OSSUARIUM are a Death Metal band spawned in Portland, Oregon when guitarist / vocalist Daniel Kelley (GRAVE DUST, DRAGKHAR) and drummer Ryan Koger (TROLL) united by mutual thirst of exploring the elderly and enduring essence of Death Metal. They initiated their snarling journey by independently releasing a demo “Calcified Trophies Of Violence” (2017), which was […]
This three-track EP is the debut by French based FINIS OMNIUM. At first a little praise for the dedication and energy (and money) the band put into recording and releasing this output, because it is all self-financed. It is published not only in digital format but also in a gatefold style first pressing CD version […]
This album, released on the very first day of the new year, is the second full-length by LUNATIC AFFLICTION, a German band that plays a kind of melodic Black / Death Metal not far from bands like EMPEROR or DISSECTION. "Cosmic" and "symphonic" are also adjectives that come to mind and that the band themselves use. […]
ELECTROCUTION ia an old Italian band formed in 1990, and that I know since their demo days as I was in contact with them and got their "Remains" demo. Back then they were a very good SEPULTURA inspired Death / Thrash band with touches of SODOM and MALEVOLENT CREATION. They released their debut album "Inside The […]
DUSK is an electronic project from Costa Rica and their current longplayer gets released by GS Productions from Russia. The album starts with ‘The Arrival’, a dark and keyboard driven intro before ‘Directive 7’ offers an industrial version of FEAR FACTORY with Metal guitars, keyboard sounds fast drumming (I assume it is a drum computer) […]
The name KALMANKANTAJA crossed my path for the first time a few days ago. Thus I was pretty surprised to see that “Kuoleman Kehtolaulut 2014 – 2017” is a triple CD package with a running time of more than three hours. My first thought of a kind of “Complete Discography” release was soon thrown into […]
Here we have the latest effort from the NWOBHM legend RAVEN: a live album recorded in Denmark in late November 2017. This is the third live album in their 45-year career and it has been recently released by Steamhammer / SPV on the following formats: CD digipak, double LP gatefold and digital download. The tracklist […]
This is the seventh full-length from Belgian Funeral Doom band SLOW. Olmo Lipani (aka Deha), formed the band back in 2007 and he has been taking care of all instruments and vocals up to this album, where Lore Boeykens (aka Lore), joined the band and contributes with bass, lyrics, and backing vocals. This is a […]
It’s always been a bit of an enigma how music so beautiful and mesmerizing can be lumped into a genre known for its aggressiveness and heaviness. Bands like DRUDKH or SWALLOW THE SUN can create melodic, slow-paced tracks while still carrying the essence of Metal. And Portland, Oregon’s MAESTUS have done just that also. With […]
ELFFOR, creating synth driven dark and medieval atmospheres in the dungeon of Basque Country since 1995, guided by the ancient warrior spirit of Elffor. Since their initiation with the debut full-length “Into The Dark Forest…” in 1998, till the release of “Impious Battlefields” in 2018, ELFFOR released ten studio albums of engrossing dungeon synth. Most […]