Nebrus is a Italian two-man band, one that has been around since the year 2008. In that time they have released two full-length albums, the newest of which (and the one I have my focus […]
I am not going to lie: Scarlett D. Gray is a band that is far removed from anything that I usually submit my ears to. The five Italians are something as rare (in my square, […]
Skiltron is an Argentinian Power Metal act, one that managed to surprise me with its longer than expected history. Under its current moniker it has been active since the year 2004; Prior to this, however, […]
Wyruz iz a hard-hitting metal band from neighbouring Hamar, Norge. Four years after their debut Fire At Will, the quartet returns with their second full-length entitled Judge And Jury. The album consists of 13 semi-length […]
Mondoscuro is probably the single-most unique Split EP that I have ever laid my greedy little hands on. First of all, the two bands present do not play the same genre (not unheard of, but […]
Recently, I’ve presented Eric Johnson’s Europe Live opus to our readers here. What I have here now is this Texas guitar legend’s first all-acoustic solo album entitled simply EJ. The career of this guitar virtuoso […]
Within Hate is a moniker that represents four of my kinsmen (for whatever that is worth), both by nationality, and, to some extent, by heart: These four friends have set out to create the single-most […]
Heimdalls Wacht is a German Black Metal quintet, one that recently partially re-invented itself when they added a new drummer and and additional vocalist to their already very experienced line-up. And, in order to celebrate […]
I do believe to have mentioned (on numerous occasions) that I have a penchant for French Black Metal bands; The more French the band is, the better one could almost argue. That is probably why […]
Albez Duz (Albez Duz is a German language used 800 years ago, with “Albez” meaning “swan” and “Duz” meaning “noisiness” or “rush.”), is an occult doom unit that first emerged in Berlin in 2006. Initially […]
Defiant is a Ukranian Power Metal quintet, one that has been around and making music since 2008, with the first EP being released in 2010. Later this year the bands second full-length release (entitled Time […]
Grieving Mirth is quite an ambitious international project, made up of three musicians: One from England, one from Mexico and one from the United States. These three seem to have a common interest in creating […]
Again I sit here listening to one of the album released almost two years ago, but despite of the fact it is old, it doesn’t mean that it’s good. Eric Johnson is the name of […]
Despite having only existed for two years as a band and so far released a single full-length release, Meshiaak has nonetheless created quite a bit of stir in my little head. Most noticeably because they […]
Despite having their own website, I have been able to learn precious little about this band (which seems to be a trend I somehow got into – I cannot say that I am a fan. […]
Darkend is a Symphonic Black Metal band hailing from Northern Italy, which cam into prominence roughly fourteen years ago as of today. It consists of six talented musicians spread over a wide assortment of different […]
Darktribe from France has been around for a while, and they are well known and liked in the progpower community. It has been about four years since Darktribe released their last album “The Modern Age”, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]