13th November 2015
Yerbadiablo’s second full-length release It Doesn’t Work is probably one of the hardest reviews that I had to write this year, simply because it is not even close to anything that I usually listen to. […]
12th November 2015
As you can no doubt ascertain from the two lines above, Slaughtering the Faithful is a re-release of the classical third full-length release of American Death Metal act Pessimist. And as such, I went in […]
10th November 2015
A couple of years ago I’ve already presented you with this hard-hitting project named Glaukom Synod. Now, it’s time to write a few words on this French guy’s 13th release, a 2014 Promo CD entitled […]
28th October 2015
Norway has always been known for its strong and ever progressing black metal scene. The latest arrival to this flourishing scene is the band named Blot (‘Blood’). It is a first proper full-length album from […]
24th October 2015
Aeons of Ashes (AoA) is a realtively newly-formed quintet from St. Pölten, Austria. Founded in 2013 AoA features ex. members of renowned Austrian metal acts such as Trashcanned, Epsilon and Desiccated. Shutdown is their debut […]
24th October 2015
The more I dabble with the French Black Metal scene, the more golden nuggets just seem to almost throw themselves at me. The newest great discovery (or rather, the newest band kindly provided to me) […]
19th October 2015
Bremen-based Hardcore act Watch Out Stampede (a band that is notoriously difficult to learn anything about) has, at some point during this year, released their full-length album Tides. It contains a grand total of eleven […]
19th October 2015
I recent times my eyes have begun opening upto the wonders of the French Black Metal scene, which, I discover more and more, is not only a lot bigger than I first anticipated; it is […]
14th October 2015
BWP stands for Bad Weather Project, and it is an Italian quartet who finds its roots in grunge, early 90s heavy metal and post-rock. Stormriders is their latest release, a 9-tracker album released on their […]
13th October 2015
US-based trio Sathanas are no strangers to the world. Having been around since 1988, they have had a good, long time to perfect their own style of heavily Black Metal-influenced Death Metal. From what I […]
13th October 2015
If there is one thing I enjoy when it comes to advertising, it is simplicity. And that certainly played a part when Bato kindly sent me XV – Greatest Hits. XV refers to the release […]
9th October 2015
This band was exceedingly hard to crack, as far as forming an opinion about them was concerned. Sure, I listened to Rest in Hell (their debut album) several times, but I like to do a […]
9th October 2015
If one thing is painfully obvious about the Italians it is this: When it comes to creativity and mixing the genres, I get the feeling that they are damn near the world champions. Insane Therapy […]
7th October 2015
Chaos Engine Research has managed to create something very few bands can these days: Something as rare as a concept album where every single one of the twelve tracks present on it go together to […]
6th October 2015
Tony Mills is an English rock singer, best known for his work with Shy and TNT. Over My Dead Body is inspired by his new conscience, a vision stroke reached after his heart attack, and […]
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 – […]
7th September 2019
Interview with Tobias Ernst & Peter Lehmkuhl www.ambersband.de Ambers are a fresh breeze of metalcore straight from Germany! They manage to combine their energy with the necessary lightness and directness through excellent songwriting. With Ambers […]
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 […]
11th August 2019
Photo: Goran www.facebook.com/UrbanMescaleroPhotography It has been quiet when it comes to new music from King Diamond and not just the band, but King Diamond the man himself. But now there seems to be happening quite […]
