The path of a veteran band is hard, when putting out newer material. The crowds expect something they may not always get and the opinions would vary from one end to the next, usually. It has been the case with countless bands over time and it may well be the case with Carcass’s new effort […]
Editor’s pick 2021: Laetitia
Even more than ‘the’ pandemic year, 2021 has been a real challenge. After months in lockdown, it looked like the live music scene would slowly but surely re-open, just to have it shut down in front of our faces again. I’m happy I got to visit some festivals and shows in this period however. There […]
Editor’s pick 2021: Antonie
2021 will be going into my books as one of the weirdest years ever. With all these cancellations and lockdowns, However this year did give us some great music and I can’t wait to tell you about what albums got me through this year ! For me the best album released this year has got […]
Editors pick 2021: Tyler
The year things started opening back up, also the first year I’ve had the privilege to write for this awesome website and I can’t thank Ingrid enough! Best new bands (or at least best debut full lengths) are from Missouri’s Summoning the Lich and Denmark’s Livløs. Summoning the Lich’s United in Chaos is the best […]
Editor’s pick 2021: Fëàriel
2021 has been a hell of a year, what with the return of live music (sort of), and a ton of new death metal albums. I got to mosh since the first time since pandemicon, and I’m definitely looking forward to some of the upcoming tours booked for 2022, if everyone’s dearest friend Corona doesn’t […]
Funeral Mist – Deiform
Just at the moment when 2021 reaches its end and I am making plans for making my year list on this beloved E-zine……. Funeral Mist makes an unannounced entrance in my stereo player, and what an entrance it is! This time Arioch, a.k.a. Mortuus (from the legendary Marduk), manages to release seven blasphemous songs which […]
Editors pick 2021: Didrik
Remember when we thought 2020 was a bad year? How silly of us. This year we found out half of our neighbours are idiots, we again remained mostly showless (I managed to catch four local shows!,) but what kept us at least reasonably sane as well as, you know, alive, was another year of great […]
Hypocrisy – Worship
Peter Tägtgren and his co-conspirators are back! With “Worship”, their fourteenth album in a lifespan of over thirty years, they destroy anything in their path. The band sounds familiar but manages to have a few surprises up its sleeve creating an exhilarating ride with its eleven tracks. Of course topics as extra-terrestrial life, conspiracy theories […]
Doodswens – Lichtvrees
Funny how things go sometimes. Especially when it concerns Doodswens (which means Death-wish in English). With only just a demo in their pockets these two Dutch ladies managed to gather quite some attention. With performances on Roadburn and as support for Marduk this two man, better said all female act, managed to get some serious […]
Obscura- A Valediction
Obscura is somewhat of a modern classic band, they weren’t the first tech death band on the map but they have become one of the most iconic and popular. Cosmogenesis is the archetype of that sound and I have many fond memories of jamming that album back in my early college days. Unfortunately, there’s been […]