14th October 2019
Maïeutiste is a French Black and Doom Metal quartet, one that has taken a very progressive approach to both of the before-mentioned genres while at the same time fusing them together. They have done so […]
8th October 2019
Two decades since the release of their debut album, Lacuna Coil have established themselves as an act that of an international format and solid dose of commercial success. After a few years when they seriously […]
3rd October 2019
Slow is a Belgium-based duo straight out of my own heart. Not only have they, since their inception as a band back in 2007, slowly progressed into a very atmospheric Funeral Doom Metal act, they […]
25th September 2019
Mallephyr is an interesting act from Czech Republic. The band (featuring members of Panychida) was formed in 2013 and Womb of Worms is their second full-length. The album consists of seven tracks and 38 minutes […]
16th September 2019
It was more than three decades ago that some of us got to hear Night Songs, the debut by Cinderella, which elevated them to stardom, basically off the bat. The band was riding the wave […]
16th September 2019
KoЯn can be defined musically in many ways. Nu metal, alternative metal and some people doesn’t even use the term “metal” when talking about KoRn. Personally, KoЯn has always had a special place in my […]
16th September 2019
Hekata are a Russian death metal band and Ruin is their debut album. I was very exited prior to listening of this album since it’s not very often that we can hear a brutal blend […]
11th September 2019
Two bands, Abigorum & Striborg have decided to release a split album entitled Spectral Shadows. It will not be the first time we write about Striborg, but it will be our first encounter with Russian […]
10th September 2019
Locus Titanic Funus is, like their rather unique name implies, not your average run-of-the-mill band. The Russian quartet, which was founded nine years ago, specializes in themes such as romance, death, sorrow and decay – […]
4th September 2019
Founded in 1985, but broke up in 1996 (with over 500,000 sold records worldwide!), that’s a very short history of the British veteran thrashers Xentrix. One of the most underrated bands in the history of […]
30th August 2019
The previous Tool album came out 13 years ago and while that fact shouldn’t have any effect on expectations for the new album, it’s worth mentioning that that’s before the world knew of smartphones. Chew […]
28th August 2019
Horrorgraphy is a Symphonic Doom Metal band, hailing from Greece. The band came into being two years ago and have so far produced and released a single Fulll-lenght release: Namely, the titular Season of Grief, […]
28th August 2019
Asian death metal is not something that we hear about very often on these latitudes, but now it’s time for a change! The Ungodly Lamentations is a relatively new album by a death metal combo […]
21st August 2019
With a delay of 5 months I’m listening to the new album by Waylander. Ériú’s Wheel arrives seven years after its predecessor Kindred Spirits. In their a quarter-century long career they’ve only released five albums […]
12th August 2019
Ordinul Negru is a Romanian Black Metal quartet with, so far, five years of experience playing together as a band but considerably more if one considers the numerous bands that the four musicians have also […]
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 […]
17th June 2022
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com Judas Priest seem to have received an adrenaline shot some 50 years into their career which resulted in outstanding album Firepower. The following tour proved that the band still had […]
16th June 2022
It was somewhat of a surprise when Copenhell announced Metallica as one of their headliners, because honestly speaking, they are bigger than this festival, but perhaps because of Lars Ulrich being a Dane and this […]
16th June 2022
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com A decant crowd showed up for 7:45 gig with Red Fang at Pandæmonium stage and during their hour-long performance the band did what they do best – deliver a groovy and […]
16th June 2022
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Ugly Kid Joe opened the second stage in front of a rather strong crowd, perhaps not that surprising taking into the consideration that the band was quite big Denmark in couple […]
16th June 2022
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com A full circle. On the first day of this, now, full four-day festival, which on the opening day is headlined by Metallica, the main stage was opened by Suicidal Tendencies. The […]
15th June 2022
On their bandcamp page it says that they’re from Cyprus, but Mirror is really a multi-national quintet consisting of Jimmy Mavrommatis (vocals), Nikolas ‘Sprits’ Moutafis (guitar), Dino (guitar), Tas (bass) and Daniel Georgiou. They’ve released […]
14th June 2022
Kadaverreich is a Russian-based Doom Metal act, one that as of time of writing seems to have three years of experience under their collective belt, not counting the excessive amount of time each of the […]
13th June 2022
More than five years have passed since the release of the sophomore album by French thrash/groove metal band Heart Attack, the rather strong and promising The Resilience. It was an album that, like many others […]
