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Bikes, Music, Alcohol and Anarchy. Also books, gigs, traveling and alcohol one more time.

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Review: Denial Of God “The Hallow Mass” [Osmose/Hells Hellbangers]

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Formed in 1991, Danish Denial Of God still playing Black Metal with distinct weird, dark atmosphere, calling it “Black Horror Metal”. After seven years of absence, the band ...
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Review: Edenbridge “Dynamind” [Steamhammer/SPV]

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Since their forming in 1998, Edenbridge gained attention, especially at a time when Symphonic Metal with female became popular. Lots of concerts and frequent albums’ releases gave the ...
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Interview video: Christos Antoniou of Septicflesh

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In September 2019 Septicflesh visited Israel. After gig we had a little conversation with Christos Antoniou about theatricality, upcoming album and Igor Stravinsky (suddenly). Important note: a day ...
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Review: Infected Rain “Endorphin” [Napalm Records]

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Everybody like the stories of success and metalheads aren’t the exception here: it’s always great when the band got famous all over the world after long, hard work ...
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Review: Kadavar “For The Dead Travel Fast” [Nuclear Blast Records]

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Since 2010 Germans Kadavar regularly release an album every two years and in some mysterious way still didn’t disappointed. Their previous album Rough Times was released in 2017 ...
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Review: Turbokill “Vice World” [Steamhammer/SPV]

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Heavy, Power and almost forgotten Speed Metal miraculously exist even nowadays. Not so bright as it was, let’s say, 30 years ago, but this genre can be hardly ...
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Exclusive premiere: Minus One “What’s Up”

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The band comments: “We had always loved the song by 4 Non Blondes! And when our manager came up with the idea of recording it, we thought it ...
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Exclusive premiere: Lucer “Crazy”

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The band comments on the video: “Crazy” is a celebration of all the women we meet in a lifetime. Our hero is getting seduced by the woman that ...
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Review: Sinner “Santa Muerte” [AFM Records]

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Sinner, which can be considered nowadays as Mat Sinner’s solo project, plays Teutonic Heavy Metal since 1980. The band released 18 albums, changed the line-up countless times and ...
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Review: Kurgan “Yggdrasil Burns” [Massacre Records]

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According to metal-archives.com there are eight bands named Kurgan. I wasn’t surprised to see the Ukrainian and Polish bands with such name because this word is very familiar to them. ...
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Premiere: Tresspass “Be Brave”

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Trespass, the legendary NWOBHM band from the ’80s, will release a new official video of the track “Be Brave”. The song is taken from Trespass’ latest album Footprints ...
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Gig Report: Hellfest @ 21-23.06.2019 | Clisson, France

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Day 0 (Arriving, Amon Amarth, Slipknot) On June, 20th at 5:30 am I left Tel Aviv and flew off to my first big festival in nine years: Hellfest! ...
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Review: Desert “Fortune Favors The Brave” [Self Release]

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Since 2002 Desert goes by not an easy way: line-up changes, experiments with the sound and meager budgets, which affected the records’ quality. Basically, all the problems that ...
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Review: Hereza “Death Metal Drunks” [Godz Ov War]

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We have already met Croatian/German formation Hereza two years ago, reviewing their second album I Become Death. Since then, it seems, a lot of things changed: now it’s ...
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Review: Jesus Chrüsler Supercar “Lücifer” [Dr. Music]

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I got acquainted with Jesus Chrüsler Supercar three years ago due to my disgusting tendency to choose a band by its name: the “curiouser” (as Lewis Caroll’s Alice ...
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Review: Bitchhammer “Offenders Of The Faith” [Iron Shield Records]

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Bitchhammer (lovely name, isn’t it?) is a trio from Leipzig, formed in 2008. Since then the band released an EP Raging Hell Rivers, participated in 4-in-1 split Thrashers ...
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Review: Protector “Summon The Hordes” [High Roller Records]

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Sometimes the band needs not only to work hard, play as much gigs as possible and get the right management. There is also a luck factor, no matter ...
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Interview: Pär Sundström from Sabaton

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This year Sabaton celebrate 20 years anniversary. So we had an opportunity to talk to Pär Sundström about upcoming album, North America tour and what is so great ...
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Review: Rebel Collective “Rebelism” [Sliptrick Records]

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“Drinking… that’s a great human tradition”, said Mr. Cody in the movie “Interstate 60” and he was damn right. But nowadays globalization prevails, so you can booze in ...
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Review: Possessed “Revelation Of Oblivion” [Nuclear Blast Records]

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How can you call a band that releases a new album after 30 years recess? Resurrected? Revenant? Or this comeback happens because of more mundane reasons? All of ...
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