I’ve never heard of Margem Sul before. Initially, I assumed it was some sort of Lord of the Rings reference, but it turns out to be much closer to Lisbon than Mordor. It’s definitely in […]
Chilean-based Iron Blood and Death Corporation provided us with another high quality release. This time it’s with their countrymen from Deconsekrated. The band, which consists of; Gûl Evokator (vocals), Fides Naash (bass), Agorh Skullptor (guitars) […]
Enter the big game. Tropic Santos formed in Milan, Italy 2018. The instrumental group bring varied influences, a psychedelic / stoner band, a post-punk hardcore outfit and an experimental lo-fi band. The three coalesce into […]
It might not be the best, but this is surely one of the most exciting pieces of music I’ve heard in a long time. Located in Skåne, Sweden, Tusenårseken (translates to; a thousand-year-old oak) is […]
Originally founded in 1992 in the German capital (Berlin), Drowned recently released just their second full-length entitled Procul His. It arrives ten years after its 2014 predecessor, first full-length Idola Specus. Before you now think […]
Honestly, my boss really did not have to try hard to sell this record to me. I believe I discovered as much as the primary artist behind this project was of Darkenhöld fame (another French […]
Lilla Veneda is an extreme metal band from Wrocław, Poland. The band took the name from one of the most famous Polish romantic tragedies ‘Lilla Weneda’ written by Juliusz Slowacki. Now, this unholy Polish trio, […]
A long unending slog sifting through albums to review. It’s a good problem to have. It’s even better when the band is unsigned, free agents. Very little to go on, Nashville and stoner rock was […]
Out of Tampa, Florida, comes Hope Darling. I’m tempted to put a comma there, but the band members didn’t, so I guess I can’t. Oh, well. We’re not here to critique band names or the […]
Diabeł Boruta is a character from Polish mythology, folklore and literature, associated with the Polish town of Łęczyca. Meanwhile it is also a moniker for a Rzeszów-based quartet consisting of following members; Paweł Leniart (bass […]
Back in 2018 when British legends released Firepower it seemed as if the album might be their final. With K. K. Downing out of the band and Glenn Tipton not being part of the band’s […]
Griffon is a French Black Metal quartet with, so far twelve years underneath their collective belts, spread across an EP, a Split, a Collaboration and three Full-length releases – And while I will admit that […]
Adversvm is a German doom metal band, founded in 2015, which currently consists of Sascha Borchard (guitar/vocals), Fabian Guschlbauer (guitar), Jörg Uken (drums) and Don Zaros (keyboards). In 2023 this quartet released their highly anticipated […]
I’m sorry that I just recently have discovered this album, released in early summer last year. What we have here is the third full-length album from US-death metallers Torture Rack. It arrived five years since […]
26 years into their career, the kings of Norwegian death metal, Blood Red Throne celebrate with the release of their eleventh studio album entitled Nonagon. It arrives three years after this hard-hitting Norwegian quintet released […]
Nemoreus is a six-member Austrian folk-metal band consisting of; Fabian Zechmeister (vocals, bouzouki & flutes), Kai Auer (guitar), Stefan Hochegger (guitar), Maike Fink (violin), Stefan Jerabek (bass) & Adrian Weiss (drums). The band is not […]
Tomáš Kohout is responsible for churning of the most demented riffs in Czech Republic’ black metal history, as evidenced by his work in Master’s Hammer. However, a lot of people are not aware of his […]
Released on Halloween 2023, Tales From Death is latest album by Belgium one-man project going under the moniker of Horrorwish. It comes as a follow-up to his 2020 debut album No Place To Hide. The […]
In a classic example of not planning ahead properly, I can now sit down and review the first ever release from Swedish Death/Black Metallers In Battle – The band whose ‘second’ ever release I was […]
Alone the idea of a supergroup consisting of Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian was enough to create plenty of buzz around in the world of rock music even before Black Country […]
Heavy music being produced in Poland is something I am always fond of so I was exited when I saw another metal release from Poland landed at my doorstep. Ethelyn is no exception, as they […]
In Battle is/was a Swedish Black/Death Metal quartet, one that was/is active from 1996 up to the year 2008 where it was apparently put on hold for an unforeseeable amount of time. In the twelve […]
Hell Eternal, for those of you familiar with the early to late ninteties Black Metal scene in Sweden will no doubt be a name you have heard before – Being, as it is, the third […]
Nidafjällen, much like the band I reviewed earlier in the week, seems to be somewhat of a recluse online. While I have been able to pick up bits and pieces of information about this Swedish […]
Burgonet, aside from being the name of a rather intricate renaisance helmet dating back to the 16th century and a precursor to a modern version of the combat helmet (much obliged Wikipedia), is now also the […]