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: Culted “Nous” [Season of Mist]

After a couple of releases with Relapse Records the Canadian-Swedish formation Culted has joined forces with the label Season of Mist, and this February was...

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Review: Demoniac “So It Goes” [Edged Circle]

The Chilean thrashers Demoniac have returned this year with a brand new album “So It goes” after three years of silence (apart from the Live...

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Review: Nader Sadek “The Serapeum”

After six years of silence, Egyptian born musician Nader Sadek has returned with a string of singles, and in the end of November has finally...

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Review: Under Attack “Virus Alert” [Sliptrick records]

Recently the Italian heavy metal band Under Attack has released their debut album “Virus Alert” through the Sliptrick Records, defining their first musical journey in...

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Review: StarGazer “Psychic Secretions” [Nuclear War Now! Productions]

The Australian extreme avant-garde formation StarGazer has returned with their fifth full-length album “Psychic Secretions” through the Nuclear War Now! Productions. And that’s a significant...

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Review: Alpha Boys “Saviours Of Rock ‘N’ Roll” [Sliptrick records]

The bad boys from Sweden Alpha Boys have confidently flooded the rock ’n’ roll scene, presenting their debut album “Saviours of Rock ’n’ Roll” via...

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Review: Rvbber VVitch “Mastvrbations Malveillantes MMXVII” [Werewolf Records]

In the summer of 2019, the Canadian mysterious one-man band (actually female) Rvbber VVitch has released independently their first record “Mastvrbations Malveillantes MMXVII”. But in...

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Review: Adder’s Fork “The Fatalist”

At the end of last year Austrian gothic/heavy metal one-man project of Marko Köfler Adder’s Fork independently has released their latest EP “The Fatalist”. This...

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Review: Dusk “The Hermit”

The industrial metal formation Dusk, hailing from Costa-Rica has started this year with a new dark and noisy journey, presenting their second full-length album “The...

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Review: Speedkiller “Midnight Vampire” [Edged Circle]

In the end of January the music label Edge Circle Productions will release the first EP “Midnight Vampire” from the young Brazilian band Speedkiller, offering...

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Review: AUÐN “Vökudraumsins fangi” [Season of Mist]

From the cold and authentic Nordic island of Iceland the atmospheric black metal tough guys Auđn present their third full-length album “Vökudraumsins Fangi” (which translates...

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Review: Puteraeon “The Cthulhian Pulse: Call From The Dead City” [Emanzipation Productions]

By the end of November the Swedish death metal followers Puteraeon have released their fourth full-length album “The Cthulhian Pulse: Call from the Dead City”...

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Review: Luna in Sanguinem “Global Bloodbath”

The young American band from Illinois Luna in Sanguinem last year has released their first EP “Global Bloodbath”, praising the mighty classical death metal with...

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Review: Farer “Monad” [Aesthetic Death]

The Dutch drone/noise/sludge metal band Farer, earlier known as Menhir, this year has released their debut album “Monad”, serious, apocalyptic and furious soundtrack to a...

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Review: Mörk Gryning “Hinsides Vrede” [Season of Mist]

After 15 years of silence, the Swedish black metal formation Mörk Gryning has returned with a totally new record “Hinsides Vrede”, and that’s their first...

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Review: Garmarna “Förbundet” [Season of Mist]

The label Season of Mist has always found joy in experimental releases, so this year they’ve decided to join forces with a Swedish folk rock...

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Review: Loss Of Infection “Dark Dimension” [Sliptrick records]

This year young deathcore formation from South Korea Loss of Infection with a support from Sliptrick records has decided to conquer the extreme scene, presenting...

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Review: Ilsa “Preyer” [Relapse Records]

After two years of silence the American crust/doom legend Ilsa, based in Washington D.C., has returned with a new album “Preyer”, the second one in...

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Review: Surma “The Light Within” [Metal Blade Records]

Recently the cult label Metal Blade has decided to sign the contract with a new band Surma, the product of Heri Joensen from Týr and...

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Review: Mongrel’s Cross “Arcana, Scrying and Revelation” [Hells Headbangers]

The Australian extreme metal band Mongrel’s Cross this year through the label Hells Headbangers has released their third album “Arcana, Scrying and Revelation” after two...