23rd December 2023
Vholdghast is a Swedish Black/Death Metal duo, one that seemingly sprung into existence just above twenty years ago. The brains behind the band is most certainly neither strangers to the professional Metal scene, having played […]
22nd December 2023
Just recently we have presented our readers to a Swedish band Siebenbürgen here. Now, the same label, Darkness Shall Rise Productions, is re-releasing their second album, a 10-tracker entitled Grimjaur, originally released via Napalm Records […]
21st December 2023
Deathbed is a Chilean oldschool-inspired Death Metal five-piece, in the vein of many of the great bands of old – From what I can gather, they seem to be gathering quite a substancial amount of […]
20th December 2023
Black Goat is a tried-and-true Second Wave Black Metal, originally having their inception back in 1999 where they released their self-titled EP. They then went into hiatus for the better part of a decade before […]
20th December 2023
Hegeroth is a Poland-based duo consisting of Bila (vocals & drums) and Bene (guitars & bass). They gathered together in 2010 as a six-piece band, but step by step they disintegrated to a two. The […]
19th December 2023
German-based Darkness Shall Rise Productions has specialized in re-releasing some of the old and hidden metal gems, something most of us didn’t even know of its existence. The same happen with the debut album from […]
18th December 2023
Necropolissebeht is something as rare as an international Black/Death Metal act consisting of members from both Canada and Germany – A combination I will be honest and admit that I have never come across before. […]
14th December 2023
Holy smoke! It’s just getting better and better with Darkness Shall Rise and their releases. This time is no exception, as we’re dealing here with mighty Immortal. In a time when Death Metal was the […]
13th December 2023
Imagine a study project come to life. That’s exactly what happened here, as Kaamosmasennus is one-man-project founded in 2018 by French multi-instrumentalist Julien J. Neuville’s (Salaman Isku) academic research work on Finnish Funeral Doom Metal […]
13th December 2023
The first two songs, catchy heavy rock, the third song, “The Dagger” is an instant regular rotation song. The vocalist’s style is a union of Stevie Nicks and Glenn Danzig, soulful and dark. “Inquisitors of […]
11th December 2023
For you reading this, still unfamiliar with this band, let’s start with a little introduction. Le Morte (‘The Dead’ in French) is a two-men band hailing from Richmond, Virginia (USA). The band consists of Nathaniel […]
6th December 2023
Here, at the end of the year, in quite literally the darkest month, where I have already sent in to my superiors my list of the best releases of the year – Here, right at […]
1st December 2023
In 2018 W.A.S.P. released the re-recorded version of their 1993 masterpiece The Crimson Idol entitled ReIdolized (The Soundtrack to the Crimson Idol). The main reason for this move seemed to be the copyright issue with […]
1st December 2023
Despite their rather typical approach to classic heavy metal with symphonic and progressive elements, Eldritch, always had the edge to them, which made them stand out from the endless line of similar bands. Many of […]
30th November 2023
Mourning Dawn is a French Black/Death Metal trio that I personally have been lightly stalking since the release of their Waste EP back in 2017. I remember commenting back then about how the EP was […]
23rd April 2024
Horns is a Polish black metal quartet founded in 2014 in Zielona Góra. Recently, the band released their long-awaited third studio album titled Oświecenie (eng. Enlightenment). Current line-up of the band contains of Hesgal (vocals), […]
23rd April 2024
Coming out just as the pandemic basically snoozed the world, Dool were unlucky with their previous album, Summerland. Well unlucky because they had their absolute career highlight on their hands and one of the strongest […]
22nd April 2024
The Norwegian band hit the absolute bullseye with their third album Ænigma in 2013 and since then they have released only one more album. 2018 Currents was a really good record, but it never matched […]
22nd April 2024
Sacrum Funeral is a materialization of the funeral psalms, released by a Polish horde going under the moniker of Cultum Interium. The 12″ vinyl was released at the end of 2023, in a collaboration with […]
21st April 2024
Hulder manages to tick off most of the points I seem to have been talking about for years now about what makes a truly great band. It is a solo act (meaning that there is […]
20th April 2024
Jours Pâles is a French Black Metal duo, one that I have had the pleasure of following since their inception back in 2019; At the time known as Asphodèle, a Post-Black Metal act – The […]
20th April 2024
With their previous release Etemen Ænka, Scottish Dvne, not only released the strongest album of their career, but also one of the strongest albums of 2021. Their bland of Post and Progressive Metal as well […]
19th April 2024
Heavy, meaty grooves. The first track “A.I.” is right out of the Black Sabbath heavy metal forge. Sparks of Orange Goblin and Nebula mixed in the metal alchemy. A slow, sludge, pumping mechanical drumbeats. A […]
19th April 2024
CAB (Christopher Augustino Botolon) is a solo artist Detriot, USA. CAB is basically an old school seasoned drummer/percussionist from Detroit, who’s been around including playing L.A. music scene 1982-1989, then returned home to Detroit in […]
18th April 2024
The British Doom Metal legends released their previous album The Ghost of Orion just days before the pandemic paralyzed the world in 2020. It was an important album for the band, because it came out after five […]
