Max Cavelara‘s work since Sepultura has been major hit and miss with me, so when I found out he was doing something with his son, I can’t say I was particular excited, but holy moly… First thing that hit me was that snare… good God that snare. Easily the boomiest snare I have heard in […]
Chamber of Unlight – Realm of the Night
July isn’t, in my humble opinion, the right time to release Black Metal. The long, sunny days and short warm nights see to it that my head and heart isn’t filled with dark thoughts. That said, you can always convince me otherwise, and the Finnish Chamber of Unlight managed to do so. After a demo, […]
Wizardthrone – Hypercube Necrodimensions
What would happen if you mashed together Alestorm, Aether Realm and Gloryhammer? Then threw it all into space? No one has ever asked that question before – well, until Wizardthrone anyway. Wizardthrone is a new international supergroup made up of several prominent members of aforementioned bands, most notably including Chris Bowes of Alestorm/Gloryhammer; and everyone […]
Autarkh – Form in Motion
When you are a fan of Dodecahedron (Tilburg, NL) the project of Michel Nienhuis and co-conspirators named Autarkh shouldn’t be unknown to you. Dodecahedron unfortunately is no more. However, out of the ashes Autarkh has risen, and the result of their first spawn “Form in Motion” is a combination of extreme/experimental Metal combined with loads […]
Pestilence- Exitivm
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, so they say. That saying bears weight sometimes and often that can be a good thing when speaking about some of our favorite metal bands. However, this phrase does not quite pertain, at least in its entirety, to legendary Dutch death metalers, Pestilence. With the release of […]
Vreid – Wild North West
With the world being a crazy place at the moment, somehow it feel barely two years ago since Vreid brought out their previous album Lifehunger. It took quite a while before I started to appreciate that one. Being a big Windir fan, I always had (maybe have) some difficulties accepting that Vreid is not just […]
Crescent – Carving the Fires of Akhet
The mysticism of Egyptian mythology is brought to life in a furious modern way through Crescent, a blackened death metal band from Egypt that has been formed as far back as 1999, but is only starting to break through recently and with that impress many in the scene. The band returns after three years since […]
At The Gates- The Nightmare of Being
Since their return in 2014, At The Gates have been slowly introducing more progressive elements to their iconic sound. With The Nightmare of Being, they’ve completely brought it to the forefront. I’ve loved the change the band has made since At War with Reality and appreciated it when they brought it out more with To […]
Nanowar of Steel – Italian Folk Metal
After the massive hits that were “Formia” and “Biancodolce,” Nanowar of Steel is finally releasing their long-awaited pop album. Except it’s sadly full of metal songs? Very disappointing! With this record metal’s most hilarious and clever band takes jabs at their local Italian music, fittingly calling the album ‘Italian Folk Metal.’ You may wonder why […]
Mayhem – Atavistic Black Disorder/ Kommando
I am not a huge fan of Mayhem. Ok, they made some great albums and EP’s such as “Deathcrush”, “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas”, which despite the fact that it is a superb album I lovingly call it De Mysterien Rondom Mijn Anus (translation from Dutch: the Mysteries Around My Anus), “Wolf’s Lair Abyss” and “Grand […]