31st March 2023
Slegest has, since its forming by ex-Vreid guitarist Stig Ese Eliassen back in 2010, delivered heavy with musical roots in black metal and classic heavy rock from the 70’s and 80’s. In 2013 Slegest signed […]
30th March 2023
Founded around year 700, Ribe is the oldest town, not only in Denmark, but in all of Scandinavia. Apart from this, this small town is also known for its Cathedral built in year 948. Now, […]
29th March 2023
Circle of Chaos is another death metal five-piece crew from the neighbouring Stockholm, Sweden. The band, which consists of; Jimmy Lundberg (Guitars), Mark Negro Villa (Drums), HG Hogström (Guitars), Maël Nagot (Bass) & Per Kolderup […]
28th March 2023
I hate repeating myself every time I have to write a review of some of Darkness Shall Rise Productions box-releases, and this time is no exception. They’ve done it again, or to be more accurate, […]
27th March 2023
Dargor is another black metal band from Poland. Hailing from the town of Krosno, the band is currently a quintet, consisting of; Michał Kustra (lead guitar & vocal), Damian Muszyński (bass & vocal), Michał Socha […]
21st March 2023
Slave Keeper is a five-piece metal band from Poland. It consists of Marta Biernacka (vocals), Piotr Jakubowicz (guitar), Piotr Miećko (guitar), Jakub Orłowski (bass) and Piotr Szalak (drums). On their 2022 debut album entitled Ślad […]
20th March 2023
Just a week ago I had a pleasure to listen to a 2011 EP from a Chicago-based band Deadnight. EP was entitled Riders of the Black Wind and it came three years after their official […]
17th March 2023
TerraSound is a heavy metal formation based in both Greece and Russia. The band is relatively young as it’s been founded in 2020. Currently the band consists of Antonis Kapsalis (Guitars), Thanasis Kakafikas (Guitars) and […]
16th March 2023
Godz Ov War Productions has done it again, released an outstanding debut album from an area of the world that we rarely connect to metal, or even less to the black metal. This time it […]
14th March 2023
Deadnight was forged in the Chicago (Illinois) underground in 2003. In 2008 the band released their official debut entitled Messenger of Death. In 2011 the band unleashed their follow-up, an EP called Riders of the […]
13th March 2023
SubOrbital is a German Technical Death Metal quartet, one that seemingly aims to make music in the vein of late-era Dutch Pestilence – As such the music is (unsurprisingly) very technically demanding, with a heavy […]
9th March 2023
T.O.M.B. (Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers) is a black metal outfit from USA. They’ve been around for over two decades now, continuously challenging and crossing the boundaries of extreme music by crafting together the elements of […]
7th March 2023
Sacrimonia is a symphonic black metal band from Warsaw, Poland. The band is founded in 2015 and current line-up consists of Kamila “Lasaira” Grabowska-Derlatka (vocal), Jakub Zgorzelski (guitar), Mariusz Hausenplas (guitar), R. Przyłuski (bass) and […]
6th March 2023
Bafomet is a traditional black/speed/NWOBHM & punk trio from Saitama, Japan. Originally formed under the Sigil of Baphomet moniker, but one year later renamed to Bafomet. Currently the band consists of Japanese, American and Chilean […]
2nd March 2023
Sulfuric is a hard-hitting trio founded in Halmstad, Sweden in 2021. The trio consists of members of black/death metal band Förnimmelse and a punk/speed metal band Burning Noize Machine. Into the Darkness is their debut […]
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 […]
29th November 2023
Let me begin this review with a disclaimer; there’s absolutely no information on this band on the internet. They don’t even have a website, just an Instagram and Facebook pages with very little information on […]
23rd November 2023
What we have here is a Polish one-man project called Ifryt. Line-up consists of Bartosz ‘Kuna’ Mokry (guitars, bass & drums), which means that all music & lyrics are created by Bartosz ‘Kuna’ Mokry, while […]
