Hellfest 2024 report with an elegant delay because illness finally caught me up when I arrived home. So, 2024 edition of Hellfest was, let’s say, different. For me ...
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As would Dante say in movie Clerks: “I’m not even supposed to be here today!” Is that time of the steaming summer where I’m seriously considering of taking ...
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Previously this year, I did an interview with the Dutch band Thorndale, and now I finally have some time to tell you about their debut album, Lightning Spawn. ...
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Lodestar is a Canadian gothic rock/doom metal band, formed in 2021. Polaris is their third album, recorded in 2023 but will be released in July this year. An ...
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Finland’s BYRON returns with their second full-length album early this year. I had heard about this band before but never listened to their music, so this is my ...
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The Brazilian metal scene has always been intriguing and overwhelmed by a plethora of great bands. To me, the Brazilian metal scene is a metal community of people ...
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The US band Ancient Vvisdom returned with a new album in January this year, released via Argonauta Records, and hit the stage with their kick-ass music. First of ...
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When it comes to the French black metal scene, I’m always curious whether I will like the material or not; the French black metal scene is very powerful, ...
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Greengoat is a psychedelic doom metal duo from Spain, formed in 2021. A.I. is their debut full-length album, released two years after their debut EP in 2022. The ...
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Formed in Kyiv in 2017 by professional, experienced musicians, Arhat gained a lot of attention with their extremely fierce mix of groove and death metal. In 2020 they ...
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The year 2023 was significant for techno death world, as the legendary Canadian deathsters Cryptopsy released their eighth studio album As Gomorrah Burns (joining forces with mighty Nuclear ...
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Late last summer, British guitarist Josh Keech released the sequel to his first EP, “Warrior in the Clouds, Pt. 2” on the local label JJK Records, thereby concluding ...
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This tour was announced in January 2024 in support of the latest Decapitated album “Cancer Culture” (2022) with such bands as Kataklysm, Septic Flesh and Allegaeon in support. ...
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For the 35 years of existence, Rotting Christ have come a long way in searching of their own, specific sound. At the beginning it was a raw noise, ...
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I never thought I would say that but I miss the pandemic times. We believed that the world goes straight to hell but we had no idea how ...
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Alright, so what the hell is going on with Slayer anyway? In 2019 they pompously end their career and get off the stage, then they declare they are ...
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Tomorrow’s Rain was formed in Tel-Aviv, Israel in 2011. However their debut album Hollow was released only in 2020, in the peak of COVID. This prevented to gain ...
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Exceeding All Expectations… You know that satisfying feeling when a band you’ve already felt some connection with does exactly what’s needed to not only revise their formula and ...
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Comments Off on Review: Obsidian Chamber ”Ein Platz am Kamin” [Running Wild Productions]
My Dying Bride, undoubtedly fathers and legends of doom metal are not quite prolific last years: if once they released an album in two or three years, then ...
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Here’s a quirky dark metal album, not necessarily great but with all sorts of very entertaining and fascinating moments. I call it dark metal because it’s a kind ...
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