The Netherlands has a rich history, where each region has its own folklore and history. This proves to be fertile ground for inspiration. A lot of Dutch underground Black Metal acts have used...
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Salacious Gods -Oalevluuk
Around 2005 Salacious Gods dropped the curtain, “Piene” was released and then came silence. While “Askengris” (1999) and “Sunnevot” (2002) were laced with keyboards, “Piene” had a more direct and harsher approach. Now, with...
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Review: Party San Open Air 2023
Words by: Roel Pictures by: Ingrid Party San Open Air is my mandatory festival experience every year. I have been going for many years, stretching back to the old location, but this year I...
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Marduk – Memento Mori
Marduk is back with their fifteenth (!!) full-length called “Memento Mori” (not to be mistaken with Depeche Mode’s newest spawn with the same name). Reigning for more than thirty years, Marduk has never let...
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Azaghal – Alttarimme on luista tehty
Azaghal (formed in ’95 under the name Belfegor) is together with Horna, Sargeist, and a few other acts, one of the pallbearers of the orthodox black metal genre in Finland. They have spawned so...
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Infinity – The Untamed Hunger
Already active since ’95 Infinity has roamed the underground with their orthodox black metal. After “Non de Hac Terra” (2013) I’ve lost track of the band, however, and that’s a pity because Draconis (guitar,...
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Helleruin-Devils, Death and Dark Art
Helleruin is marching onward! Gaining more and more appraisal and popularity since the release of the first demo, followed by the excellent full-length “War Upon Man” and a demo with De Gevreesde Ziekte, Carchost...
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Preview: Party San Open Air 2023
We have lost count for the amount of times we have visited Party San Open Air before, but what we do know for sure is that we will be coming back each year! Being...
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Antrisch – Expedition II – Die Passage
I would say it’s hard these days to have a subject that most extreme metal bands out there have not explored yet. Satanism? World wars? The medieval period? Sexual abnormalities? All of it has...
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Sammath – Grebbeberg
Time moves fast. It was four years ago that Sammath launched “Across The Rhine Is Only Death.” A devastating album which pushes the boundaries of black metal in extremes with pure blind aggression in...
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