It’s a bit late that I present you with another killer release from Darkness Shall Rise Productions. It’s due to the fact that I received this CD relatively late (since its release in summer of […]

Italy’s Bedsore (formed in 2018) finds the perfect balance of ’70’s prog and death metal on their sophomore album entitled Dreaming The Strife For Love. The album, released via 20 Buck Spin, consists of six […]

Peacemaker is a Polish hardcore/grindcore/sludge/death metal band founded in 1996 in town of Rawicz. Since 1998 they’ve been known under this moniker, and been active for over a quarter of a century now. Current line-up […]

We have covered Polish extreme bands on numerous occasions on these pages and this time is no exception. Czarna Magia (my limited knowledge of Polish language tells me that it stands for ‘Black Magic’) is […]

From town of Łódź (Poland) hails a melodic doom metal band, Desolate Empyrean. The band is founded in 2018. Since the very formation of the band, this quartet had an intention of creating a music […]

Bantar is a four piece instrumental prog-rock band from The Netherlands. Following three musicians started up the band; Martijn Weyburg (guitars, bass and keyboards), Frank Weijers (guitars and bass), Marcel van der Graaf (drums), and […]

In my humble opinion Merciless, from Strängnäs (Sweden), is one of the finest and most underrated death/thrash bands! When it comes to intensity, aggression and speed, there’s almost no other album which can compete to […]

KIR are a two-piece combo from Kraków, Poland. The band consists of Harvest (vocals) and Ferment (guitars & bass), while Krzysztof Klingbein (session drums) is a guest musician. Like many of their colleagues from Polish […]

First I would like to apologize for this late review of the material released back in 2023, but it’s not all due to my laziness, as this CD landed relatively late at my doorstep. I’m […]