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CD review 2022

Epica – The Alchemy Project

Michael Brookhuis November 15, 2022

In the Netherlands we like to mix things that otherwise would not have been thought of. This gave birth to great things like stroopwafels and the combination of gummy candy and licorice. After releasing...

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CD review 2022

Baldrs Draumar – Njord

Didrik November 13, 2022

There’s a list of bands and artists I have which barely anyone knows despite them being brilliant and I find this endlessly infuriating. Baldrs Draumar is definitely towards the top of that list and...

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Concerts 2022 Live

Report: Sonata Arctica – Tivoli Utrecht 29th of October 2022

Michael Brookhuis November 7, 2022

Originally, Sonata Arctica would have been in Utrecht for their Acoustic Adventures tour on the 30th of October, 2021. Almost exactly a year later, they finally returned and they brought along Eleine from Sweden,...

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CD review 2022

Dead Soil – 231

Erik November 2, 2022

Last Saturday I visited a concert in Nijmegen. With a small crowd I enjoyed some gothic/industrial bands. This included a band in which I used to play bass and guitar. At one point I...

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CD review 2022

Behemoth – Opvs Contra Natvram

Erik November 2, 2022

Behemoth has shown constant growth since its birth in the beginning of the nineties. They stopped being a pure black metal act with “Demonic Incantations” (1998). Follow up “Satanica” (1999) was their first spawn...

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Concerts 2022 Live

Report: Visions of Atlantis / Xandria / Ye Banished Privateers / Serpentyne

Vaughan October 7, 2022

The Underworld Camden – 4 October 2022 Report by: Vaughan Well, well, well – a gig that was due to happen on 14 September 2021, finally took place, over a year later. But...

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CD review 2022

Lorna Shore – Pain Remains

Feariel October 7, 2022

No one rocks the duality of “symphonic” and “deathcore” quite like Lorna Shore. Since firing ex-vocalist CJ McCreery for gross sexual misconduct and abuse, they’ve been fronted by Will Ramos from A Wake in...

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CD review 2022

Firtan – Marter

Astrid September 30, 2022

German black metal outfit Firtan has been on my radar since a chance discovery of their “Innenwelt” EP in 2016. I was initially drawn in by the intense yet melodic sound, rooted in 90s...

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CD review 2022

Nordjevel – Gnavhol

Wouter September 28, 2022

Think you’re fast? The Devil will catch you, before you are even half-way dressed. Think you have some good riffs? The Devil shreds along you just as effortlessly. Which Devil, you wonder? Well, no...

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CD review 2022

Gaerea – Mirage

Didrik September 20, 2022

One of the most exciting things happening in metal in the last few years is the rebirth of black metal and the many incarnations it has taken – from the modernisation of it, to...

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