3rd October 2019
Slow is a Belgium-based duo straight out of my own heart. Not only have they, since their inception as a band back in 2007, slowly progressed into a very atmospheric Funeral Doom Metal act, they […]
25th September 2019
Mallephyr is an interesting act from Czech Republic. The band (featuring members of Panychida) was formed in 2013 and Womb of Worms is their second full-length. The album consists of seven tracks and 38 minutes […]
16th September 2019
It was more than three decades ago that some of us got to hear Night Songs, the debut by Cinderella, which elevated them to stardom, basically off the bat. The band was riding the wave […]
16th September 2019
KoЯn can be defined musically in many ways. Nu metal, alternative metal and some people doesn’t even use the term “metal” when talking about KoRn. Personally, KoЯn has always had a special place in my […]
16th September 2019
Hekata are a Russian death metal band and Ruin is their debut album. I was very exited prior to listening of this album since it’s not very often that we can hear a brutal blend […]
11th September 2019
Two bands, Abigorum & Striborg have decided to release a split album entitled Spectral Shadows. It will not be the first time we write about Striborg, but it will be our first encounter with Russian […]
10th September 2019
Locus Titanic Funus is, like their rather unique name implies, not your average run-of-the-mill band. The Russian quartet, which was founded nine years ago, specializes in themes such as romance, death, sorrow and decay – […]
4th September 2019
Founded in 1985, but broke up in 1996 (with over 500,000 sold records worldwide!), that’s a very short history of the British veteran thrashers Xentrix. One of the most underrated bands in the history of […]
30th August 2019
The previous Tool album came out 13 years ago and while that fact shouldn’t have any effect on expectations for the new album, it’s worth mentioning that that’s before the world knew of smartphones. Chew […]
28th August 2019
Horrorgraphy is a Symphonic Doom Metal band, hailing from Greece. The band came into being two years ago and have so far produced and released a single Fulll-lenght release: Namely, the titular Season of Grief, […]
28th August 2019
Asian death metal is not something that we hear about very often on these latitudes, but now it’s time for a change! The Ungodly Lamentations is a relatively new album by a death metal combo […]
21st August 2019
With a delay of 5 months I’m listening to the new album by Waylander. Ériú’s Wheel arrives seven years after its predecessor Kindred Spirits. In their a quarter-century long career they’ve only released five albums […]
12th August 2019
Ordinul Negru is a Romanian Black Metal quartet with, so far, five years of experience playing together as a band but considerably more if one considers the numerous bands that the four musicians have also […]
7th August 2019
Legendary string wrangler Yngwie Malmsteen needs no further introduction to any metal and rock fan. To call this man a maestro or guitar virtuoso is to state the obvious. This man is an undoubted pioneer, […]
2nd August 2019
Back in 2005 Volbeat released a debut album that was not only a unique piece of work, but also carried all the trademarks of a young hungry band who were acing to unleash their creativity […]
10th November 2022
Houle is a French Melodic Black Metal quintet founded at an unspecified date sometime last year. In their own words, the inspiration behind the band is the ‘grandeur of the ocean’, marking them as a […]
9th November 2022
Blodhemn (means something like ‘vengeance in blood’) is one-man black metal act, a project from Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Invisus. Blodhemn saw the light of night in 2004, and he’s been working tirelessly to further the sound […]
4th November 2022
Five years have passed since the blistering self-titled debut album by Dead Cross – a supergroup consisting of Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle), Dave Lombardo (Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, ex-Slayer), Michael Crain (Retox) and […]
2nd November 2022
16 tracks of extreme metal, released on a Grind To Death Records, a Malmö- (Sweden) located label. Belarus Beaver are also from Sweden, consisting of a duo named; LG Lantz Graffman (vocals, samples) and David […]
26th October 2022
Founded in 2018 Midas are a heavy metal band from Detroit City, USA. A quartet released their self-titled debut E.P. earlier in 2022. It comes after 2020 Demo Tapes. Midas E.P. consists of eight tracks […]
25th October 2022
Attention please; this year’s top symphonic metal release could very well be found here. Symphonity is the brainchild of Czech guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Libor Křivák, assembled in 2006. Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack cames as […]
20th October 2022
A couple of years ago, Spell released Opulent Decay, which saw them dig noticeably deeper into the elements that gave their 70’s inspired psych rock the edge and differentiated them from most other bands inspired […]
17th October 2022
The Damnnation is all-female death metal trio from São Paulo, Brazil. The band comprise vocalist and guitarist Renata Petrelli, bassist Aline Dutchi and drummer Luana Diniz. In 2020 they dropped a four-tracker EP entitled Parasite. […]
14th October 2022
Time flies. A cliché. A fact. Not only has it been well over three decades since Skid Row released their self-titled debut, but eight years have passed since their previous release, which was an EP […]
13th October 2022
Interview with Andi Henke (guitars) https://melancholic-seasons.jimdofree.com/ Melancholic Seasons is a Frankfurt/Main- (Germany) based thrash/death metal trio. The release of their fifth full-length The Crypt Of Time was planned for release already in 2018, but […]