Interview: OLD MOON
Emerging from the Pacific Northwest, Old Moon channel grief, isolation, and emotional vulnerability into a sound that blends black metal atmosphere with melodic death metal...
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Interview with Sakis of ROTTING CHRIST
This talk with Sakis Tolis from Rotting Christ was first meant to happen back in 2024, but life had other plans – so here we...
Review: Nemus Anima “Rivers Flow Red”
The renowned Finnish black metal scene has produced some of the finest Black Metal bands to have ever struck a chord or to have penned...
Ukraine’s Melodic Black Metal Band DEUS SABAOTH Releases Their Second Single
Ukraine’s melodic black metal band DEUS SABAOTH has released their second single, The Priest, from the upcoming debut album, Cycle of Death, slated for release...
Ukraine’s Melodic Black Metal Band DEUS SABAOTH Releases Teaser for Debut Album
Following the announcement of January 17, 2025, as the international release date for their highly anticipated debut full-length album Cycle of Death, Ukraine’s melodic black...
Ukraine’s Melodic Black Metal Band DEUS SABAOTH Announces Debut Album
Ukraine’s melodic black metal band DEUS SABAOTH has set January 17, 2025, as the international release date for their highly anticipated debut full-length album, Cycle...
Review: Kanonenfieber “Die Urkatastrophe” [Century Media Records]
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...
Interview with Moonlight Sorcery
Hi! Can you provide an overview of the concept and narrative that underlies ‘Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle’? What themes and emotions are you...
Interview with Tom Ian Klungland of SWORN
Hi! What do you think sets “A Journey told through Fire” apart from your previous releases in terms of its atmosphere and intensity? Hello! While...
Review: Hegeroth “Sacra Doctrina”
Polish melodic black metal band Hegeroth from Silesia has returned with brand new record Sacra Doctrina which was released independently earlier this year. They continue...
Setoml Released Music Video “Man is God or Man is a Beast”
“Man is God or Man is a Beast” is the first single from the Setoml‘s upcoming album, the title of which the musicians have not...
Review: Martyrium “Lamia Satanica” [Art Gates Records]
This spring the Maltese melo/sympho black band Martyrium has returned with their fifth full-length album “Lamia Satanica” through Art Gates records. They are not very...
Review: Montuln “Arquetipo” [Australis records]
Way too good to be black metal, not quite heavy enough to death metal, it’s the melodic and melancholy Arquetipo from Chile’s Montuln. Chilean metal...
Review: WinterMoonShade “WinterMoonShade” [Black Spark Records]
Country of Portugal is well known for having metal bands that does not follow the norm in traditional metal, having in mind their most famous...
Review: Naglfar “Cerecloth” [Century Media Records]
After 8 long years the melodic black metal elite from Sweden strikes again. In the 80s and 90s far away from the drama of the...
Review: Dark Fortress “Spectres from the Old World” [Century Media Records]
Six years until the new record of the Bavarian black metal beast Dark Fortress enters our dimension. “Venereal Dawn” from 2014 was a very experimental...
Review: Sacramentum “Far Away from the Sun” [Adipocere Records]
On their first full length Sacramentum make an offering to the metal world in the form of melodic extreme metal somewhere between the sorrowful drama...
Review: WORMWOOD “Ghostlands: Wounds From A Bleeding Earth”
WORMWOOD “Ghostlands: Wounds From A Bleeding Earth” Non Serviam Records 1. Gjallarhornet 2. The Universe Is Dying 3. Under hennes vingslag 4. Godless Serenade 5....
Review: Wormwood ”Ghostlands: Wounds From A Bleeding Earth”
Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth is the awaited album from Wormwood I wanted to hear, and soon this will be released (10th of March)....