Towards the end of the great Gothenburg melodic death metal boom of the mid 1990’s Soilwork is a band that early-on forged its way in the melodeath scene by being rather fast and aggressive...
Since 1989 there has been a consistent and well known driving force in melodic death metal and more specifically, melodic death metal exemplifying traditional Gothenburg sound; Dark Tranquility. After 31 years of experience and...
I’m most certain that this next band doesn’t need an introduction for how influential and pivotal they’ve been to metal spanning the last three decades. Even if Kataklysm hasn’t found their way into your...
A wheel need not be re-invented. Yet means of transport are subject of constant innovation, though in the end they still take you from A to B. Dark Tranquillity just made their 11th ‘transport’,...
Vikings and concept albums – it appears to be a trend in the Northern reaches of Europe. Although there is a Baltic sea worth of differences between the bands, Finnish (fathers of) melo-death Insomnium...
Finland. The country of the moose, long winters, a frighteningly beautiful landscape and (probably) the best Scandinavian vodka. The country that also brought forth both some of the best and cheesiest heavy metal bands...
“Shadows of the Dying Sun” is the latest release from Finnish death metal band Insomnium. This four piece band mixes metal and harmonic tones together flawlessly. Insomnium is well known for their breath taking...
A lot about Starkill is misleading. First off, the band name and the album cover. I expected power metal to the fullest, and the first seconds of Fires of Life, led me to believe...
04-03 2013 – by Wouter – It’s been five years between the recording of the drums and releasing the album “It’s Your Fear That Feeds Their Power”. Finally, on 12-12 ’12 Enraged released their...
Hard work pays off. The band Shade of Hatred seems to be a perfect example of this saying. This melodic death metal group was founded in the Netherlands in 2011. In such a short...