The year is 2017 Anno Bastardi, and the month of (virtually) no sun is upon us. Long are the nights, cold is the north wind. Murky frozen grounds meet a grey sky at a...
Second to publish an album top 10 from 2017 is our ‘second in command’ Ingrid. Giving a long explanation about why this is my top 10 from 2017 isn’t really my cup of tea....
As the year draws to an end, it is time to make up the musical balance for each of us. We’ll present you with a top 10 or 5 from our editors, an accompanying...
After traveling across across Europe (well, Norway and Sweden anyway) to see Enslaved , the 13th of November reversed the roles: they were kind enough to play in De Helling (Utrecht). And to hell...
If Iceland is known for one thing – besides beautifully bleak landscapes and its residents’ healthy hankering for fermented shark meat – it’s unique music. From Björk to Sigur Rós and from Sólstafir to...
The self titled EP (released in 2016 by Everlasting Spew Records) of Portugese (post) black metal formation Gaerea ended upon my desk quite randomly, yet I’m happy it did. Having only been around since...
French-Spanish death metal conquistadors IMPUREZA are back with a new album called La Caída De Tonatiu, to be released on November 10th, 2017, on Season Of Mist. We are happy to present you the...
A Cloak is many things – something to keep you warm, to keep you dry or just something to make you look like a genuine bad-ass. Arguably, Klingons being able to cloak their massive...
Portuguese band Moonspell is one of the most established bands when it comes to dark metal. They are also the first band of this genre that I encountered when I started my journey into...
Tonight marked an evening with a first love. No, not a reunion with a handsome, long-haired metal man, but a visit to a show of one of the bands in my ‘metal start-up package’....