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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...