Welcome to Viking Metal 101 featuring Månegarm with their latest self-titled release! So what ingredients do we need to make a true Viking Metal album besides Odin’s blessings? Manegarm apparently have decided to show...
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Metal Christmas sweaters
Is your family always giving you the most horrible Christmas sweaters? How about wearing one of these Metal Christmas sweaters to the annual dinner.. We like them!...
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Mammoth Storm – Fornjot
Usually, I’m not the one to follow Doom metal as closely as other genres I like, but from time to time, my musical mood shifts to one that likes to dabble in the nice...
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Secrets of the Moon: ‘It will be made undone by the sun’
During their show in September 2015 in the Netherlands at the Incubate festival (see review), we spoke to Ar, the guitar player of Secrets of the Moon and live guitar player for Ruins of...
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Intronaut – The Direction of Last Things
I got acquainted with the American progressive/post-metal band Intronaut in 2013, with the release of their dense and atmospheric record Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones). While their layered soundscapes proved to be challenging...
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World Goregrind Federation – In the Name of Rape
In the Name of Rape is a 4-way split with Rapemachine from Germany, Funeralrape from Italy, Clitorape from France and Razorrape from Sweden. The title now makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? With these names...
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Kampfar – Profan
Not even two years have passed since the release of Kampfar’s previous album ‘Djevelmakt’ and now they already come forth with a new release: Profan. It seems like the band is a nice flow...
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Koen Herfst – Back to Balance
Dutch drummer Koen Herfst has built quite up a resume in the past years. You may know him from his work with one of the most renowned DJ’s in the world, Armin van Buuren...
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