Hell, yeah! Yes! I have to say that “The Devil’s Asylum” genuinely trapped me. After years of gaps and line-up changes, I wasn’t really sure about what to expect from a new album from VICIOUS RUMORS, but they came back with something strong enough to have me gravitating around while it ran complete from start […]
This year marks the 40th birthday of the album “Soldiers Of The Night”, the first (and still underrated) full-length album from California’s VICIOUS RUMORS. That album already took the band six years since their formation and was the start of a career that had some ups, a few more downs and no real commercial success. […]
I had always been a huge fan of VICIOUS RUMORS. So, whenever they release new music it’s always something special for me. Love the killer album cover. Specially since I live in Puerto Rico and we’re kind of used to hurricanes. If you haven’t seen one of them in your life you couldn’t understand the […]
Svarthen is a busy man, besides his main band these days, AEON WINDS, he has been active in a around a dozen bands since the beginning of the ’00s. It has mostly been centered around Black Metal, often laced with a mystical symphonic touch and musical structures from Folk music – and a lyrical universe […]
I have to be honest, I had no idea about this band. So, I got to see what was going on with them. I read about them a bit before listening to their music and got ready for the journey. Well, I found that AURO is a Black Metal band from Germany, active since 2017 […]
This writer has been familiar with the band’s name for some years now, but this latest album by the Italian five-piece is actually the first time I have heard them properly. And what a very pleasant surprise it was! The opening track immediately pulled me in and got my attention with its hooks, catchy songwriting, […]
Well this band took me by surprise, I wasn’t familiar with them before but was pleasantly surprised by what came out of the speakers when the opening track ‘The Beast Of Harkstede’ unfurled its folky tones. This is dark occult Folk music, swathed in a haunting atmosphere, melodic and moody acoustic guitar passages, intertwine with […]
Just a couple of days ago Spain’s pillar of the underground Death Metal scene Memento Mori officially released CANCERBERO’s new album “Sempiternal Decay” on CD. Chile’s CANCERBERO has existed on and off since the late ‘80s and unlike some legendary Metal acts deciding to make a comeback they actually do a very good job with […]
Hell, yeah! The obscure, evil and dense MALTHUSIAN is back with a new full-length, “The Summoning Bell.” Released on digital, CD and two 12″ vinyl, this time via Relapse Records. And I find this album very familiar and stuck to the origins of the band, something I always appreciate. I hate when bands change over […]
Bands such as CANDLEMASS, BROCAS HELM, SAINT VITUS, SOLITUDE AETERNUS and CIRITH UNGOL were my first listen to Doom Metal as I came to know this subgenre. So when I first heard about the word “Epic” being thrown in the mix, I wondered how that would sound and if it was a new and different […]