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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It looks like it was one of the most awaited events for fans of extreme metal, and that was Underground For The Masses I, which took place in ...
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Ferocious, Resolved, Unbeatable… The ultimate warrior of underdogs strikes again, presenting his new (and already) 11th solo album Circle of Stone to the world. Blaze Bayley‘s previous record ...
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Three years ago, in 2021 Korpiklaani released their Jylhä, where the intent to return to their roots – a fast-paced and joyful folk metal from “Happy Little Boozer” ...
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Imagine an ancient swamp in a dark thicket of forest that bubbles up, emitting a caustic stench. Shadows circle around the swamp, and from time to time, terrifying ...
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Frank Never Dies is an Italian psychedelic rock band. Formed in 2018, they record their first album Behind The Paradox, which was released in 2020. And now the ...
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Here’s a symphonic black metal album that’s not necessarily perfect, but has all the darkness and ambition I want from that genre. The album’s ambition is proven in ...
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I want to start with a little confession: I don’t like progressive metal in its pure form. I mean, I can appreciate playing techniques and sophisticated melodic lines ...
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This year Rage celebrates the band’s 40 years anniversary. 40 years! Such numbers still impress me, while Judas Priest celebrated 50 years. Also considering an amount of Rage ...
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The last summer, the Danish death/black metal band Sturmtiger (now based in the United Kingdom) released their second studio album Transcendent Warfare after an almost decade-long hiatus, joining ...
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At the end of 2022, the Polish death/black metal band Devilpriest released their sophomore studio album In Repugnant Adoration in collaboration with the local label Odium Records (now ...
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Since 2007 Italians Furor Gallico advance their own vision of folk metal consistently, mixing brutal riffs and extreme vocals with some various folk instruments. Now, after five years ...
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Why does the combination of witchcraft, heavy metal, doom metal and blues work so well? Anyway, here’s a kick-ass album, with all the best parts of the genres ...
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March 16th is the night when The Swamp felt the iron once again. While we were still recovering from neck aches that Cryptopsy and Atheist gave us, another ...
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There are worse ways to end your Tuesdays, especially for your eardrums. One of those ways was last night’s four tons of death metal by the American band ...
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Comments Off on Gig report: NASTY ABYSS: Cryptopsy, Atheist, Serpentslain, Almost Dead, Monastery: March 5th, 2024
On March 2 took place Bucharest Deathfest 2024 at Quantic Club, one of the best venues in Bucharest, an event organized by Coro and Axa Valaha Productions. It ...
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There is not much known about the band Karkosa: these guys are from Fort Wayne, IN, formed not a long time ago and released their debut EP Harvest ...
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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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I remember when I heard Dust Bolt for the first time: it was in 2016, when they released their Mass Confusion album. Despite there was nothing essentially new, ...
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