Anyone into good ol’ Punk Rock? For the majority of you reading this, Michael Monroe is probably someone you would never ever consider checking out in that respect, mainly because of his look, which basically inspired the entire Glam movement of the 80s… and we all know how much that was hated by Thrashers all […]
“Time And Tyranny” is the new album of the Italian NWOBHM band KONQUEST. It is the second album, following their debut “The Night Goes On” (2021). Group leader Alex Rossi again delivered everything on his own and is surely on a quest to establish KONQUEST something of a band that honors his old Heavy Metal […]
“Fear And Trembling”. That is what their band name roughly translates from Latin. TIMOR ET TREMOR is a German Pagan Black Metal band founded in 2007 that has released three albums, one EP and one demo tape. “Realm Of Ashes” is their fourth full-length and their second under the also German Trollzorn Records. All I […]
A couple of weeks ago, these five Canadians of RIOT CITY played at the Keep It True Rising Festival in the south of Germany and everyone who was there or even just has been watching their gig on YouTube, is totally convinced: this band is simply outstanding. They keep the flame of Heavy Metal burning […]
After a lengthy five years, Quebec blackened Death / Thrashers RIOTOR return with their fourth album of pure speed mania on Sweden’s Bestial Invasion Records. The band has been raging since their 2007 demo and picked up a following with the release of their 2010 debut album “Beast Of Riot”. Let’s see if they kept […]
DARK FOREST from the UK formed in 2002 by guitarist Christian Horton. Establishing its name in the traditional Metal style, its Folk inspired sound also has a late 70s Proto Metal essence which sets them apart. In decades of activity, the band has released five albums to date, and celebrating the band’s twentieth anniversary, they […]
The band was formed in 2020 by one man that takes care of everything. In 2022 two albums are released in a similar style of traditional Black Metal, recalling the heroes of Norway in the 90s, yet with a few touches of Folk and Epic sounds, thus giving it a very personal sound. Add to […]
Formed back in 2020, this one man Black Metal band is releasing not one but two albums as their debut full lenghts. The name of the band is translated as arch enemy, but there is nothing in common with the band that uses the English name. This is Black Metal, that sometimes reminds of the […]
HADOPELAGYAL hail from Leipzig, Germany. They play primitive Black / Atmospheric Death Metal which takes a moment to sink in, but once it does, the denseness simply engulfs you. Think of the ferocity of the first wave of Black Metal and transfer it all to vocals, now take these vocals and thrust them into the […]
This split release, delivered by the mighty Ván Records, features two long-serving German Black Metal bands that never really became well known. Both, MIGHTIEST from Freiburg in Breisgau and East Frisian FUNERAL PROCESSION, are around for more than 25 years and have only one full-length album and some smaller stuff, split releases or compilations in […]