Memoriam was founded on the remnants of the late Bolt Thrower, back in 2016 and it includes members also from Benediction and Sacrilege, to name a couple. It is no lie that the band have been somewhat of a tribute to Bolt Thrower’s drummer, Martin Kearns, but with time grew to become a bigger thing […]
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Report: Dong Open Air 2019
July 11-13, 2019 Dong Hill Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany Report and pictures by: Ingrid and Rosa Back on the almighty hill that is called Dong! Arriving at a sold out Dong Open Air, with this year’s slogan ‘Holiday in the Sun’ , although the weather didn’t quite agree with that as you will read later on. Do […]
Necronautical – Apotheosis
It’s been nearly 10 years since an album of a (extreme / black) symphonic metal band has stuck with yours truly as much as Necronautical recently (Carach Angren’s ‘Death Came Through A Phantom Ship’ probably being the last). Not that there haven’t been decent releases in the genre. On the contrary: the above mentioned, Septicflesh […]
Wesenwille – I: Wesenwille
Label: Redefining Darkness RecordsReview by Erik Utrecht and Black Metal always has been a good combination. Numerous acts are hailing from this city. I will not name them but I can mention this: Wesenwille is another great act from this Dutch city. Their debut simply called I: Wesenwille. And although the temperature is already high […]
Asagraum – ‘Dawn of Infinite Fire’
Release date: September 13, 2019 Edged Circle Productions Where does a band cross the fine line between writing standard, yet enjoyable material or writing plainly generic songs? It’s a question that yours truly has been pondering about, whilst reviewing Asagraum‘s ‘Dawn of Infinite Fire’. Of course, in the end it’s a matter of taste. With […]
Firespawn – Abominate
What do you get when you put in one room members of Necrophobic and Entombed A.D? If you said “damn good music”, you’re in the right side of things. Even though Firespawn have been around for no less than 4 years, Abominate is the first real release that my Dumbo ears have listened to and […]
Abbath – Outstrider
Since Abbath has left Immortal we are being treated upon not only one, but two great acts. Immortal still exists and released the excellent “Pagan Northern Gods”. Luckily our favourite Black Metal clown Abbath has pursued his musical endeavours solo, spawning its excellent self-titled debut a few years back. Doesn’t mean that this Bathory devotee […]
Heinous – Demo I MMXVIII
Heinous is clouded in obscurity. Almost no information is shared with its audience. It seems that they have released a demo in 2018. Since New Era has a nose for illustrious Black Metal acts they decided to re-release it on cd. Given new artwork this piece of art is now available in limited edition. I […]
Report: Reykjavik Metalfest 2019
16 – 18th of May, 2019 Gaukurinn, Reykjavik Words by Ingrid (I), Laetitia (L) and pictures by Wouter (W) The Metal-Exposure crew is always eager to explore new territories and this weekend our journey has brought us all the way to Reykjavik, Iceland for the somewhat first edition of Reykjavik Metalfest. Previously this festival went […]
Report: Blackbriar, Mayan and Epica – Metropool Open Air
Hertme – 29th of June 2019 Let me share a recipe with you. Take a small town on a beautiful day, a cool open air theater stage and a couple of symphonic metal bands. Toss this all together and what you get is an evening filled with something awesome. According to the internet, Hertme has […]