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: Spektrvm “Blood for Heaven” [Sliptrick Records]

Last July the new modern progressive metal band from Greece Spektrvm has released their debut album Blood for Heaven via Sliptrick Records. Based on the...

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Review: Damnation Prayer “Blood Ritual: Symbols of Warfare and Annihilation”

By the end of last summer Finnish extreme metal trio Damnation Prayer has emerged with their debut album Blood Ritual: Symbols of Warfare and Annihilation,...

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Review: Confession “Coloured by the Red Flames of Fire”

Confession is an extreme metal duo from Poland, formed a couple of years ago. Last July their debut album Coloured by the Red Flames of...

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Review: Helsótt “Will and the Witch” [M-Theory Audio]

By the end of the last spring, American folk/death sextet Helsótt has returned from the oblivion, presenting the new LP Will and the Witch via...

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Review: Maledia “Phobia” [Sliptrick Records]

After five years of silence Italian modern rockers Maledia have returned with their third full-length album Phobia, developing the musical ideas that they started on...

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Review: Dusk “Relic”

Noisy and gloomy band Dusk from Costa Rica is known for their perverse and moody mix of abysmal ambient and harsh industrial beats. Every two...

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Review: SickOmania “Sickomania” [Sliptrick Records]

Two years ago Scandinavian death/thrash metalheads SickOmania have released their self-titled debut album SickOmania. Their first serious record was released entirely independently, and it is...

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Review: Drudkh “All Belong to the Night” [Season of Mist Underground Activists]

Ukrainian pagan/black metal band Drudkh is well-known and respected within the global extreme metal scene. Now their productivity isn’t so prolific, four years have passed,...

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Review: Arallu “Death Covenant” [Hammerheart Records]

By the end of autumn, the Israelite band Arallu has returned with their brand new album Death Covenant, releasing it through Hammerheart Records. They gave...

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Review: Dimmu Borgir “Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia” [2002 remixed & remastered. Nuclear Blast]

On 28th October Norwegian black metal veterans Dimmu Borgir have released the remastered and remixed version of their legendary album Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia via Nuclear...

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Review: Lamb of God “Omens” [Epic Records / Nuclear Blast / Ward Records]

In the mid-fall one of the most prominent groove metal bands Lamb of God has returned with the brand new record Omens, releasing it through...

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Review: Raven “Leave ‘Em Bleeding” [Steamhammer]

The last day of September was a turning point for British iconic heavy metal band Raven, on that very day was released their compilation of...

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Review: Rage “Spreading the Plague” [Steamhammer]

After one year of relative silence legendary German speed/power/heavy metal quartet Rage has returned with a teasing new EP Spreading the Plague, once again in...

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Review: Fallujah “Empyrean” [Nuclear Blast]

Early autumn was a happy time for American progressive death metal band Fallujah; they have released their fifth studio album Empyrean via Nuclear Blast Records....

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Review: Eihort “Consuming the Light” [Underground Kvlt Records]

At the end of July British metal duo Eihort has released their debut album Consuming the Light, presenting to the world 30+ minutes of traditional...

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Review: Abstracted “Atma Conflux” [M-Theory Audio]

In mid spring Brazilian fivesome Abstracted gave birth to their first LP Atma Conflux via M-Theory Audio Records, releasing earlier a couple of singles that...

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Review: Josh Keech “Warrior in the Clouds Pt​. 1”

By the end of June English musician Josh Keech from Bedford has independently released his first official EP Warrior in the Clouds Pt. 1, the...

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Review: Downcross “Hexapoda Triumph” [Cavum Atrum Rex / Purity Through Fire]

Early spring was marked by the release of the new record Hexapoda Triumph from Belarusian black metal band Downcross via local underground label Cavum Atrum...

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Review: Deimoon “The Nocturnes – First Act: The Hour of Wrath”

The new Polish/French band Deimoon has officially begun their musical path, releasing debut EP The Nocturnes – First Act: The Hour of Wrath utterly independently....

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Review: Lychlake “The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus”

A year or so ago English symphonic extreme metal band Lychlake has released their first ever record – LP The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus and...