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 […]
5th November 2024
A few weeks ago, Patrick Kettenmeyer sent me the latest album by Kraton. The most natural and illuminating question to raise is; who’s Kraton then? It’s a five-piece group founded in 2011 and hailing from […]
4th November 2024
Time Lurker is one of those bands that you spin once and they immediately get under your skin – The music resonates with you, it becomes the background music to whatever it is you are […]
4th November 2024
Hereby the latest review of the older material, before we move to the latest arrivals from Godz ov War. I don’t know about you dear readers, but when I hear about a new release from […]
30th October 2024
From Trondheim (Norway) hails a melodic death/thrash/heavy metal band, Paradogmata. Founded in 2018 the band currently consists of Frank Bokseth (vocals), Per Andre Haarberg (guitar), Svein Havard Ruoy (bass) and Bo Dods Anders Vist (drums). […]
29th October 2024
For some reason I first received this CD recently, more than two years after its release?! It should not prevent me of writing a few words about it. Straight from the unofficial Polish capital of […]
29th October 2024
Another self-released album. 2024 has been possibly the best year for self-released albums I can think of, and that’s a good thing. Record labels have their benefits, I know I worked for a few back […]
27th October 2024
Svartelder (Norwegian for ‘Black/Dark Elder’) is a Norwegian Second Wave Black Metal trio originally conceived at the tail end of the original Second Wave, back in 2005. Despite putting nothing (that I could dig up […]
25th October 2024
Part of Frontiers Records’ strategy is creating these supergroups, mostly consisting of artist from their own label. Just think of Revolution Saints (Journey, The Dead Daisies, Whitesnake) or Sunbomb (L.A. Guns, Stryper). And the undisputed […]
24th October 2024
Initially released independently in 2020, Ziemie Jałowe (translates to ‘Barren Lands’) is the first EP by the Polish unholy trio from Zmarłym. Ziemie Jałowe got re-released by Godz Ov War Productions, the same label that […]
23rd October 2024
It’s not often we feature metal bands from Asia. Today we make an exception with a proming young band that won ‘Wacken Metal Battle India 2022’, and represented India at ‘Wacken Open Air 2022’. The […]
17th October 2024
1000mods have over the years become an established underground Stoner Rock/Metal name in Europe, with especially their last couple of albums resonating with a somewhat broader audience, earning them spots at some major festivals. Their previous […]
16th October 2024
Sordide is a French Black Metal trioe that has recently pierced the veil into their second decade of existance, gracing the world with five Full-length records since their inception back in 2013. These were released […]
16th October 2024
Heavy metal bands from the early 70s (Black Sabbath) to nowadays’ numerous, death metal acts in particular, have always had this fascination for a horror and gore movies. Here’s also where Fulci comes in, named […]
15th October 2024
Bay Area thrash/death metal quartet Laceration have launched their sophomore full-length entitled I Erode. It comes three years after the release of their debut LP, Demise from 2021. Despite of the fact that this is […]
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 […]
17th January 2025
To be honest I find most of one-man acts to be boring and uninspiring. Therefore my expectations towards another one-man project were pretty low. Luckily, to times we get surprised and it’s exactly what I […]
16th January 2025
Yet another example, here at the start of the new year, of a band that is just up my proverbial alley that somehow managed to go completely undetected by me and my clearly defective musical […]
16th January 2025
Alex from Tonnen von Hall sent me this brand-new 8-Panel Digipak CD for review. It is with great pleasure to present you to this Berlin formation going under the moniker of Tonnen von Hall. It […]
15th January 2025
Never before did I had to do a review of a material that is 14 years old, while having almost no information about the act, nevertheless that’s exactly the case with Hell’s Death Metal. It’s […]
14th January 2025
Released exactly a month ago via ‘Running Wild Productions’, For the Loud and the Aggressive (10 Year Anniversary Edition) is the re-release of Morbid Strike’ debut album supplemented with a cover version of Tankard’s “Zombie […]
13th January 2025
In 2020, we stated the following in the review of the band’s previous album: “With ‘Fistful of Fire’ they not only released their strongest release in a long time, but anno 2020 they stand firmly […]
13th January 2025
Anyone who had followed my writing for the past two decades will know that I’m a big worshipper of a thrash metal. Little can surprise me after listening for, thrash metal in particular, for more […]
11th January 2025
If I were to say one thing about the record label Darkness Shall Rise, it would be that they have an almost uncanny ability to find, acquire the rights to, and re-release somehow overlooked gems […]
10th January 2025
Fessus is an Austrian Death Metal quartet of unknown heritage, so to speak – The only thing I have been able to ascertain with some certainty is that their inception is at the latest somewhere […]
