22nd November 2024
Sometimes it’s just killer album art that knocks me over the edge to give an album a try. A sword thrust in the bleeding sky did the trick. More important, the band describing their influences. […]
21st November 2024
Withdraw is the name of a solo project that a Viennese multi-instrumentalist has been pursuing since 2021. Now comes the most interesting part; nine full-length since 2021?! No, it’s not a mistake, it’s an actual […]
20th November 2024
Wow, this is something special! I’m talking of this special CD-box sent to me by Stef Kohler, one of the members of the musical gathering called One Velvet Winter. Listening to this 5 CD-box for […]
19th November 2024
Obsidian Mantra is a death metal band from Greater Poland, founded in 2014. Recently renewed band’s line-up consists of; Kacper Kajzderski (vocals & bass), Mateusz Witan (guitars) and Mateusz Wróbel (drums). Released just a couple […]
19th November 2024
Last year, Tamás Kátai aka Thy Catafalque released the 11th album Alföld and already now he’s ready with the follow-up, entitled XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek. After fairly experimental and of career highlights Vadak […]
18th November 2024
As you all might know, one-third of our staff members are originating from the Balkan Peninsula. Despite of the fact that we have been doing this since 2001, it’s not that many Croatian bands we […]
17th November 2024
Temple Of Decay is the Black/Death Metal project of Polish/Irish-living multi-instrumentalist Mortt – A project he has founded and refined since 2019. In that time he has produced and released three albums of these one […]
16th November 2024
Upon The Altar is a Polish Blackened Death Metal trio, funded half a decade ago – Apparently with the express purpose of wreaking as much havoc as humanly possible (this theory is formed on the […]
15th November 2024
Steinras is a Norwegian Black Metal duo, one that I have been having some difficulty finding information regarding. Their official FaceBook account (which is the only source I have been able to dig up with […]
14th November 2024
Released through the extreme-metal’ most friendly label in Europe, Godz Ov War Productions, Extinction Protocol is the debut album from US black/death metallers Primitive Warfare. The band/duo/two agents are; Pu239: (Atomic Matter Battery and Operatic […]
12th November 2024
Where to start with another release from Godz Ov War Productions? There’s no reason to repeat the history of this awesome Polish label, but some of our readers might need an introduction to a band […]
12th November 2024
Breaking out of the legendary London heavy metal scene, Thrasherwolf is the next band to watch on the UK metal scene. Classic, unfiltered 1980s style raw thrash metal. The London quartet fit right into the […]
7th November 2024
Midnightmares is a dark and symphonic gothic metal band, formed in the winter of 2023 by the Belgian-Mexican duo; Gio Smet & Mariel Gimeno. Meanwhile, Midnightmares is not just a woman/man project, as other musicians […]
6th November 2024
Nudy is the most recent release from Polish Experimental Speed/Black Metal hybrid band Ifryt – With heavy emphasis on experimental. Having been around since 2017 where their debut Ep was released, the band then went […]
5th November 2024
Founded nearly two decades ago, Corrosive Elements is a French Death/Thrash Metal quintet inspired by the greatest of the great of both of these genres – The band themselves freely admit to taking inspiration from […]
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
Archive photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography We concluded the review of Pantera’s 2023 performance at Copenhell festival with the following words: ‘So, is this Pantera? Or is it Pantera celebration? Perhaps it’s both those things at the […]
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 […]
24th January 2025
Interview with Tijmen (songwriter ) & Valerie (vocals) https://www.facebook.com/worldsbeyondofficial/ Worlds Beyond is the symphonic metal sextet from Belgium. The band is currently promoting their second album entitled Rhapsody of Life, on which they continue to […]
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 […]
20th January 2025
Interview with Peggy Smits (vocals) https://www.facebook.com/queenofspadesofficialmusic/ Queen of Spades (QOS) is a Dutch based powerhouse challenging the parameters of what defines Hard Rock music. By bridging the divide between multiple (sub)genres while exploring boundaries of […]
