3rd January 2020
Tableau Mort is a British Black Metal quintet that came into being sometime in 2017. Despite being of British descent, they do seem to have some kind of connection to Romania, since their lyrical themes […]
2nd January 2020
At this point I highly doubt if I even have to introduce Helheim anymore – They have been a welcome mainstay in the Pagan Black Metal scene for nearly thirty years (having first founded back […]
2nd January 2020
A Thousand Sufferings is a Belgian-based Blackened Doom Metal act that has been around since 2013. In that time, they have released two Full-length releases and a single Split album – The newest of these […]
2nd January 2020
Since exit from Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has been busier than ever and keeping up with all of his projects and guest appearance can be quite a task. Common for most of them is […]
30th December 2019
Agos, written in their native Greek as ‘ΑΓΟΣ’ roughly translated into either ‘Miasma’ or ‘Cures by the gods’. Whether this is meant to represent the sole musician behind the band himself or someone else is […]
30th December 2019
It has been quite a while since I stumbled across a Brutal Death Metal band that I haven’t already had the pleasure of listening to before – Even more so when the band in question […]
22nd December 2019
Ades Numen (which is latin for ‘Come Force’) is an Italian Black/Death Metal trio that was founded two years ago in Padua. From what I have been able to gather, the first two years of […]
18th December 2019
Valgrind are veterans of an extreme metal scene, formed from the ashes of the 1993 blackened-death metal act, Necrospell. These Italians have been very active and productive since the very foundation of the band, always […]
11th December 2019
At first, judging by the name of the band alone, I expected Desert Near The End some kind of southern/oriental rock. I would say luckily I was completely wrong, as this band (founded in 2009) […]
7th December 2019
Xoresth is a Turkish Funeral Doom Metal band consisting of four members who teamed up about six years ago. In that time, the band has released several Splits, a single Demo and, as of last […]
4th December 2019
Only seven years after its formation, Nordland (United Kingdom) has released four full-length albums. The Dead Stones is band’ 2018 release containing nine tracks. Actually, Nordland is one-man project by the guy called Vorh. Usually, […]
2nd December 2019
Mercury is the classic debut album by Gothic band Madder Mortem. It’s official release was back in 1999, but after having been unavailable for many years, it is now re-released by Dark Essence Records. In […]
30th November 2019
Dust is a Metalcore band from Torino, Italy and they released their debut album called Break The Silence 22nd November 2019, through Volcano Records, and there is no doubt they stay true to the metalcore […]
29th November 2019
It is rare that I come across bands from Chile. As a matter of fact, I am pretty sure that Decem Maleficivm represents the second of third such band that has travelled across my desk […]
28th November 2019
Last year, the French band, best known for their blend of post tech metal and avant-garde progressive metal, released an album that could be described as an acoustic Latin American soundtrack to a movie. The […]
27th June 2022
This release was released last winter, but serves as a nice introduction to the beginning of my summer. It’s raining outside, and what a better way to spend a day off than listening to this […]
27th June 2022
Thirteen years have passed since the last album from Porcupine Tree. A couple of years after the release of 2009’s The Incident, the band’s leader Steven Wilson dissembled the band in order to focus on […]
21st June 2022
Slave Driver is the seventh full-length album by Dead Head. The band is hailing from The Netherlands and believe it or not, they’ve been around since the late 80s! Their style is just about as […]
21st June 2022
Italian Blackened Death Metal duet is a fairly new creation, apparently citing their inception earlier this very year. Despite the fact that makes this particular union of a band only, at most, six months old, […]
20th June 2022
First thing’s first – yes Bruce Dickinson took the stage wearing tight leather pants, black silky shirt, and hair styled into a manbun. With that being said, it is just such perfect way to close […]
20th June 2022
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com Touring for their massive double album Hushed and Grim, the prog metal chameleons were set to play Copenhell’s main stage before the headliners Iron Maiden. This meant that they were […]
18th June 2022
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com There was a certain buzz about Thundermother’s live shows, so the place in front of Pandæmonium was solidly packed as the four girls from the band took the stage accompanied […]
18th June 2022
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com The new stage at this year’s Ccopenhell and the smallest of the four is placed in somewhat of a fairytale surroundings, with woods surrounding it basically in 360 degrees. What […]
18th June 2022
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Some 15 minutes before hardcore punk legends from Agonistic Front took the stage the area in front of Copenhell’s third stage Pandæmonium was basically empty. But by the time they entered the […]
17th June 2022
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com “We’ve played here eight times and we are not going to play again” Paul Stanley stated in the beginning of Kiss’ farewell show on Copenhell’s main stage. Now, these farewell […]
