15th July 2020
Forbidden Rites is an internationally based Blackened Death Metal act, one that has so far been active for roughly three years. In that time they have seen it fit to grace us with their debut […]
14th July 2020
It’s not very often during my two decades as a writer that I’ve had the opportunity to listen to as good death/thrash metal as this one. I’m talking of a debut album of Italian five […]
9th July 2020
Doing this since 2001 I don’t believe that I’ve ever had the opportunity to listen to a black metal act from Los Angeles/California?! Indesiderium are just that, an uncompromising black metal duo from the city […]
1st July 2020
Germany has always been known for its strong thrash metal scene where many bands have been active since the 80s. Here comes another veteran German band – Disbelief, founded back in 1990 in Hesse. One […]
26th June 2020
In a course of over a decade, German band Long Distance Calling have established themselves as one of the strongest acts in (mostly) instrumental post rock genre. They have delivered one strong album after another, […]
26th June 2020
For a while now, Greek musical scene has proven to be extremely vibrant and interesting and together with Polish, Canadian and French, it might just be one of the most interesting rock/metal scenes. One of […]
26th June 2020
Based around ex-The Main Grains guitarist JJ Watt, The City Kids also features members of Warrior Soul, Tigertailz and Falling Red and looking at the four-piece’s collective past it’s pretty clear what the debut Things […]
25th June 2020
Originally the solo project of musician Dimon’s Night, Humanity Zero is a Greek death/doom metal band. The band has existed since 2008 and since then released five full-lengths and some demo releases. Thus, Proselytism is […]
24th June 2020
Nyrst is an Icelandic quintet formerly known by the moniker Skuggsjá, before changing their name four years ago as they released their first Demo. Since then, the five band members have been digging deep into […]
23rd June 2020
King Witch are a heavy/doom quartet from Edinburgh, Scotland. It consists of Laura Donnelly (vocals), Jamie Gilchrist (guitars), Rory Lee (bass) and Lyle Brown (drums). King Witch rises from the ashes of Firebrand Super Rock […]
16th June 2020
I got to admit that it feels a bit strange to review a material released exactly four years ago?! On the other hand it’s good to see if it still sounds any good from this […]
16th June 2020
Slow and steady wins the race – Quite an old proverb, and one that Norwegian Doom Metallers Dwaal seems to have taken to heart. Quite aptly I might add, considering their affinity for a more […]
12th June 2020
Bait is a German Post-Black Metal trio (which, as I have come to understand it, boils down to a Black Metal act infused with Hardcore elements, creating a more fast-paced and somewhat aggressive result). Almost […]
8th June 2020
Grave Circles is a Ukranian Black Metal band with four consecutive years under its belt. In that time, they have so far released an EP entitled Tome I and, last month, their first Full-length album, […]
5th June 2020
Thanatos are a death/thrash pioneers and the very first extreme metal band to come from The Netherlands. They are now celebrating 35 years of full death/thrash metal dedication and passion with the release of a […]
1st March 2023
Ivory Gates are a Brazilian band founded in Piracicaba, São Paulo in the year 2000. Their latest album is entitled Behind The Wall and it contains eight direct and aggressive songs in what I would […]
28th February 2023
Ob Nixilis (its name comes from a popular character from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering) is blackened-death metal act hailing from Colorado Springs, USA. The band, that has been active since 2020, consists […]
28th February 2023
In 2019 Hypno5e followed up their eminent , mostly acoustic album Alba – Les Ombres Errantes, with A Distant (Dark) Source, which saw them return to their more familiar sound. But most noticeably with it […]
24th February 2023
Dosgamos is an Italian quartet hailing from the city of Parma, officially formed in 2018. The band consists of Michele Altavilla (Vocals), Vincenzo Moramarco (Guitars), Giulio Garibaldi (Bass) and Giuseppe D’Avola (Drums). This relatively young […]
23rd February 2023
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com How about the line-up of Municipal Waste, Kreator and Lamb Of God for a dull Wednesday evening? We got one of the driving forces behind the second-wave of American heavy […]
23rd February 2023
Svar (an answer in Danish?!) is one-man solo project from Krakow, Poland. The only man handling all the instruments and vocals is Kamil Bolesta. Under a Sky Full of Thunder is his latest release, a […]
20th February 2023
Finnish band Anzillu (its moniker is inspired by the ancient Sumerian word for ‘abomination’) has risen from the ashes of Inkvisitor, who released an EP and two full-lengths between 2014-2018. Anzillu, founded in 2019, consists […]
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 […]
