For 15 years now, I have been doing my duties as a metal music journalist - visiting festivals, listening to the latest metal albums...it's been tough, but I've done it all, just so I can report about it to our readers! My focus is on any metal that is black or death, but since I'm very open minded, every now and then I'll allow some thrash or doom. Happy readings!
Green Lung – Necropolitan I was ready to love it.. I was. After those first three albums, I went into Green Lung’s fourth record with high expectations. But Necropolitan doesn’t hit quite as...
Hell is where the heart is: Party.San Metal Open Air 2026 Afterwards, everyone who’d been there looked a bit dazed. That’s the thing I keep coming back to about Sunken‘s set in the...
We’ve been coming to Dong Open Air for almost 20 years now, and it’s strange to think back to what it used to be: a tiny beer tent, two Dixies, and not much else....
The Ghoulstars spent four years building a following without releasing a single track – a strange way to do things, but there was clearly enough substance behind the live shows to make people wait....
Our thanks to Armillus Photography for taking pictures for us! With The Night Eternal & Midnight Prey It was a near sell-out show at Sojus 7 in Monheim am Rhein. The modern venue struck...
Backstage at Sojus 7 in Monheim, the atmosphere is stylish and unusually polished — all moody lighting and sleek edges. It feels oddly perfect for an occult-themed rock band prepping their evening ritual. On...
Verdict: Six years off, no momentum lost. Trivia Goddess is rangy, ritualistic, and sharp with purpose — their most melodic work to date, but also their most thematically loaded. It’s doom with a feminist...
Once more, the pilgrimage was made: carts creaking with too much weight, backpacks heavy, spirits high. The summit of Halde Norddeutschland awaited us, glowing under the merciless July sun like the gates of metal...
We’ve lost count how many times we’ve been to Party San Metal Open Air—but who’s counting anyway? All we know is: it’s home, and we’re coming back. Last year was madness in all the...
Introduction ‘Give Us the Moon’ marks the seventh full-length flight from The Night Flight Orchestra and their first release under Napalm Records. The Swedish octet, featuring members of Soilwork and Arch Enemy, continues to...