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 […]
26th November 2019
It is always interesting to discover a new band one turns out to be invested in. You delve deep into their music, their history and line-up, begin listening to and analyzing their lyrics and, as […]
21st November 2019
Latest death metal pearl released by Satanath Records is Missense Mutation. It’s a 9-tracker sonic assault from a veteran Russian death metal band Pannychida. Formed back in 1992 (the band suffered a few line-up changes) […]
19th November 2019
Founded in 1995, Italian trio Crepuscolo released a debut full-length Revolution Evilution in 2014 and are now back with a sophomore 10-tracker (45 minutes of playing time) entitled You Tomb. Just like its predecessor this […]
19th November 2019
Mercy’s Dirge is one of the first Romanian Black Metal bands, formed back in 1991. Live, Raw and Relentless is their first full-length album initially released by the band in early 2018, now re-released by […]
18th November 2019
Influences of middle eastern and African music have over the decades left a noticeable mark on western music in just about any genre. There is something mystical and elegant about it, still many artists from […]
17th November 2019
Doing this job for almost 20 years now, but it is the very first time that I came across a band from El Salvador. Invocation Of Death is what this quartet is called, and what […]
16th November 2019
Once again, I feel ashamed that I haven’t listened to – or heard of Great Pacific Orchestra before. Firstly, because I love prog and secondly because I am Finnish, and thirdly and most important of […]
16th November 2019
It’s time to feature Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry again on these pages. Between the two releases of 2016 Kentucky and 2018 Family Tree the band put out the Black To Blues EP in 2017, […]
13th November 2019
Mur is a very experimental as far as musical style is concerned – Since their inception five years ago the band has taken it upon themselves to fuse Hardcore together with a modern take of […]
9th November 2019
Female-fronted Asphodèle is very new in the world, having existed for less than a year as of this writing. That does not, however, deter them from producing and releasing their first Full-length album, entitled Jours […]
28th October 2019
Over the course of the previous five albums, Leprous have constantly been experimenting and moving ahead with their sound and approach, with the last couple of albums most noticeably scratching the more approachable nature of […]
26th October 2022
Founded in 2018 Midas are a heavy metal band from Detroit City, USA. A quartet released their self-titled debut E.P. earlier in 2022. It comes after 2020 Demo Tapes. Midas E.P. consists of eight tracks […]
25th October 2022
Attention please; this year’s top symphonic metal release could very well be found here. Symphonity is the brainchild of Czech guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Libor Křivák, assembled in 2006. Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack cames as […]
20th October 2022
A couple of years ago, Spell released Opulent Decay, which saw them dig noticeably deeper into the elements that gave their 70’s inspired psych rock the edge and differentiated them from most other bands inspired […]
17th October 2022
The Damnnation is all-female death metal trio from São Paulo, Brazil. The band comprise vocalist and guitarist Renata Petrelli, bassist Aline Dutchi and drummer Luana Diniz. In 2020 they dropped a four-tracker EP entitled Parasite. […]
14th October 2022
Time flies. A cliché. A fact. Not only has it been well over three decades since Skid Row released their self-titled debut, but eight years have passed since their previous release, which was an EP […]
13th October 2022
Interview with Andi Henke (guitars) https://melancholic-seasons.jimdofree.com/ Melancholic Seasons is a Frankfurt/Main- (Germany) based thrash/death metal trio. The release of their fifth full-length The Crypt Of Time was planned for release already in 2018, but […]
12th October 2022
ACOD is a French Blackened Death Metal trio with a strong spiritual (albeit not quite primal) approach to their music. They have been honing said music since the middle of the two thousands, having released […]
11th October 2022
First I have to apologise for this rather late review, released in spring this year, but just yesterday found in my drawer. So, Knight and Gallow are a traditional Heavy/Epic/Power metal band from Sacramento, California. […]
7th October 2022
Acédia is a Canada-based Black Metal trio with a grand total of eleven years as a band behind them. In those eleven years they have released three Full-length albums, the newest of which said to […]
7th October 2022
Following the break-up after their most underrated album, the self-titled 1994 release, The Cult attempted a return by teaming up with Sonic Temple producer Bob Rock as well as drummer Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses and Velvet […]
