15th October 2024
Bay Area thrash/death metal quartet Laceration have launched their sophomore full-length entitled I Erode. It comes three years after the release of their debut LP, Demise from 2021. Despite of the fact that this is […]
8th October 2024
For a while now Greek Metal scene, and Prog Metal in particular, has been, a very vibrant with lots of new interesting bands emerging. Some of them also managed to establish themselves amongst the most […]
8th October 2024
Omhuldra is the new album from Tusenårseken (The Thousand Year Oak), a solo project from Sweden, which we have presented on these pages (2023) when Andreas Karlsson (responsible for all the instruments and vocals) released […]
7th October 2024
Special thanks to the Catholic Church in Poland for being an endless source of fucking badass lyrical inspiration for many of the country’s extreme metal bands, as Polish extreme metal has a tradition of attacking […]
3rd October 2024
Rising from the ashes of the past, Danish black metal veterans Horned Almighty return with their seventh studio album entitled Contagion Zero. It has been released via Soulseller Records in the middle of the summer, […]
1st October 2024
It’s always a difficult task to review a material received from an artists that is very limited information about. From my limited search I learned that Vergeblichkeit is one-man project from Upper Austria. A man […]
30th September 2024
Spectral Voice are a death-doom quartet from Colorado made up of three out of the four members of Blood Incantation. They’re joined by Eli Wendler of Black Curse on vocals & drums. Thus the current […]
27th September 2024
Last year I had the distinct pleasure of getting to review the debut EP of Polist Post-Black Metal duo Zørza. Looking back at what I wrote at the time, I seem to have had nothing […]
25th September 2024
What do you get if you merge the old-fashioned aggression of American Death Metal act Nunslaughter with the repentless, incessant drums of equally American Black Metal act Grand Belial’s Key? In this modern day and […]
25th September 2024
Grave Heresy is a Death/Black Metal quartet hailing from an at time of writing unknown part of Sweden – Likewise, I have so far been unable to determine exactly when the band was formed. What […]
24th September 2024
Warrior, not to be confused with any of the other (primarily Heavy Metal-based) eight bands with the same name is, in this case, referring to a Black Metal duo that teamed up back in 2019, […]
20th September 2024
Arguably the place where it all began, Á la Croisée des Vents (French for ‘At The Crossroads Of The Winds’) is the first EP released by the band back in 2008, only preceeded by a […]
19th September 2024
Continuing on with my ramblings from yesterday I am proceeding backwards through time and the discography of Aorlhac, to the also-to-be re-released album La Cité des Vents (rough translation meaning ‘The Windy City’), their first […]
18th September 2024
Aorlhac is a French modern Black Metal act that I have had the pleasure of following for the majority of their sixteen year lifespan – Coincidentally enough, my first introduction to the quartet was the […]
15th September 2024
Ulvehunger, which is Norwegian for ‘Wolves Hunger’ was originally envisioned as a continuation of the band Balvaz, a Death Metal act – Albeit with somewhat of a twist, namely a substantial amount of Black Metal added […]
11th November 2024
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com It’s been marketed and received and a gran return of Dream Theater even though, the only thing that happened is that the band’s drummer and one of founding members, Mike Portnoy has […]
7th November 2024
Midnightmares is a dark and symphonic gothic metal band, formed in the winter of 2023 by the Belgian-Mexican duo; Gio Smet & Mariel Gimeno. Meanwhile, Midnightmares is not just a woman/man project, as other musicians […]
6th November 2024
Nudy is the most recent release from Polish Experimental Speed/Black Metal hybrid band Ifryt – With heavy emphasis on experimental. Having been around since 2017 where their debut Ep was released, the band then went […]
5th November 2024
Founded nearly two decades ago, Corrosive Elements is a French Death/Thrash Metal quintet inspired by the greatest of the great of both of these genres – The band themselves freely admit to taking inspiration from […]
5th November 2024
A few weeks ago, Patrick Kettenmeyer sent me the latest album by Kraton. The most natural and illuminating question to raise is; who’s Kraton then? It’s a five-piece group founded in 2011 and hailing from […]
4th November 2024
Time Lurker is one of those bands that you spin once and they immediately get under your skin – The music resonates with you, it becomes the background music to whatever it is you are […]
4th November 2024
Hereby the latest review of the older material, before we move to the latest arrivals from Godz ov War. I don’t know about you dear readers, but when I hear about a new release from […]
1st November 2024
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Last night offered three good bands on the same stage, but it was also a somewhat odd combination of bands. Diversity is for the most part welcome and can add to the […]
30th October 2024
From Trondheim (Norway) hails a melodic death/thrash/heavy metal band, Paradogmata. Founded in 2018 the band currently consists of Frank Bokseth (vocals), Per Andre Haarberg (guitar), Svein Havard Ruoy (bass) and Bo Dods Anders Vist (drums). […]
29th October 2024
For some reason I first received this CD recently, more than two years after its release?! It should not prevent me of writing a few words about it. Straight from the unofficial Polish capital of […]
