Ilona Adhlactha 239 articles

I am into metal music from the school times, started from traditional genres, and now exploring the experimental scene. I'm also interested in modern architecture and contemporary art.

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Review: Burning Creation “Sea of Dead Bodies” [Via Nocturna]

At the end of November 2024, the young Polish band Burning Creation released their debut album “Sea of Dead Bodies” via the independent local label...

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Review: Svar “In the Land Called Night” [Via Nocturna]

At the end of 2024, the Polish one-man black metal project Svar released its debut full-length album In the Land Called Night through the local...

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Review: Dying Grotesque “Celestial” [Archivist Records / Grand Sounds PR]

In late autumn of last year, the Ukrainian death metal band Dying Grotesque released their sophomore full-length album Celestial via the local label Archivist Records,...

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Review: Intra Nigrum “Logos” [Putrid Cult]

In the final days of last autumn, the Polish one-man band Intra Nigrum, which plays atmospheric depressive black metal with ambient elements, independently released its...

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Review: Vrag – Rendületlenül [Filosofem Records]

A year ago, Hungarian multi-instrumentalist Roland Neubauer returned with his black metal project Vrag, releasing the fourth full-length album Rendületlenül through the local label Filosofem...

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Review: Peacemaker – Internal Revolution

A year ago, the Polish hardcore band Peacemaker released their sophomore full-length album Internal Revolution completely independently, a staggering 23 years after their debut Different...

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Review: KRYPTA “Krypta”

At the very end of last autumn, a Ukrainian gothic/doom band from Kyiv released their first self-titled album Krypta without the help of any labels....

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Review: Antipope “Doors of the Dead” [Moribund Records]

At the end of October last year, the Finnish traditional metal band Antipope released their latest album Doors of the Dead through the iconic American...

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Review: Endonomos “Endonomos II – Enlightenment” [Argonauta Records]

At the end of last autumn, the Austrian doom/death metal band Endonomos released their second full-length album Endonomos II – Enlightenment via Argonauta Records. On...

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Review: Obsidian Mantra “As We All Will” [Via Nocturna]

At the end of September last year, the Polish progressive death metal band Obsidian Mantra released their third full-length album As We All Will through...

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Review: Unwelcome Soul “Dried Petals”

Last summer, the American black metal one-man project Unwelcome Soul released its debut album Dried Petals digitally, and six months later – a CD version...

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Review: Shade of Sorrow “Upon the Fields of Grief” [M-Theory Audio]

At the end of June last year, the Finnish melodic death metal band Shade of Sorrow released its debut album Upon the Fields of Grief...

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Review: Labyrinthus Stellarum “Vortex of the Worlds” [Archivist Records]

Last spring, the young Ukrainian atmospheric black metal/ambient duo Labyrinthus Stellarum from Odesa independently released their second studio album Vortex of the Worlds in digital...

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Review: Maesün “Remember to Die”

The international power metal band Maesün independently released their debut album Remember to Die a year ago, following three singles that defended their claim in...

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Review: Absolutus – Entfremdung

On the last day of 2023, the Belgian black metal band Absolutus independently released their latest EP Entfremdung in digital format – their fifth EP...

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Review: Lava Abyss – Sacrificial Ritual of Primordial Fire [Archivist Records]

In 2021, at the height of scorching summer, the Ukrainian-American black/death metal duo Lava Abyss digitally released their debut album Sacrificial Ritual of Primordial Fire,...

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Review: Lilla Veneda “Primordial Movements”

On the last day of winter this year (a leap day that only comes around once every four years) Polish band Lilla Veneda released their...

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Review: Shrapnel Storm “Silo” [Great Dane Records]

In early October last year, the Finnish death/war metal band Shrapnel Storm released their third studio album Silo via the French label Great Dane Records,...

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Review: Sathanas / DeathEpoch “Hellspawn Hegemony” [Putrid Cult]

At the end of 2023, the independent Polish label Putrid Cult (run by Morgul from DeathEpoch) released a split album with the hellish title Hellspawn...

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Review: Carnifex “Necromanteum” [Nuclear Blast Records]

The American deathcore band Carnifex from sunny California has returned after a two-year break with their latest full-length album Necromanteum, their ninth release. For 20...