Netherlands Archives - Metal-Exposure

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Kaeck – Gruwelijk Onthaal

Erik October 5, 2025

If you know Sammath, you probably know J. Kruitwagen‘s other project Kaeck. Although lesser known than the mighty Sammath this illustrious act already released two well acclaimed albums, named “Stormkult” (2015) and “Het zwarte...

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CD Review 2018

Lucifer’s Cold Embrace – The Elegy of Lilith

Metal-Exposure December 5, 2018

After the well-received EP “Sovereign Heresy” Martin van Beek (Non-Divine, Netherlands) reckoned it was time for a full length album with his project Lucifer’s Cold Embrace. And with “The Elegy of Lilith” he delivers...

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Heidevolk – Vuur van Verzet

Metal-Exposure January 11, 2018

If you have any familiarity with the folk metal genre, you will know Heidevolk. The Dutch band has been active in the scene for roughly 16 years and conquered its rightful place on countless...

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CD review 2017

DODECAHEDRON – kwintessens

Metal-Exposure March 14, 2017

Dutch experimental black metal formation Dodecahedron (inspired by Mayhem’s Ordo Ad Chao and French metallers Deathspell Omega) are about to release their antagonizing sophomore record upon a metal scene that is unaware of Armageddon...

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Concerts 2017

Report: Gorgoroth, Melechesch and supports

Metal-Exposure March 12, 2017

And so it began, again… Off we headed to see perhaps one of the stranger combinations of darkness lined up to play at the Iduna in Drachten (NL): Gorgoroth, Melechesh, Earth Rot and INCITE.....

Concerts 2016 -1 Minute

Report: Kampfar, Vreid

Metal-Exposure November 3, 2016 0 Comment

It’s a Wednesday night after work. You have the choice of going home and trying to relax with a beer, or.. emptying your head with some sinister black metal tunes from the north! For...

Concerts 2016 -1 Minute

Show report: Sonata Arctica and Twilight Force

Metal-Exposure November 2, 2016 0 Comment

As you could have read on our site recently, there has been a lot going on in the Finnish Sonata Arctica camp. They just released their ninth studio album named The Ninth Hour and...

CD review 2016 -1 Minute

Fumes of Decay – Rotten Deformity

Metal-Exposure April 30, 2016 0 Comment

It has been awfully quiet at the Fumes of Decay camp for quite some time since the release of their debut album Devouring the Excavated in 2011. This due to some line-up changes, which...

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Soulburn – The Suffocating Darkness

Metal-Exposure December 2, 2014 0 Comment

Soulburn are a veteran name in the Dutch scene. They’ve been around since ’96 and had a nice debut album that came out two years later. Other than that, the band usually remained in...

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theName – Unchained

Metal-Exposure December 22, 2013 0 Comment

The genre of female fronted metal/rock is a crowded place to be in. Most definitely in the Netherlands. So, each time a band in this genre brings a demo to my doorstep, the thought...