2nd October 2020
In Cauda Venenum is a French Post-Black Metal trio that has been active for the last decade, as of 2020. In that time they have released their self-titled Full-length album and a Split album with […]
1st October 2020
Deftones’ ninth album marks the first time since the 2003’s self-titled that a Deftones album is produced by the very man who established the band’s sound back in the day, Terry Date. The same man […]
29th September 2020
Over the years, The Ocean Collective has grown from something that resembled a one-man project with revolving doors of band members into that which much more resembles a band, despite the fact that Robin Staps […]
29th September 2020
Prior to this review, I had never heard of either Silure or Feretro. But as always I was open-minded to hear some new music from my old friends from Nihilistic Holocaust. This time they present […]
23rd September 2020
Baume, the Atmospheric Black Metal one-man project from one of the minds behind Cepheide and Rance, are due for another EP release – Only this time, the music and overall approach has shifted slightly, now […]
11th September 2020
Crépuscule d’Hiver is, as far as I can tell, a fairly new medieval-styled Black Metal band, hailing from my beloved France (and, as such, I am afraid that I will have to admit that I […]
11th September 2020
Each generation has their “shock-rocker” who crossed it over to the mainstream, and common for all of these acts is that their shock value wears off with time and someone new comes along and take […]
28th August 2020
Pain Of Salvation’s previous album In the Passing Light of Day from 2017 saw the band return to their heavier sound, which rejoiced significant portion of their fanbase. It’s the portion which had hard time […]
18th August 2020
Nord are the most recent additions to ever growing and fantastic prog rock scene in France. One after another fantastic prog releases were coming from this country, something you couldn’t imagine just 10 years ago. […]
10th August 2020
Bofo Kwo, as one might surmise from the name alone, is quite the interesting band. The band consists of a Finnish trio, one of which is also a weird tales/Sci-Fi writer, having written at least […]
4th August 2020
Romanian Raw Black Metal duo Vokodlok (which is apparently a bastadized version of the word for ‘Werewolf’) reformed two years ago, fifteen years after releasing their latest Full-length album. Inbetween touring Eastern Europe they seem […]
4th August 2020
Despite of being a reviewer for 20 years now I still have the same level of excitement as I did when I was a kid when checking out and for discovering new bands. I’m not […]
29th July 2020
Since half of our staff employees originate from the Balkans, we always get exited to hear from a new and unfamiliar acts from that particular area. Thus, naturally I also got exited this time around […]
24th July 2020
Let me say from the very start that my knowledge of this band from Poland was non-existent prior to the release of this album. I think the majority of the people reading this didn’t know […]
22nd July 2020
Looking back at Haken’s discography, the first thing that comes to mind is that over the course of all their releases, the band has managed to uphold a remarkable quality level. And if that wasn’t […]
17th February 2023
Interview with Angelo Bonaccorso (vocals) https://www.raiderofficial.com/ If there is any genre more unlikely to evolve, it is melodic death metal. But that is exactly what Ontario-based melodic death thrash outfit Raider have done! The […]
16th February 2023
Although released a year and half ago it’s first now that I have the opportunity to listen and review this live album by a Hanover-based (Germany) band Ember Sea. It’s not utterly my fault this […]
15th February 2023
A couple of weeks ago I had a tremendous pleasure to review Venom’s To Hell And Back – 8-tape box. Now, the guys from Darkness Shall Rise Productions, provided me with Destruction’s strictly limited tape […]
15th February 2023
There is something about vocals in music that gives it a whole another dimension. They are more than just another instrument and absence of vocals, for the most part, leaves a grander gap than absence […]
14th February 2023
Last Legion is another hard-hitting combo from neighbouring Malmö, Sweden. The band has been around since 2009, but it’s first now that they release their debut album. The band consists of; Olle Olsson (vocals), Andreas […]
13th February 2023
Vayron is a relatively new death metal formation from France. It features previous members of another French band called Silure. Their first four tracks demo tape is now released by Visceral Circuitry Records, is simply […]
10th February 2023
An Evening With Knives is a post-metal trio from Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The band consists of; Peter van Grunsven (Bass guitar), Jarno van Osch (Drums & samples) and Marco Gelissen (Guitar & vocals). It all […]
8th February 2023
Autophagy, aside of being the scientific description for an organism feeding upon or digesting itself, is also a US-based Death Metal quartet with – At the time of writing, five years worth of experience as […]
8th February 2023
Moonthoth is one-man Black Metal project led by Nocturnal. The moniker for the band refers to the lunar deity Thot/Thoth. It emerged from the depths of murky, vast, Slavic forests of Poland. Actually, already in […]
6th February 2023
For some reason I first saw this CD more than a half year since its release. Nevertheless, here follows my initial thoughts on Ascension, the second full-length album by Belgium black metal horde Serpents Oath. […]
