When symphonic metal bands release album with “opera” in the title, you can bet it’s going to be one of their most ambitious albums, and Fleshgod Apocalypse doesn’t ...
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Embracing the Leitmotif… There’s only so many bands popping up with the prospect of twisting your perception about traditional extreme metal in such wicked ways. Withdraw tends to ...
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Yogi rock. Yes, this is an album inspired by Deepak Chopra’s book of (mostly) the same name. If you’re on board with that, you’ll find a lot to ...
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Last Friday in The Swamp we had feast for the champions, a double course in the name of Ulcerate and Selbst, with such heaviness and quality texture that ...
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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 third studio album ...
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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, presenting yet another ...
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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 Hegemony from two ...
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Let’s get swept up in the changing moods and tides of this atmospheric black metal album. It may not be the best or most interesting album in that ...
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I’m certainly new to this. Even though I’ve been a large fan of anything gothic rock/metal-related – as well as an avid follower of the more eclectic and ...
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Metal Gates Festival 2024 started in forces, with 3 intense days, hosted by Quantic Club- Bucharest, 27th-28th September. I don’t want to take too long with the words, ...
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LILJEVARS BRANN‘s Helja Kor will be released on September 27, 2024, via Octopus Rising. Here’s the album review and an exclusive premiere! This is a scary folk dance ...
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Mayhem, or The True Mayhem needs no introduction. On September 3, we celebrated Mayhem’s 40th anniversary, with an incredible concert, which I am glad I managed to see… First of ...
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War in. First time when I heard the name Kanonenfieber was in the end of 2021, when Dmytro Kumar, 1914 vocalist mentioned this name in the interview. I ...
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It’s been five years since the Vile Nilotic Rites, an excellent album in its brutality and technics – for the moment it’s a largest gap between Nile‘s albums. ...
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Wintersun’s long-awaited sequel to Time I is finally out, and it’s more than worth the wait. What makes this album so interesting is that it feels like it ...
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Here is a very ambitious symphonic black/folk metal album, with many ideas that may or may not work, sometimes it’s not easy to get into, but it’s at ...
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The Swamp had another death metal sauna, as it we like to say in these parts. This Monday we had a solid two combo death metal punch by ...
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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 years, they have ...
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In the second half of 2023, the young Swiss band Wizards of Wiznan released their debut album No Light Has No Shadow in collaboration with Argonauta Records. This ...
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After 15 long years Dani and The Filths had finally ungraced the capital city of Croatia with their presence. The reason for their long absence, well, perhaps had ...
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