26th August 2024
This review comes a little late, but it’s not long time ago that this CD landed on my doorstep. Thus, now I can devote myself to the 2024 EP entitled Apparitions. It’s a six-tracker release […]
22nd August 2024
Pâenil Era is a Romanian post-black metal solo project of Erwin Weber, initially founded in 2012 under the moniker of Signatura Rerum. According to the the mastermind behind the project itself, it’s ‘symbolizing a broken […]
20th August 2024
This time it’s not because of my laziness or lack of interest in the music that I first write a review of the material released at the end of 2023. The truth is that I […]
19th August 2024
Shock the Algorithm is a trio from Greece. A polished, tight band. Very unpunk in a lot of ways, and that makes it punk rock. “Eat the rich” and all that business. Several of the […]
19th August 2024
Permanently on the lookout for new blood, Denny from Darkness Shall Rise Productions has released this Digipak-CD w. 8-page booklet – all available on CD, MC, two separate MLPs and Digital. We are talking of […]
15th August 2024
In 2020 Little Rock, Arkansas-based combo Terminal Nation released their debut full-length Holocene Extinction. Since releasing the first album, the band’s current formation is Chase Turner (bass & vocals), Stan Liszewski (vocals), Tommy Robinson (guitar), […]
12th August 2024
Tennessee and stoner rock so far have been a sweet pair. When Wyndrider’s latest album landed in my promo stack, it moved to the top. Stoner rock sounds, check. From the Tennessee Appalachian mountains, check. […]
9th August 2024
From Lexington, Kentucky hails Misanthropik Torment. A couple of years ago we have presented this American duo to our readers, but for those still unfamliar with this duo, I can tell that Misanthropik Torment is; […]
8th August 2024
Here we go again – time for another supergroup. Sure, the term has been used more than it’s healthy for its own good, but what else do you call a band consisting of current and […]
2nd August 2024
A few months ago I wrote the review for Chapter One, so I’d recommend going back and reading it first. For those unfamiliar with Nemoreus, I can briefly tell that Nemoreus is a six-member Austrian […]
1st August 2024
Since the 1960s, progressive rock has pushed the boundaries of rock n’ roll music to incorporate longer songs, conceptual lyrics and advanced compositions and techniques. Here we have a band that does exactly that, playing […]
31st July 2024
Winters Breath is an Austrian (Vienna-based) metal project founded in 2020 and highly influenced by symphonic/progressive black & melodic death metal. ‘There are always stories, Stories not worthy to be told, Stories containing to much […]
26th July 2024
The Heretic started as a solo project of Stephan Larsen (who’s responsible for all the guitars, bass, vocal, drum programming) in 2020. However the idea for this project has been in the making for years. […]
23rd July 2024
This particular Split, by its very nature, consists of two halves, and hence will be divided into its constituent parts as part of this scribble. The first half I will be delving into will be […]
14th July 2024
Cachot d’Effroi (French for Dread Dungeon) is a Raw Black Metal solo act, one that I am having quite a bit of trouble finding any information regarding. What I have been able to dig up […]
4th November 2024
Time Lurker is one of those bands that you spin once and they immediately get under your skin – The music resonates with you, it becomes the background music to whatever it is you are […]
4th November 2024
Hereby the latest review of the older material, before we move to the latest arrivals from Godz ov War. I don’t know about you dear readers, but when I hear about a new release from […]
1st November 2024
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Last night offered three good bands on the same stage, but it was also a somewhat odd combination of bands. Diversity is for the most part welcome and can add to the […]
30th October 2024
From Trondheim (Norway) hails a melodic death/thrash/heavy metal band, Paradogmata. Founded in 2018 the band currently consists of Frank Bokseth (vocals), Per Andre Haarberg (guitar), Svein Havard Ruoy (bass) and Bo Dods Anders Vist (drums). […]
29th October 2024
For some reason I first received this CD recently, more than two years after its release?! It should not prevent me of writing a few words about it. Straight from the unofficial Polish capital of […]
29th October 2024
Another self-released album. 2024 has been possibly the best year for self-released albums I can think of, and that’s a good thing. Record labels have their benefits, I know I worked for a few back […]
27th October 2024
Svartelder (Norwegian for ‘Black/Dark Elder’) is a Norwegian Second Wave Black Metal trio originally conceived at the tail end of the original Second Wave, back in 2005. Despite putting nothing (that I could dig up […]
25th October 2024
Part of Frontiers Records’ strategy is creating these supergroups, mostly consisting of artist from their own label. Just think of Revolution Saints (Journey, The Dead Daisies, Whitesnake) or Sunbomb (L.A. Guns, Stryper). And the undisputed […]
24th October 2024
Initially released independently in 2020, Ziemie Jałowe (translates to ‘Barren Lands’) is the first EP by the Polish unholy trio from Zmarłym. Ziemie Jałowe got re-released by Godz Ov War Productions, the same label that […]
23rd October 2024
It’s not often we feature metal bands from Asia. Today we make an exception with a proming young band that won ‘Wacken Metal Battle India 2022’, and represented India at ‘Wacken Open Air 2022’. The […]
