Sonata Arctica will release their ninth studio album very soon. We already had a listen, and were lucky enough to speak to singer and frontman of the band, Tony Kakko. Read the interview here...
On the 22nd of October, Tarja (former Nightwish) will be performing in Metropool, Hengelo (OV) The Netherlands. For the first time she will bring her show to this venue. During “The Shadow Shows” Tour,...
Canadian female fronted extreme metallers The Agonist have released their fifth album, aptly called Five, on September 30th. This is their second release since Alissa White-Gluz (now Arch Enemy) left. This association may have...
Brujeria’s long awaited new album is an intense deathgrind ride fused with heavy grooves. The focus is not on blastbeats, eventhough they’re present obviously, but the focus is rather on pounding rhythms mostly and...
Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica are pushing new boundaries with their upcoming studio album The Holographic Principle (THP). While the group has been focusing science as a theme with the most recent records, this...
Beyond The Gates has pretty much everything I look for in a festival, and so, once more I found myself changing aircrafts (Damn you, Finnair!) that were late, on my way to the wet...
The debut album Treachery of Senses (2012) of Finnish progressive/hybrid metallers Oddland ended high up in my year list, even though yours truly is not a typical prog metal fan. When I learned about...
‘How the bloody hell have I never heard of this band before?’ That was one of the first thoughts that came to my mind when I put on Monkey3 their new release ‘Astra Symmetry’,...
Although summer is not dying any time soon, with 30+ degrees C in the middle of September, autumn is being heralded by it’s proverbial namesake and atmospheric/black metal entourage Winterfylleth. I for one am...
If you’ve read the 2015 report, you’ll know what Midgardsblot is about; if you haven’t, here’s a short recap: A pagan/black/folk metal festival in Norway, located at ancient Viking (grave) mounds and partially inside...