Let’s go in the woods for a trip through musical genres and mood, discussions on society and nature. It’s a perpetually changing album, where you...
Let’s join a funeral ceremony, inspired by doom metal and Toraja Indonesian rituals. There’s death, magic and dark music, so basically, everything I like. We’re...
When Benediction released their Scriptures after 12 years of silence back in 2020, fans admired predictably, especially with David Ingram as a vocalist. The band...
Ukrainian atmospheric black/death metal band U Kronakh is back with Archaic Dance of Winds, their third full-length, out tomorrow via Archivist Records. Today, we’re excited...
Last spring, the young Ukrainian atmospheric black metal/ambient duo Labyrinthus Stellarum from Odesa independently released their second studio album Vortex of the Worlds in digital...
The international power metal band Maesün independently released their debut album Remember to Die a year ago, following three singles that defended their claim in...
First day of spring came with a cloudy and gloomy weather, but it didn’t matter or stop me from attending a new edition of Bucharest...
Literally the perfect album title. Are you one of those people who believe that thrash is best left without much outside influence or progressive tendencies?...
Watching Paint Dry (Roman Edition) I guess the aftermath of this Ex Deo listening session should leave me kind of disgruntled, and disappointed, or at...
There are a few things in life that are certain: Memento Mori : remember that you will die Prima spectacula mala erunt – the opening...
From the Swamps to Victory… I admit that I tend to be skeptical when one-man bands start additional projects with similar genre tags within just...
On the last day of 2023, the Belgian black metal band Absolutus independently released their latest EP Entfremdung in digital format – their fifth EP...
In 2021, at the height of scorching summer, the Ukrainian-American black/death metal duo Lava Abyss digitally released their debut album Sacrificial Ritual of Primordial Fire,...
In times of political turmoil and general distress all over the planet, sometimes all it takes to feel better is a hefty dose of punchy,...
When the press release states “the band is back to their roots” I can’t believe it, even if I deadly want to, sorry. In most...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...