Archives by: Marko Köfler

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A musician and writer from Austria, as well as an avid metal-fan since 2004!

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Review: Nàire ”The Age of Man” [Running Wild Productions]

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Promising Anthems of an Inevitable Demise… The Age of a Man as an album shows a certain strength that’s already perfectly represented in the opening track: diversity without ...
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Review: Nemoreus ”Orcunadoras-Chapter Three: Rogue” [Running Wild Productions]

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A Comfortable Nap in Hell… Austrian folk metal outfit Nemoreus just released the third part of their Orcunadoras trilogy. I have to admit that I haven’t heard any ...
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Review: Withdraw ”Struwwelpeter” [Running Wild Productions]

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Grim Tales. Excellent Storytelling. Solid Musicianship… For those who might not be fluent in the tongues of Austrian metal: Withdraw has certainly been on many a radar these ...
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Review: Obsidian Chamber ”Holzphäller” [Running Wild Productions]

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An axe both blunt and razor-sharp… Austria has a lot more to offer than I had expected when it comes to variety in metal. Until just last year, ...
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Review: Winter’s Breath ”Stories Left Behind” [Running Wild Productions]

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Between Our Known Worlds… On my quest through the Austrian black metal landscape, Winter’s Breath might be the odd one among the folk I’ve encountered in my homeland ...
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Review: In Dornen ”Trauer” [Running Wild Productions]

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Hostile, Sad, and Beautiful… Over ten years of inactivity is quite a long time and it surely is no easy feat to get back on track after such ...
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Review: Dea Artio ”Zurück In Die Waldwacht” [Running Wild Productions]

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Solitude in the Northern Limestone Alps… There’s a sense of loneliness and ease to be found in the atmosphere of Dea Artios‘ sound collages. We as listeners are ...
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Review: Drakon Ho Megas ”Έλευσις Αντίχριστου” [Floga Records]

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The Hellenic Drakon Returns Drakon Ho Megas may be a fresh, uprising band from Greece, but their sound definitely is harking back to the Hellenic days of old, ...
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Review: Spiritworld ”Deathwestern” [Century Media Records]

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Sergio Leone disagrees. Well, what a premise! After reading about the upcoming Spiritworld record and its Wild West-influenced style and theme, I could hardly await the release of ...
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Review: Thou Art Lord ”Daemoniorum” [The Circle Music Records]

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The Era of…Hades Rising Finally, after what felt like a decade of near-silence, Thou Art Lord returns with this little EP to please fans of the grittier side ...
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Review: Van Diemen ”Sarcophilus Laniarius” [Independent release]

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Certainly much better than the debut! Only a few weeks ago, the Tasmanian-turned-German devil Patrick Schmidt reached out to me – he had just put out a successor ...
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Review: In Flames “Clayman” [Nuclear Blast]

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The view from the top remains unclouded Two years ago I wrote a scathing review about how immensely pitiful the 2020 EP version of this record turned out. ...
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Review: Belphegor “The Devils” [Nuclear Blast]

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A Testimonial Teufelswerk for Modern Austrian Extreme Metal Following up their pretty impressive return to form in 2017’s Totenritual with a more than adequately satisfying effort surely wasn’t ...
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Review: Malevolent Creation ”Warkult” [Nuclear Blast Records]

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Built to Order, Made to Last… Malevolent Creation is a band that was crucial in the second wave of the young but already developing death metal scene and ...
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Review: Sakis Tolis ”Among The Fires Of Hell” [Metal Hammer Records]

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(Don’t) Sleep the Sleep of the Angels just yet! I’ve admittedly not been too pleased with the more recent song collections of the mighty Rotting Christ, as their ...
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Review: Altered Aeon ”Dispiritism” [Black Lotus Records]

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Grab your shovels for a grave worth exhuming! Don’t you just love it when you are forced to stay at home for whatever reasons, be it current events ...
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Review: Drakon Ho Megas ”Drakon Ho Megas” (Independent release)

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The Hellenic Drakon Rises… Although Drakon Ho Megas have only been formed about a year ago, they surely don’t sound like a bunch of amateurs worshiping at the ...
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Review: Unto Others ”Strength” [Roadrunner Records]

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With shiny diamonds and tarnished gold comes bittersweet emotions… I got into Idle Hands around the release of their debut album Mana back in 2019 via the traits ...
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Review: Sanctuary ”The Year The Sun Died” [Avalon Records]

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The late Apex of Warrel Dane‘s career! I can already see the flaming arrows pointing at me from a distance but that doesn’t deter me from showering this ...
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Review: Argesh “Excommunica” [Nero Corvino]

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A competent, enjoyable slaying of the gods with room for improvement Hailing from one of the northernmost regions of Italy, Argesh offer a whopping dose of crushing staccato ...
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