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Reviews
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Report: Metal Gates Festival 2025

Another edition of Metal Gates festival, which kicked off on Thursday, September 25th, at Quantic Club, with a warm-up concert, as let’s call it day...

Reviews
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This Week’s Picks – Sept 12, 2025

Hey from hot Arizona! This is the first “This Week’s Picks”! The plan is to do it (or at least try to) every week, sharing...

Interview with Tamás of Thy Catafalque

With their latest album, XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek (The Beautiful Dreams Are Yet to Come), Thy Catafalque invites listeners on an introspective journey...

Interview with Thy Catafalque

Your new album, ‘Alföld,’ showcases your unique blend of genres, ranging from jazz to pop to folk. How do you approach the process of incorporating...

Video interview: Dan “Chewy” Mongrain from Voivod

In December we had a nice long chat with Voivod‘s guitarist Dan “Chewy” Mongrain. We talked about live performances, complexity of music and shed some...

Interview audio: Madder Mortem

Interview with Madder Mortem’s Agnete Kirkevaag, talking about touring with Vulture Industries, the new album Marrow and the story behind it. She also talked about...

Reviews
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Review: Enslaved ”E”

Enslaved – ”E” (Nuclear Blast records)  Two things surprised me about E: it’s Enslaved’s fourteenth release (it must be, it says so on their facebook...

Interview: Diablo Swing Orchestra

After a five-year hiatus, one of most extraordinary bands Diablo Swing Orchestra makes the audience happy with their new album ‘Pacifisticuffs’. On the eve of...

Interview audio: VULTURE INDUSTRIES

I had an interview before the gig with Bjornar Nielsen, vocalist of Vulture Industries, who have talked about the current tour, new album concept, the...

Reviews
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Review: Diablo Swing Orchestra “Pacifisticuffs “

One of the most unordinary bands, Swedish avant-garde Diablo Swing Orchestra release their fourth album ‘Pacifisticuffs’ after five years of silence, line-up changes and other...

Video
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Video: Enslaved ”Storm Son”

Enslaved presents their new video for the single song, ”Storm Son”, taken from the band’s upcoming album E , which will be out on October 13th via Nuclear...

Interview Stielas Storhett

Stielas Storhett is a Black metal band from Russia, but this is not all. Damien TG, the mastermind of this music project, been active in...

News
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Second To Sun “Ladoga Master” single stream

Second to Sun, Russia-based metal band, was formed in 2012. It’s members are playing metal and hardcore instrumental music and one of the most inherent