I was first introduced to Battle Beast when they opened for Kamelot in 2018 and was instantly won over. With success among the ranks highlighted by their 2014 nomination for best Finnish metal album, Battle Beast is a well-established gothic power metal band named after a character from the comic book series Invincible. They’re known […]
Shadow of Intent -Elegy
28 December, 2018 Do you ever see something that’s so beautiful, it overwhelms you? Something so wildly gorgeous that it’s too much, too much for you to just sit there and take in… You can feel it just exploding out of you, as you long to be a part of its creation – which, of […]
Verikalpa – Tunturihauta
I’m sure you’ve all heard tales of Finnish bands getting lost in the never-ending wintery forests of Finland. It is said some try to find a way out for days until eventually succumbing to the cold. I’ve made all of that up based on a meme, of course, but if it was true Verikalpa is […]
Ereb Altor – Vargtimman
Formed in 2003, Ereb Altor was established as a supplement to Tabletop RPG Drakar och Demoner, a Swedish sibling of the more well-known Dungeons and Dragons. Given this origin, they are surprisingly well realised musically, avoiding anything gimmicky, and not restricting their subject matter (which also covers nature, Norse mythology, and personal struggles). Their earlier, […]
Blood Red Throne – Imperial Congregation
The mighty Death metal outfit hailing from Norway, Blood Red Throne, have released their newest full-length album titled Imperial Congregation, out now via Nuclear Blast Records. Blood Red Throne has cultivated quite the name for themselves being one of the most well-known death metal bands from an, as we all know, mostly black metal exporting […]
Helleruin / De Gevreesde Ziekte – Invincible / Ω
If you have read my year list you have seen undoubtedly that Helleruin has made an entrance with its hellish’ “War upon Man”. In January they have collaborated with De Gevreesde Ziekte which has resulted in a split were both acts display their power. If you want an introduction of Helleruin please read my review […]
A taste of New Era Productions
In the last few weeks of 2021 I ordered a few albums from New Era Productions which has an excellent E-shop selling known and lesser known Black Metal releases. But besides this, New Era Productions has a quality label spawning loads of underground Black Metal releases. With my order came a few free albums (thanks […]
Wilderun – Epigone
Right, it’s a new year, but alas we’re all the same, albeit a bit fatter than we were ten days ago. While we’ve all been making resolutions that we’ll have given up by now (I’m writing this on the evening of the 1st of January), here’s an invitation to listen to more metal this year, […]
Editor’s pick 2021: Wouter
Wouter’s top 10(ish) of 2021 metal releases 2021 – the year that will go down as one of many a hope fast rising… and just as fast being quelled before coming to sustained fruition. For a while, it looked like the pandemic and the associated social barrier society would be a thing of the past. […]
Editor’s pick 2021: Ingrid
I shamefully confess that I haven’t really kept track of many new releases this year. For someone running a metal website, and uploading all the reviews over here, this is extra shameful. Even though the opposite occurs to some, I think I don’t need much to explain that even though music helps through these weird […]