11th April 2016
Saviours is an experimental quartet hailing from California, United States. They have been around for twelve years now, and have in that time done whatever they can to hone and perfect their sound. This has […]
7th April 2016
Mixing Black and Death Metal seems to be all the rage these days. While that might be a bit of a misnomer (many of the bands that have mixed these two genres in more recent […]
6th April 2016
I try my best not to have any prejudices in my life, whether it refers to nationality, personality, music or otherwise. And while I like to think that this for the most part, is true, […]
31st March 2016
Sanzu are new & raising stars on a metal heaven from ‘down under’. They are now ready to unleash their first full-length album entitled Heavy Over the Home. The album features 10 ordinary and five […]
30th March 2016
Story of Metal Church is in many ways an odd story. Their impact on trash metal genre never really got a commercial recognition and the band’s only consistent member Kurdt Vanderhoof has spent big part […]
24th March 2016
Probably one of the most anonymous bands that I have come across in a while (which, I suppose, should not surprise me given the nature and overall feel of them as a whole), it was […]
23rd March 2016
With their latest release, O’Brother not only hit a homerun, but they display an enormous growth. Potential of the band was always obvious and they have released some good records, but on Endless Light they […]
21st March 2016
Born from the remnants of Against the Hollow (among others), the Danish band now known as As We Ascend has recently released their first EP. It is entitled Perfection Falls and contains three tracks, mounting […]
21st March 2016
I know, this record was released almost a year and half ago, but it is first lately that I discovered it and gave it a couple of spins in my stereo. For older fans of […]
21st March 2016
Brazilian Death Metal act Black Oil released their third full-length album Resist to Exist almost a year ago these days, so one could argue that it is about time that I get around to actually […]
17th March 2016
I’ve always been a fan of bands performing in their native language on the record. So is the case with this four-piece act from Ukraine, as all the lyrics are delivered in their native Russian/Ukrainian […]
17th March 2016
Fatal Impact is a Norwegian Heavy Metal quartet that has been around for just above twenty years. In that time they have released three Demos, one EP and three full-length albums. The second full album […]
14th March 2016
You know where you stand with a band named Monster Truck, right?! Monster Truck is a Canadian (Hamilton, Ontario) hard-rock quartet. The band has been building their reputation for some years now. In 2013 they’ve […]
14th March 2016
Barcelona, Spain-based thrash metal band Crisix issue third full-length studio album entitled From Blue To Black through French-based Listenable Records. To be honest, this is my first encounter with this band, but definitely a positive […]
14th March 2016
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present a well-travelled and well-rehearsed Melodic Death Metal band, one that has been around since early 2008. Since that time, they have released an EP and this, their full-length […]
10th September 2019
Locus Titanic Funus is, like their rather unique name implies, not your average run-of-the-mill band. The Russian quartet, which was founded nine years ago, specializes in themes such as romance, death, sorrow and decay – […]
7th September 2019
Interview with Tobias Ernst & Peter Lehmkuhl www.ambersband.de Ambers are a fresh breeze of metalcore straight from Germany! They manage to combine their energy with the necessary lightness and directness through excellent songwriting. With Ambers […]
4th September 2019
Founded in 1985, but broke up in 1996 (with over 500,000 sold records worldwide!), that’s a very short history of the British veteran thrashers Xentrix. One of the most underrated bands in the history of […]
30th August 2019
The previous Tool album came out 13 years ago and while that fact shouldn’t have any effect on expectations for the new album, it’s worth mentioning that that’s before the world knew of smartphones. Chew […]
28th August 2019
Horrorgraphy is a Symphonic Doom Metal band, hailing from Greece. The band came into being two years ago and have so far produced and released a single Fulll-lenght release: Namely, the titular Season of Grief, […]
28th August 2019
Asian death metal is not something that we hear about very often on these latitudes, but now it’s time for a change! The Ungodly Lamentations is a relatively new album by a death metal combo […]
21st August 2019
With a delay of 5 months I’m listening to the new album by Waylander. Ériú’s Wheel arrives seven years after its predecessor Kindred Spirits. In their a quarter-century long career they’ve only released five albums […]
12th August 2019
Ordinul Negru is a Romanian Black Metal quartet with, so far, five years of experience playing together as a band but considerably more if one considers the numerous bands that the four musicians have also […]
11th August 2019
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com It has been quiet when it comes to new music from King Diamond and not just the band, but King Diamond the man himself. But now there seems to be […]
7th August 2019
Legendary string wrangler Yngwie Malmsteen needs no further introduction to any metal and rock fan. To call this man a maestro or guitar virtuoso is to state the obvious. This man is an undoubted pioneer, […]
