Musical rules are made to be broken, genres and titles made to be kicked out of the window. Most bands can’t do it properly and never actually manage to skip past their own restrictions....
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Sólstafir, Oranssi Pazuzu & Hamferð – Doornroosje
Doornroosje – Nijmegen November 14th, 2024 Report by: Ingrid Photos by: Lotte This Thursday evening brought us to familiar places, with familiar faces. We went down to one of our favourite venues in The...
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Crimson Rain – “Germany’s Next Topmolli”
When it comes to categorising Crimson Rain’s latest release, “Germany’s Next Topmolli”, let’s not get hung up on whether it’s an album or an EP. Clocking in at just over 16 minutes, these five tracks pack more...
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Pallbearer – Mind Burns Alive
It didn’t take a master degree in clairvoyance to figure out that after the release of lead single “Where The Light Fades”, the latest PALLBEARER album would become a polarizing release. Such reserved tonalities came as a...
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Arð – Untouched by Fire
Friends – Northumbria speaks again. Writer William Faulkner said: ‘’The past is never dead, it’s not even past.’’ Thinking about the past as an ever-evolving creature – where we hopefully learn from every...
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Hamferð – Men Guðs hond er sterk
It has been six years since Hamferð their latest, high praised release ‘Támsins Likam’, but the long wait is over and the band their third full length album ‘Men Guðs hond er sterk’ got...
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Report: Soulcrusher Festival 2023
13 & 14 October, Doornroosje, Nijmegen Review by: Erik (and Ingrid) Pictures by: Ingrid Doornroosje’s yearly Soulcrusher festival is getting more and more popular every year, and deservedly so. With a bland of known...
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5 Unknown Releases From 2022 You Should Know About
There have been many years since we started counting and 2022 sure is one of them. Luckily, most of the recent years have involved a lot of metal releases and now we’re past...
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ARÐ – Take Up My Bones
If there is a label with an eye (or ear) for the unique, quaint and beautiful, it’s definitely the German label Prophecy Records. Slightly misled by the tag ‘doom metal’, yours truly started listening...
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Kluizenaer- Ein Abbild Der Leere
Looking at the name of this band you might think that Kluizenaer (Hermit) comes from the Netherlands. Nothing is further from the truth since they come from Potsdam/Brandenburg, which is in fact Germany. With...
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