A Comfortable Nap in Hell… Austrian folk metal outfit Nemoreus just released the third part of their Orcunadoras trilogy. I have to admit that I haven’t heard any ...
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Grim Tales. Excellent Storytelling. Solid Musicianship… For those who might not be fluent in the tongues of Austrian metal: Withdraw has certainly been on many a radar these ...
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Comments Off on Review: Withdraw ”Struwwelpeter” [Running Wild Productions]
The day of Wednesday 17th was a really tiring one for me, I was feeling almost with no energy and a little sick too, but that didn’t stop ...
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Comments Off on Gig report: W.A.S.P.- Bucharest, Romania 17.05.2023
A Wednesday day. on my way to Quantic club to see Watain (for the second time), Bolzer, and Concrete Winds. The three bands embarked on the Agony & Ecstasy over Europe tour, with ...
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An axe both blunt and razor-sharp… Austria has a lot more to offer than I had expected when it comes to variety in metal. Until just last year, ...
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Comments Off on Review: Obsidian Chamber ”Holzphäller” [Running Wild Productions]
Between Our Known Worlds… On my quest through the Austrian black metal landscape, Winter’s Breath might be the odd one among the folk I’ve encountered in my homeland ...
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Comments Off on Review: Winter’s Breath ”Stories Left Behind” [Running Wild Productions]
Hostile, Sad, and Beautiful… Over ten years of inactivity is quite a long time and it surely is no easy feat to get back on track after such ...
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Solitude in the Northern Limestone Alps… There’s a sense of loneliness and ease to be found in the atmosphere of Dea Artios‘ sound collages. We as listeners are ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dea Artio ”Zurück In Die Waldwacht” [Running Wild Productions]
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, ...
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Comments Off on Review: Drakon Ho Megas ”Έλευσις Αντίχριστου” [Floga Records]
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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