28th December 2015
Less then a year since the release of Hand.Cannot.Erase., album that topped our Top 10 of 2015 list, Steven Wilson is ready with a new release entitled 4 ½, indicating that this release is meant […]
25th December 2015
With the widespread reach of the internet, it has become a lot easier to collaborate, work together and other fancy words of that nature regardles of borders and distance as a whole. A great example […]
22nd December 2015
Bastardogs – a moniker that fits these Genova (Italy) natives very well. The band is one of many Italian bands who represent a revival or a new wave of glam rock. No Pain No Gain […]
21st December 2015
Ascendant is a relatively new formation from Aarhus, Denmark. Actually, the band was founded during 2006 under their original name of Amorém. Serenity is their second release so far (in 2012 their released their debut […]
17th December 2015
For a decade or two ago Italy was mainly known for its power and symphonic metal scene. Since then, times have changed, and bands from this country are mainly playing melodic hard rock and glam/sleaze […]
15th December 2015
raunijaR is the eight full-length album from the Norwegian Black Metal quartet Helheim. And, as soem of the more observant of you might have gleaned, yes, they draw a lot of inspiration, both lyrically and […]
11th December 2015
Latvian Folk Metal quartet Varang Nord released their second full-length album less than a week ago. And I must admit that, despite not having even heard about them prior to spinning this record, I quickly […]
10th December 2015
For thirteen years the German trio Valborg have been refining, honing and other big, fancy words for developing their own style of Doom Metal (which can best be described as a bit Progressive – Although […]
8th December 2015
It has been a while since I got my hands on a decent Gothic Metal album. Not that I am complaining, Zoka is far better versed within this genre, and is by far better both […]
4th December 2015
Founded in 2005 Against The Plagues is a five-piece extreme metal band from Chicago, Illinois. They started under the moniker Against, but after only few months they changed their name to Against The Plagues. Purified […]
3rd December 2015
Party Animals is the moniker for this Sleaze Rock band from Udine (Italy). Party Animals is one of these bands that play digestible and listenable party rock ‘n’ roll that is suprisingly fresh and entertaining. […]
30th November 2015
This Italian band has been around for a while now, but I only discovered them eight year ago when they release their seventh album Blackday. Since then the band had some less productive years, but […]
30th November 2015
Vanity Blvd is a Swedish female-fronted sleaze/glam/hard-rock quartet, formed in the city of Avesta in 2005. The band released its debut CD in 2008 entitled Rock ‘n’ Roll Overdose. Wicked Temptation is band’s long-awaited and […]
28th November 2015
Days Of Loss is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Vienna, Austria. The band was founded already in the mid-90s and have a few very succesfull releases in its discography. The latest arrival is a […]
27th November 2015
Recently I have had my eyes opened up for the massive efficiency and great sound that, apparently, almost any French Black Metal band is capable of producing. So when Bato sent me the self-released debut […]
20th June 2019
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com There is plenty interesting going on in current European metal scene and some of the more established countries like Germany, Sweden and the U.K are getting run for their money by the […]
11th June 2019
Ever since their 2007 debut, Baroness have been broadening their horizons, growing as artists as well as commercially with each new release. 2012 turned out to be a pivotal year for the band, seeing them […]
4th June 2019
Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman is known for numerous collaborations, but unlike this latest one, the majority of his work outside his main band is based around classical music. Party in The Chaos is a […]
31st May 2019
Back in 2010, three French musicians banded together over their shared love of two apparent things: Black Metal and a lyrical obsession regarding the madness and depression that surrounds a modern-day human being in today’s […]
31st May 2019
The third album by the Abrahma marks, not only, the longest it has passed since the release of the band’s full-length releases, but also marks major personnel changes. In The Time For Last Rays Of […]
22nd May 2019
Advent Varic is an American Blackened Stoner Metal trio, one which I am a bit unsure about just how long they have been active. What I do know however, is the fact that Tumulus Part […]
20th May 2019
No wonder if you’re yet not familiar with Undead Prophecies as they are a relatively newly formed quintet from France. Recently they released their 9-tracker album entitled Sempiternal Void through French Listenable Records. What you […]
17th May 2019
Griffon and Darkenhöld, despite being from different parts of France, have quite a few similarities between them. The most obvious of which (aside of their shared love of Black Metal, the genre they both utilize), […]
12th May 2019
Based around three former members of Spellcaster, the new Portland-based band delivers somewhat of a surprising debut. Unlike the far heavier approach of Spellcaster, Unto Others (formerly known as Idle Hands) looks the opposite direction […]
12th May 2019
Lucide, despite being the name of the Cepheide half of this Split release, is actually a collaboration between two fairly new, but very talented Frenchm shall we say, ‘minimalist’ bands – This is in the […]
