2nd August 2019
Back in 2005 Volbeat released a debut album that was not only a unique piece of work, but also carried all the trademarks of a young hungry band who were acing to unleash their creativity […]
29th July 2019
Zaum is a Canadian trio, one that has existed for the last six years. In that time, they have released three Full-length albums and a single Split, all of which have seen somewhat commercial acclaim, […]
23rd July 2019
Torque is Phil Demmel’s (ex-Machine Head, ex-Vio-lence) old band, released just this one album way back on Mascot Records in 1996. It has now been remastered with 4 bonus tracks included. The band released three […]
17th July 2019
Tragacanth is a Dutch Blackened Death Metal quintet that has been around for the last five years. In said five years, the band has produced two Full-length albums, the newest of which hit store shelves […]
17th July 2019
Enemy Inside is a band formed by current Mystic Prophecy guitarist Evan K, who teamed up with the German singer Nastassja Giulia in order to create a modern Gothic inspired Rock/Metal outfit. Their debut album […]
12th July 2019
The second album from Norwegian doom/psych trio Superlynx is a fairly even affair, meaning that what you get in the opener is a very good representation of most material on New Moon. In general, that […]
10th July 2019
Steel Prophet has always been a bit of an overlooked band, who has released a long line of notable power metal records in the late ’90s and early ’00s. Since then, there were numerous breaks […]
1st July 2019
Athanasia, by any measurable means, is not a particularly new band. Granted, they have only existed under the moniker ‘Athanasia’ for the last three years, but prior to that they spent twelve years playing together […]
1st July 2019
There is a special kind of magic that occasionally arises from new bands who manage to create a debut album that is modern yet true to their inspiration, an album that bursts with that unspoiled […]
26th June 2019
Sometimes, I really hate the fact that I know as few languages as I do – Not only does it severely limit the amount of lyrics, books and movies that I can devote myself to […]
11th June 2019
Ever since their 2007 debut, Baroness have been broadening their horizons, growing as artists as well as commercially with each new release. 2012 turned out to be a pivotal year for the band, seeing them […]
4th June 2019
Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman is known for numerous collaborations, but unlike this latest one, the majority of his work outside his main band is based around classical music. Party in The Chaos is a […]
31st May 2019
Back in 2010, three French musicians banded together over their shared love of two apparent things: Black Metal and a lyrical obsession regarding the madness and depression that surrounds a modern-day human being in today’s […]
31st May 2019
The third album by the Abrahma marks, not only, the longest it has passed since the release of the band’s full-length releases, but also marks major personnel changes. In The Time For Last Rays Of […]
22nd May 2019
Advent Varic is an American Blackened Stoner Metal trio, one which I am a bit unsure about just how long they have been active. What I do know however, is the fact that Tumulus Part […]
10th June 2022
Here we are ten years ago almost to the day since the release of Phantom Antichrist, the album that brought the German thrash metal legends back to the spotlight, thanks to the rise of thrash […]
6th June 2022
Dunwich is a sludge & stoner metal quintet from Calais in France. Not to be confused with the Italian, Russian and Canadian bands with the same moniker! This French five-piece was founded at the end […]
26th May 2022
My friend and partner Gabriel S. from Nihilistic Holocaust sent me another album for review. This time it is Diseased Oblivion from US, and their A Blackened Harvest of Decomposure album. There’re eight tracks and […]
25th May 2022
This particular Split album is, as the name aptly suggests, a near-even split between two French Black Metal acts with similar enough soundscapes for it to make sense that they are present upon the same […]
24th May 2022
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Prog metal giants in Dream Theater were somewhat lucky with the timing of the release of their previous album Distance Over Time, which came out in early 2019, meaning that the band […]
24th May 2022
I was not really sure of publishing this review as it has very little in connection to heavy metal. On the other hand one can occasionally hear some of gothic doomy influences which I believe […]
24th May 2022
More than a decade and a half have passed since the previous solo studio album from former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin, but already a minute into “As the World Burns” the album opener, it’s […]
19th May 2022
One thing that is certain when a new Dèhá release drop in through your mail box is that you are never quite sure what it is you are receiving. Since the Belgium-based musician first started […]
17th May 2022
Dead Ficus is a melo-death metal band formed in 2006 in Strasbourg, France. The band consists of six lone-time friends, namely; Sébastien (vocals), Arnaud (guitars), Olivier (guitars), Lucien (bass), Karim (drums) and Laurence (keyboards). In […]
16th May 2022
Mika Sundvall from Thyrargo sent me band’s first EP entitled Impulses for review. Before going more into this four-tracker EP here comes a short introduction to this band from Helsinki, Finland. Apart from Mika Sundvall […]
