Exp. Zeroone is a band that I have had an almost notoriously hard time learning anything about, so I hope that you will bear with me and accept that I can tell very little about […]
Pineal are a relatively new british progressive trio founded in 2012 in London. In the time of the release of their first release Smiling Cult, the band were still unsigned. Smiling Cult is band’s debut […]
I remember having severe problems with defining and wrapping my head around Dan Deagh Wealcan at some point in the past, due to their rather (for me) peculiar and unique nature. Their newest release, Fragmented […]
Bitterness is a German trio originally picthed to me a an ‘old-school Thrash Metal band’. Upon closer inspection, however, that quickly proved not to be the case. Examining this, their newest release (and sixth full-length […]
First of all, I might as well be blunt and admit that We Are The Nightmare is an album that offers absolutely nothing new – Quite litterally since, as mentioned in the title, it is […]
Sagacity is the second album with original Saga vocalist Michael Sadler. The album was released in 2014, but it is not long time ago that for some reason I received it for review?! I’m not […]
Shadow Rebels is an Israeli trio, one that is seemingly well known for experimenting heavily with their sound. According to Metal Scrap Records, they are, at their core, a Grunge band, but pulls in influences […]
Nephrolith is a Slovenian Black Metal band, one that has been on the rough for the pas few years. They have been around for eight years and have since that time released a Demo and, […]
The Opposed is the first released single from the upcoming debut album of Swedish quintet Zornheym. The band consist of former members of several well-established bands, the most noticeable of which being Zorn from Dark […]
Volturyon is a Swedish death metal band that was formed in 2005. Meanwhile, Volturyon has experienced some lineup changes over the years, but with the latest arrivals of the mighty Alexander Högbom (Centinex, October Tide) […]
After twelve years, three full-length albums and numerous Demo’s and EP’s, American-based Hellgoat decided to release yet another EP. This one is entitled Eden in Flames, contains two tracks and has a running total on […]
Devil’s Share is the latest album by the legendary polish stoner rockers, Corruption. It is band’s seventh studio release for the 25 years of their existence. Devil’s Share features 11 tracks full of catchy stoner […]
Three years ago the same amount of friends (or fellow musicans at least) banded together in order to bring back old-school Speed Metal (as they themselves call it), as played by the likes of Motörhead […]
3rd Machine is a Dutch modern metal band whom I got familiar with in 2010 after the release of their last The Egotiator EP. The quintet has been active for more than a decade now, […]
Aegeon is, as far as I have been able to gather, a fairly new Finnish Atmospheric Black Metal duet, one that has taken the more melodious Black Metal sound from the nineties and mixed it […]
At first, judging by the name of the band alone, I expected Desert Near The End some kind of southern/oriental rock. I would say luckily I was completely wrong, as this band (founded in 2009) […]
Xoresth is a Turkish Funeral Doom Metal band consisting of four members who teamed up about six years ago. In that time, the band has released several Splits, a single Demo and, as of last […]
Only seven years after its formation, Nordland (United Kingdom) has released four full-length albums. The Dead Stones is band’ 2018 release containing nine tracks. Actually, Nordland is one-man project by the guy called Vorh. Usually, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com With almost four decades behind them, it goes without saying that any band has been through several ups and downs, and that is especially the case for Seattle’s Queensrÿche. Band spent better […]
Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com The mighty Canadian guitar virtuous and songwriter Devin Townsend is visiting Copenhagen during his Empath Europe tour November 25th, together with Haken from Britain. Both Devin Townsend and Haken are well […]
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Leprous’ new release Pitfalls, sees the band changing their approach to more electronic and even pop-driven and while such move has never been unexpected, it was more significantly hinted on their previous […]