Iceland’s excelling black metal scene has found a footing in the international metal scene over the past years, and seems there to stay. While bands like Svartidauði, Sinmara, Auðn and Misþyrming are establishing themselves as the name of this particular scene, there are also new projects erupting from the burned, vulcanic soul on a regularly. […]
Metal Exposure
Iskald – Innhøstinga
Every metal fan, no.. Every music fan must have come across this feeling. It doesn’t sit well with you and it feels a bit like betrayal. To the music? To the people writing the music? To yourself, because you were fooled by your own expectations? This unpleasant feeling one has to experience when walking the […]
Merrimack – Omegaphilia
French black metallers Merrimack released their latest on the 9th of June 2017, ‘Omegaphilia’. Although not much new is brought with this release, I count it as one of the better releases of 2017 thusfar. As Omegaphilia (Season of Mist – Underground Activists) kicks off with a tribal rhythmic initiation on ‘Cauterizing Cosmos’, this French […]
Septicflesh premiere 360° video of first new album track
Greek metal titans SEPTICFLESH have revealed the first monumental song taken from their forthcoming tenth full-length, ‘Codex Omega’, which has been scheduled for release on the 1st of September. You can check out the song below! SEPTICFLESH comment: “We are proud to present the first track from the upcoming album ‘Codex Omega’. The song is […]
Body Count – Bloodlust
The record Manslaughter (2014) marked the return of rapper Ice-T and his comrade guitarist Ernie C. of the gangster-metal collective Body Count in the metal scene. While Manslaughter was described as a decent comeback, the follow up Bloodlust can be seen as the result of adding fuel (racism, police brutality, social inequality) to the flame […]