Dropout Kings is the “trap metal” band from Phoenix, Arizona. They mix heavy riffs with aggressive rapping and share incredible energy on stage. We got the vocalist Black ...
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War in. First time when I heard the name Kanonenfieber was in the end of 2021, when Dmytro Kumar, 1914 vocalist mentioned this name in the interview. I ...
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We were lucky to catch Skálmöld at Hellfest this year for the interview. It was pretty short but thorough talk about the stories and storytelling, northern mythology and ...
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It’s been five years since the Vile Nilotic Rites, an excellent album in its brutality and technics – for the moment it’s a largest gap between Nile‘s albums. ...
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Hellfest 2024 report with an elegant delay because illness finally caught me up when I arrived home. So, 2024 edition of Hellfest was, let’s say, different. For me ...
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Formed in Kyiv in 2017 by professional, experienced musicians, Arhat gained a lot of attention with their extremely fierce mix of groove and death metal. In 2020 they ...
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For the 35 years of existence, Rotting Christ have come a long way in searching of their own, specific sound. At the beginning it was a raw noise, ...
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I never thought I would say that but I miss the pandemic times. We believed that the world goes straight to hell but we had no idea how ...
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Alright, so what the hell is going on with Slayer anyway? In 2019 they pompously end their career and get off the stage, then they declare they are ...
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Tomorrow’s Rain was formed in Tel-Aviv, Israel in 2011. However their debut album Hollow was released only in 2020, in the peak of COVID. This prevented to gain ...
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My Dying Bride, undoubtedly fathers and legends of doom metal are not quite prolific last years: if once they released an album in two or three years, then ...
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Three years ago, in 2021 Korpiklaani released their Jylhä, where the intent to return to their roots – a fast-paced and joyful folk metal from “Happy Little Boozer” ...
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Frank Never Dies is an Italian psychedelic rock band. Formed in 2018, they record their first album Behind The Paradox, which was released in 2020. And now the ...
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I want to start with a little confession: I don’t like progressive metal in its pure form. I mean, I can appreciate playing techniques and sophisticated melodic lines ...
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This year Rage celebrates the band’s 40 years anniversary. 40 years! Such numbers still impress me, while Judas Priest celebrated 50 years. Also considering an amount of Rage ...
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Since 2007 Italians Furor Gallico advance their own vision of folk metal consistently, mixing brutal riffs and extreme vocals with some various folk instruments. Now, after five years ...
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There is not much known about the band Karkosa: these guys are from Fort Wayne, IN, formed not a long time ago and released their debut EP Harvest ...
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I remember when I heard Dust Bolt for the first time: it was in 2016, when they released their Mass Confusion album. Despite there was nothing essentially new, ...
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