The Hellenic Drakon Returns Drakon Ho Megas may be a fresh, uprising band from Greece, but their sound definitely is harking back to the Hellenic days of old, ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Drakon Ho Megas ”Έλευσις Αντίχριστου” [Floga Records]
review
Sergio Leone disagrees. Well, what a premise! After reading about the upcoming Spiritworld record and its Wild West-influenced style and theme, I could hardly await the release of ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Spiritworld ”Deathwestern” [Century Media Records]
The Era of…Hades Rising Finally, after what felt like a decade of near-silence, Thou Art Lord returns with this little EP to please fans of the grittier side ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Thou Art Lord ”Daemoniorum” [The Circle Music Records]
On the evening of October 25th, I headed to Quantic Pub to finally see Hypocrisy, Septicflesh, The Agonist, and Horizon Ignited. (I was late a bit) I arrived by the ...
Read more
Comments Off on Gig Review: Hypocrisy, Septicflesh, The Agonist & Horizon Ignited @ Quantic Pub, Bucharest- October 25th 2022
Certainly much better than the debut! Only a few weeks ago, the Tasmanian-turned-German devil Patrick Schmidt reached out to me – he had just put out a successor ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Van Diemen ”Sarcophilus Laniarius” [Independent release]
Built to Order, Made to Last… Malevolent Creation is a band that was crucial in the second wave of the young but already developing death metal scene and ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Malevolent Creation ”Warkult” [Nuclear Blast Records]
After the rather mediocre mess that was Transitus, Arjen Lucassen completely redeem himself with what does best. A new metal opera in his typical amazing style. This third ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Star One ”Revel In Time” [Inside Out Music]
The enormous amount of 80s Thrash Metal bands reuniting seems endless. It feels like at least two times a year I still get a massive surprise of either ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Vio-Lence ”Let The World Burn” [Metal Blade Records]
(Don’t) Sleep the Sleep of the Angels just yet! I’ve admittedly not been too pleased with the more recent song collections of the mighty Rotting Christ, as their ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Sakis Tolis ”Among The Fires Of Hell” [Metal Hammer Records]
Grab your shovels for a grave worth exhuming! Don’t you just love it when you are forced to stay at home for whatever reasons, be it current events ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Altered Aeon ”Dispiritism” [Black Lotus Records]
The Hellenic Drakon Rises… Although Drakon Ho Megas have only been formed about a year ago, they surely don’t sound like a bunch of amateurs worshiping at the ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Drakon Ho Megas ”Drakon Ho Megas” (Independent release)
Nekromantheon created quite a buzz in the early 2010s when they released the two full length albums Divinity in Death and Rise, Vulcan Spectre. I have to admit ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Nekromantheon ”Visions Of Trismegistos” [Indie Records]
The late Apex of Warrel Dane‘s career! I can already see the flaming arrows pointing at me from a distance but that doesn’t deter me from showering this ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Sanctuary ”The Year The Sun Died” [Avalon Records]
When Candlemass split up in the early 90s bass player and main man Leif Edling felt that he was far from finished with the music, so he put ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Abstrakt Algebra- Abstrakt Algebra (Megarock Records)
Three years after Where Echoes Gather, the Norwegians return with their sixth album. I wasn’t having high hopes on this one as the two previous albums felt rather ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Communic ”Hiding From The World” [AFM Records]
Cryptosis from the Netherlands started out in 2013 as the old school Thrash outfit Distillator. After releasing two albums they noticed a huge advancement in their musical skills ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Cryptosis ”Bionic Swarm” (Century Media Records)
If you’re looking to blow away a few cobwebs after the past year of interminable lockdowns then Cannibal Corpse are indeed a safe bet to do just that. ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Cannibal Corpse ”Violence Unimagined” [Metal Blade Records]
Stranger in a Strange Land… This record is more than just merely confusing. It’s been a difficult piece to stomach, hard to digest for a variety of reasons. ...
Read more
Comments Off on Review: Van Diemen ”Van Diemen” (Independent release)