With three full-length albums already under their belt, Waldgeflüster could certainly be considered one of the more established bands in this imaginary genre, and this brand of tree-worshipping, raw-throated music is, generally speaking, my...
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Firtan – Innenwelt
I’ve always been a fan of genre cross-overs especially when the result of combining different styles creates something that is much more than just the sum of its parts. And Firtan are getting very...
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Preview: Prophecy Fest 2016
It doesn’t get more underground than…well…a cavern, really. How befitting that the exciting and rather new (this is the second edition) Prophecy Fest should take place in the “Balver Höhle”. A cave where, (according...
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Report: Marduk, Immolation, Origin and Bio-cancer
Hot weather and extreme metal either works like a charm on a festival (read: cooling beverages and good music) or it can be a curse in a small packed venue. Even though tonight’s concert...
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Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2016
It’s a long trip, all the way from the Netherlands to the Bavarian capital Munich. But we were willing to overcome Easter traffic jams and sore butts to check out the Dark Easter Festival...
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Preview: Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2016!
Easter.. the time for family and searching for easter eggs? Certainly not for us and certainly not for you either after we’ve informed you about Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2016! We, and hopefully you...
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Avantasia – Ghostlights
Sometimes we come across albums that is hard to describe when it comes to saying what they make you feel. You know, those albums that you can keep listening to and where find new...
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Obscura: “All those religions are worth nothing more than a bottle of Coca Cola”
As reviewers have been raving about the new Obscura album Akróasis, it was a good moment for Metal-Exposure to have a chat with mastermind Steffen Kummerer. Beneath the abstract layers of this record, yours...
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Obscura – Akróasis
Ever since the ground breaking record Cosmogenesis (2009), the German technical/progressive death metal formation Obscura has set a high standard for themselves and other bands in the genre to live up to. With the...
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Orphaned Land, Stimmgewalt & Mollust
What is the last place you’d expect a metal head to spend their free Thursday evening at? That’s right: a church. Still, yours truly found herself at the Christuskirche in Bochum to attend the...
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