15th December 2015
raunijaR is the eight full-length album from the Norwegian Black Metal quartet Helheim. And, as soem of the more observant of you might have gleaned, yes, they draw a lot of inspiration, both lyrically and […]
11th December 2015
Latvian Folk Metal quartet Varang Nord released their second full-length album less than a week ago. And I must admit that, despite not having even heard about them prior to spinning this record, I quickly […]
10th December 2015
For thirteen years the German trio Valborg have been refining, honing and other big, fancy words for developing their own style of Doom Metal (which can best be described as a bit Progressive – Although […]
8th December 2015
It has been a while since I got my hands on a decent Gothic Metal album. Not that I am complaining, Zoka is far better versed within this genre, and is by far better both […]
4th December 2015
Founded in 2005 Against The Plagues is a five-piece extreme metal band from Chicago, Illinois. They started under the moniker Against, but after only few months they changed their name to Against The Plagues. Purified […]
3rd December 2015
Party Animals is the moniker for this Sleaze Rock band from Udine (Italy). Party Animals is one of these bands that play digestible and listenable party rock ‘n’ roll that is suprisingly fresh and entertaining. […]
30th November 2015
This Italian band has been around for a while now, but I only discovered them eight year ago when they release their seventh album Blackday. Since then the band had some less productive years, but […]
30th November 2015
Vanity Blvd is a Swedish female-fronted sleaze/glam/hard-rock quartet, formed in the city of Avesta in 2005. The band released its debut CD in 2008 entitled Rock ‘n’ Roll Overdose. Wicked Temptation is band’s long-awaited and […]
28th November 2015
Days Of Loss is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Vienna, Austria. The band was founded already in the mid-90s and have a few very succesfull releases in its discography. The latest arrival is a […]
27th November 2015
Recently I have had my eyes opened up for the massive efficiency and great sound that, apparently, almost any French Black Metal band is capable of producing. So when Bato sent me the self-released debut […]
25th November 2015
ReSolve is five-piece metal band from Den Haag (The Hague) The Netherlands, formed by current drummer (Gregory van der Hoeven) and guitarist/vocalist (Lennert Kemper) in 2010. The main idea was to make the music they […]
22nd November 2015
Despite having released it as their self-titled album, Kali Yuga is in fact, as opposed to tradition, not their debut album, but instead their third full-length release. And what does this mean for us, the […]
21st November 2015
Ukranian Melodic Death Metallers Red Hills released their debut album entitled Pleasure of Destruction. While it is, technically, their debut album, it also doubles as a Demo of sorts (due to its fairly short running […]
16th November 2015
Vera Euridice is a young metal formation from the italian speaking part of Switzerland. You can almost consider it an Italian band with everything it implies. First, these guys sing in Italian and they are […]
14th November 2015
Dysylumn is a French Black and Death Metal duet, one that has been around since the year 2010. While I cannot seem to find any significantly long list of bands that the two musicians have […]
14th October 2019
Maïeutiste is a French Black and Doom Metal quartet, one that has taken a very progressive approach to both of the before-mentioned genres while at the same time fusing them together. They have done so […]
10th October 2019
Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Things have been happening fast in Machine Head camp lately. After last year’s nearly catastrophic album Catharsis, the band, who’s basically incapable of playing a bad gig, played one of the […]
8th October 2019
Two decades since the release of their debut album, Lacuna Coil have established themselves as an act that of an international format and solid dose of commercial success. After a few years when they seriously […]
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 […]
26th September 2019
Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotographytab)”>www.urbanmescalero.com It’s somewhat odd situation when the band is booked to play a venue that is clearly too big for them. The flexibility of Copenhagen’s Royal Arena is impressive, but even closing the […]
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 […]
23rd September 2019
Interview with Nigrum Amnis Silvam www.facebook.com/Mysthicon Mysthicon are a relatively new Polish black/death metal project, formed in 2015 AD by Vader, Lux Occulta, Hate and Batushka members. On 16th July 2019 they released a debut […]
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 […]
