fortitude, greeted new tracks from Vilthjarta, and Cannibal Corpse have offered […]
27th May 2021
I believe most regular readers of our webzine are already familiar with a Feradur band since we’ve also conducted a short interview with the band prior to the release of this new EP. For those […]
25th May 2021
Recording cover songs was for decades a rare occasion, but then with the rise of digital music platforms and social media, it seems that there isn’t a song out there that hasn’t been covered in […]
14th August 2023
Ceremonies, we’ve all sojourned the experience. Decrees in harmony and valedictions to the lost. All of us have been bound together by an infinite unity, where all of our stationed emotions inevitably become fugitive to […]
9th August 2023
Oïkoumen which is a metal band from Paris, France founded in 2017. The band was founded in 2017 by Elie Veux (guitars & composition) and Laura Mazard (vocals & lyrics). Then Yael Febvray joined in […]
7th August 2023
Misanthropik Torment is a solo project of Erik Leviathan who’s responsible for all music, vocals, lyrics etc. He’s based in Lexington, Kentucky and The Leviathan is his six-tracker EP released in 2021 on his own […]
4th August 2023
Vredensdal (translates to ‘Valley of Wrath’ in Danish) is a black metal trio founded in 2018 by Goblin Reaper in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Current line-up is like this; Goblin Reaper (guitar & vocals), Myrvandrer (bass) […]
3rd August 2023
Old Forest is an unholy trio from United Kingdom. The original line-up of the band consists of Kobold (ethereal synths & chants), Beleth (guitars & bass) and Grond (drums). A few months ago they released […]
2nd August 2023
I was absent for a month due to my summer vacation, but as soon as I came back home, I noticed that the brand-new Deicide 4-Tape Box has arrived. It’s sent to me by Denny […]
24th July 2023
Heaving Earth is a Czech Death Metal quartet that, unsurprisingly since they have taken their band name from a popular Morbid Angel song, strives to keep the old school approach to the genre alive and […]
19th July 2023
The 2021 debut by German heavy metal outfit The Night Eternal came out in that pandemic vacuum, and it was one of those albums that really stood out in the somewhat clogged genre, without it […]
29th June 2023
Vadak the previous album by Hungarian Thy Catafalque saw the band’s only principal member Tamás Kátai created one of his most ambitious albums and certainly one of the strongest albums of the band’s career. With […]
20th June 2023
I remember writing a review of Lumsk’ previous album Det Vilde Kor while our webzine was on another platform. It was 16 years ago, since the release of Det Vilde Kor. This Norwegian progressive/neo folk-inflected/Viking/psychedelic/metal […]