Review: Dimmu Borgir – Grand Serpent Rising [Nuclear Blast Records]
With flickering flames and that familiar whiff of sulphur hanging in the air, DIMMU BORGIR have finally returned. Eight long years after Eonian, the Norwegians...
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Interview: Emil Borg of Venthiax
Swedish speed metal trio Venthiax have been quietly sharpening their claws in the underground, releasing demos, live recordings, and various early material before their first...
Interview with Franta Štorm of Master’s Hammer
After seven years of silence, Czech legends MASTER’S HAMMER return with Maldorör Disco — a surreal, synth-laden reinvention that dances somewhere between black metal, art...
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: Barshasketh “Antinomian Asceticism” [World Terror Committee]
The concept of Antinomianism is an ages olde rebuttal to the notion that religious people – namely Christians – are required to live by an...
Review: Lucifer’s Child “The Illuminant” [Agonia Records]
The Greek Black Metal scene was birthed alongside the Norwegian movement, and has kept in stride with it in some ways and surpassed it in...
Interview with Draakh of Mörk Gryning
Mörk Gryning, one of the foundational names in Swedish Black Metal, is gearing up for the release of their seventh album, Fasnornas Tid. In this...
Interview with Temple of Scorn
Hi! Your debut album, “Funeral Altar Epiphanies,” has been described as a monumental slab of dark and doomy death metal. Could you delve into the...
Interview with THE MAGUS
Hi! Necromantia was a significant presence in the Greek black metal scene. How do you think your experiences with Necromantia influenced your musical style and...
Review: Molekh “Ritus” [Bent Window Records / Pale Ghoul Recordings]
Underground and indie scene is full of rising stars; some are wading through the thorns, gaining some kind of mainstream influence, but some names are...
Interview with Freddy of NECRONOMICON
Hello Freddy! How has your creative process evolved since your first album, and how has that influenced the making of this album? Hi Stanley, at...
Review: Dimmu Borgir “Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia” [2002 remixed & remastered. Nuclear Blast]
On 28th October Norwegian black metal veterans Dimmu Borgir have released the remastered and remixed version of their legendary album Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia via Nuclear...
Review: Necrodeath “Fragments of Insanity” [Metalmaster Records]
The correlation between thrash and death metal is an interesting one. Not because the most brutal and early variants are easily associated with another, but...
Review: Therion “Leviathan II” [Nuclear Blast]
This new set of occult power/symphonic metal songs isn’t as impressive as the first Leviathan from last year, but it still has a lot to...
Review: Asphyx “The Rack” [Century Media Records]
Long-lasting doom/death metal veterans Asphyx were one of the earliest bands from Holland that slowed the hell down once speeding up became the norm. Quickly...
Review: Master’s Hammer “Ritual” [Monitor]
On paper, Czech black metal might be an ideal style for people who struggle to get into the harsh sound that we’ve come to associate...
Review: Necromantia “Scarlet Evil Witching Black” [Osmose Productions]
Often lumped together with Varathron and Rotting Christ, Necromantia were another important band of the Greek black metal scene. Of course, each of these bands...
Review: Cloven Hoof “Dominator” [Heavy Metal Records]
Sometimes bands do the unthinkable and Cloven Hoof is certainly one of the bands that fall into this category. They started out as a NWOBHM...