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...
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Interview: Epica ventures into different realities
This month, the new record The Holographic Principle of the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica will hit the stores. During the press day of the band in Amsterdam, we sat down with vocalist and...
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Delain – Moonbathers
The Dutch symphonic metal band Delain is one of those bands that is growing their fanbase quite rapidly. They are touring all over the world and are doing international headliner tours. Moonbathers is the...
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How to: Survive your post festival depression..
A Metal-Exposure Guide to surviving your post festival depression! As the festival seasons draws to an end – it´s time to face the dreaded aftermath of a summer full of drinking, head banging and...
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Bloody Hammers – Lovely Sort of Death
Bloody Hammers are a fantastic little duo, hailing from North Carolina, USA. I got to know them through their self-titled debut album from 2012, which was a fantastic release that managed to combine their...
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Harakiri for the Sky – III: Trauma
By the time I felt prepared to listen to III: Trauma, I was actually a little nervous about what awaited me: I had gotten so wrapped up in the band’s earlier discography that I...
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Baptism – V: The Devil’s Fire
Baptism is a bit of an oddity in the extreme music landscape. The brains behind it, is Lord Sargofagian (or just Lord S. for short) and he’s known to be a tidy bit impulsive...
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Firtan – Innenwelt
I’ve always been a fan of genre cross-overs especially when the result of combining different styles creates something that is much more than just the sum of its parts. And Firtan are getting very...
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The magic of Midgardsblot: interview with organiser Runa Luna
As an e-zine crew we have become professional festival attendees. Everyone has their favourite: from Party San to Wacken Open Air, but what we encountered in Horten, Norway last year during the Midgardsblot festival,...
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Dawn of Disease – Worship the Grave
Dawn of Disease was founded in 2003 and released only one MCD before breaking up in 2007. The MCD however was very well received in the death metal community so they soon reformed in...
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