“You say you didn’t cause all this. Your God did!” The twelfth studio album of the Canadian death metal outfit Kataklysm kicks off with an excerpt of Ridley Scott’s movie Exodus. Of Ghosts and...
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Dong Open Air 2015
Sometimes you need a fresh perspective on things, be it on life, music or whether you should really have another beer. When it comes to festivals, a new set of eyes can point out...
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Midgardsblot: “We tried to program the festival by thinking like Vikings”
New festivals are sprouting like mushrooms all over Europe. Yet Midgardsblot in Norway has a very special touch. The festival will be held in the park of Borre, where the mighty rulers of the...
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Archemoron – Sulphur and Fire
Portraying themselves as ‘pure, hateful, misanthropic extreme metal’, Archemoron is exactly that on Sulphur and Fire. Fear the Greeks bearing gifts?.. Read all!...
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Morthus – Into Oblivion
Can you really go off track with an EP that features melodic black/death metal, inspired by first class Swedish acts, such as Dissection, Naglfar and Dark Funeral? There are two answers to this question.....
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Powerwolf – Blessed & Possessed
A corpsepainted band using a lot of Latin and singing about vampires, werewolves, hallelujas and Mother Mary will make you associate them with Black Metal sooner than Power Metal, until you put on one...
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Tharapitha – Ülestõus
Thundering, galloping riffs, brutal vocals and war-like anthems. The deity Taarapita (the Estonian god of thunder) would be proud of his worshippers, the pagan metal band Tharapitha. Ülestõus, meaning uprising, is the bands fifth...
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Dokk’em Open Air 2015
You might have been to Hellfest or Graspop and paid quite a sum for your ticket and your beer, you might have lost sight of your friends (how are you ever going to find...
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