20th September 2017
Las Casas Viejas is a German-Austrian six-piece that is completely new in this world (founded sometime earlier this year) so you would be forgiven if you, like me, have never even heard of them. Judging […]
20th September 2017
Oversense is a melodic and epic power & heavy metal band from Northern Bavaria, Germany. The band was founded in 2012, releasing their 2014 EP Dreamcatcher. Finally a long-waited debut full-length The Storyteller is here. […]
19th September 2017
Let’s get the ridiculous out of the way. After the success of Myrkur’s debut album M, the (black) metal community went nuts because of Amalie Bruun’s pop-meets-Paradise Hotel past. Ok that’s more than enough about […]
18th September 2017
Just recently I’ve had a pleasure of listening to a true gem from former Yugoslavia (Bosnia & Hercegovina) with a cult black metal act Bombarder. It was their first LP Speed Kill from 1989. This […]
15th September 2017
Metamorphosis is the second time that I have had the pleasure of listening to a release from the Tunisian-based sextet Persona – Which is not all that surprising, considering that this is their second overall album. […]
14th September 2017
Of the two quintets that donated tracks to this Split, Ancst is by a wide margin the most active. Since their inception six years ago, the Berlin-based band has released a staggering sixteen albums (primarily […]
8th September 2017
Wakboth is a Finnish quintet, born and raised in the nineties as a love child of sorts between the rising Second Wave Black Metal scene and the more traditional Punk and Thrash Metal approach (this […]
7th September 2017
Soul Dissolution is, in all its simplicity, a Belgian take on the very melancholic and sometimes even depressive version of Black Metal, that has risen to prominence more and more over the years. The band […]
7th September 2017
There are many similarities between myself and the guys from Bombarder. The band was born in 1986 in Sarajevo, Bosnia/Yugoslavia, the same year when I discovered heavy metal and in the same country as myself. […]
6th September 2017
Going by the numbers I can inform all of you that Terrorkult is a US-based Black Metal duet, which was founded twelve years ago (making their inception year 2005). They celebrated their formation by releasing […]
6th September 2017
Rienaus (finnish for ‘Blasphemy’) was formed in 2009 as a solo project of Mavrofos. Same year he released its first demo, and the following year now a full line-up released a demo entitled Beneath the […]
5th September 2017
It has finally become official: Where Hatred Dwells and Darkness Reigns will be released on 15th of September this year (not November last year as I erroneously stated previously). The previously released single ”The Opposed” […]
4th September 2017
Both Unru and Tongue share several similarities: For one, they are both based in the same town and area of their native Germany; Secondly, they are both playing their own take on the Black Metal […]
28th August 2017
In the course of their first four albums, Leprous have been moving in different directions, with the last two, especially, exploring a more commercial approach. On their fifth album, the shift in this direction is […]
28th August 2017
Otherside by the Australian rockers My Dynamite was released in the beginning of 2016, however it is first recently that I received this CD for review. It comes after the eponymous debut in 2012. Many […]
9th March 2021
In 2017 new progressive metal band released their debut. Well it was a new band, but it consisted of people associated with Iced Earth, Circe II Circle and White Wizzard, so as such this was […]
3rd March 2021
Looking at the cover artwork of Sunnata’s fourth album, there is an undeniable beauty to it as there is a certain grim unease. There is also something grand to it, yet at the same time […]
1st March 2021
Less than a year has passed since the release of their latest album, How We Want To Live? the German instrumental band has just released a six-song EP, whose main characteristics are more focus and […]
1st March 2021
Rotting Kingdom is a Death/Doom Metal quintet from Lexington, Kentucky. With only one self-titled demo/EP prior to their name, the band have released their debut full-length entitled A Deeper Shade Of Sorrow. The album, released […]
26th February 2021
Moonspell have always been a band that was distinctively evolving throughout their almost three-decade long career and were never shy for experimenting. Through it all they managed to maintain the quality of their releases rather […]
24th February 2021
Interview with Michel Strock https://www.facebook.com/FeradurMetal/ Feradur is a melodic death metal band formed in 2006 in Luxembourg. The band’s musical intention is to mix old school death metal with catchy riffs in order to create […]
17th February 2021
Validor is a Greek band founded in 2005 and they’ve released three full length albums since their inception. The band from Athens is labelling its music as ‘Blood Metal’, not a term I’ve come often […]
16th February 2021
Hyrgal is a French Atmosperic Black Metal band, formed back in 2007. Recently the band has been building up considerable momentum with no signs of slowing down – Especially after the release of their second […]
9th February 2021
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of reviewing the debut album of French band Asphodèle, an Atmospheric Black Metal band with a penchant for melancholy – As such, they straight off the […]
9th February 2021
Founded in Peru in 2010, Putrid is a thrash/black/death metal quartet who’re ready to attack all your senses with this sophomore 10-tracker album. The band is responsible for numerous EPs and split projects, as well […]