2016 Archives - Metal-Exposure

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CD review 2017

Gaerea – Gaerea

Metal-Exposure November 9, 2017

The self titled EP (released in 2016 by Everlasting Spew Records) of Portugese (post) black metal formation Gaerea ended upon my desk quite randomly, yet I’m happy it did. Having only been around since...

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CD review 2017

Treurwilg – Departure

Metal-Exposure February 6, 2017 0 Comment

By Sam I think the zeitgeist is starting to get to me. Ever since I first began listening to metal, doom has been a genre I’ve avoided – not because I dislike the music,...

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Slechtvalk – Where Wandering Shadows and Mists Collide

Metal-Exposure December 29, 2016 1 Comment

Dutch viking metal band Slechtvalk are back with their fifth studio album Where Wandering Shadows and Mists Collide. The bands last record came out in 2010, A Forlorn Throne. Being the one reviewed it...

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Festival report: Into Darkness 2016

Metal-Exposure December 28, 2016 0 Comment

During the weekend of 2 and 3 December, the Into Darkness Festival opened its gates for black metal enthusiasts. Located in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden, the event took place for the third time....

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Report: Blind Guardian and Cirrha Niva

Metal-Exposure December 22, 2016 0 Comment

It has been over twenty years since “Imaginations on the Other Side” has been released. That’s why Blind Guardian is making a tour devoted to this album. During a two hour show, the entire...

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Bethlehem – Bethlehem

Metal-Exposure December 18, 2016 0 Comment

With their early work, German dark/black metallers Bethlehem left a mark on the underground (suicidal) scene. Especially the record S.U.I.Z.I.D. is to date hailed as an utterly deranged and depressive record. Over the years,...

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Interviews

Interview: Waldgeflüster

Metal-Exposure December 14, 2016 0 Comment

Munich’s Waldgeflüster unveiled a massive epos of atmospheric black metal this past October with the release of their fourth full-length album, “Ruinen.” Metal Exposure recently spoke with band mastermind Winterherz via Skype about his...

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Sirenia – Dim Days of Dolor

Metal-Exposure December 7, 2016 0 Comment

Way back in 2002, I fell in love with this one album. It was Sirenia’s “At Sixes and Sevens”. Years have passed and I lost track of the band. But what better time to...

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Interview with Wardruna: on new beginnings and foregone eras

Metal-Exposure December 1, 2016 0 Comment

The release of Wardruna’s “Runaljod – Ragnarok,” marks the conclusion of the Runaljod trilogy that first launched this epic Norwegian band. It does not signify the end of the band, however. Metal-Exposure had the...

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Bölzer – Hero

Metal-Exposure November 21, 2016 0 Comment

We all hear a shitload of releases every year, right? Right. Out of all that shitload, there’s usually one or two albums that we spin again and again and again until the turntable needle...