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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...