Price question: what style might it be if an album is called “Wielder Of The Steel”? Completely correct, traditional Heavy Metal (Dammit! My first guess was actually Reggae. Oh well, that has to be another proof that I’m getting old… – Frank). This is the debut by PHAËTHON from the United Kingdom and during the […]
AORLHAC from France released their third album “L’Esprit Des Vents” in 2018, completing a trilogy that began with the debut “A La Croisée Des Vents” and continued with “La Cité Des Vents”. After a seven-year hiatus, this third full-length was their first release under revered Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions. And they certainly managed to […]
With their first demo “La Chronique Des Vents”, from 2008, the EP “À La Croisée Des Vents”, from 2008 as well and the compilation “Opus I” from 2009, AORLHAC released their first full-length “La Cité Des Vents” originally in 2010. The label Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions is bringing the album back to life now […]
Nothing is more important for me than resulting captivated by a band at first listening. And this is exactly what happened to me with this EP, “À La Croisée Des Vents”, originally released back in 2008. From the very first second, with that intro, the band really blew my mind. Using that acoustic guitar as […]
BONES are a Death Metal / Crust band from Chicago, USA. I heard their last full-length “Diseased” a while back and I was curious as soon as I saw a note from my editor. “Vomit” was released in 2022 by Disorder Recordings and continues to capture BONES at their filthiest. The band focusses on being […]
WOW, just look at that cover! It is straight out of a Mad Max sketch book! We’ve got steampunk glasses, a retrofitted truck with skulls thrown in as caution for the road enemies and finally we’ve got five ageless lads who are doing their best they can. HELVETETS PORT is a Heavy Metal band from […]
The hallmark of any German Metal band is simple, quality and APEP does the absolute same. APEP is an old school Death Metal band hailing from Saxony and “Before Whom Evil Trembles” is their second full-length and their first with War Anthem Records. The band sounds primitive and is in a constant state of flux. […]
North Dakota probably is in the middle of nowhere, at least it is one of the more sparsely inhabited states of the USA. Maybe the best thing to do there is playing in a band. And so some guys from Fargo, the state’s biggest town, started a Death Metal band in 2017 under the moniker […]
THERMALITY from Sweden is a melodic Death Metal band with four years of existence, but two since they released their first single “Awful Lies” in 2022. They put out six singles, one EP and one full-length since they showed up. This 2024, they are presenting their second full-length “The Final Hours”, an album that is […]
Both bands are from Germany and both play Doom Metal. But that is where the similarities end, because a different interpretation of the genre is presented. First up we have URZA with the two tracks ‘Maunder Minimum’ and ‘Through Ages Of Colossal Embitterment’, both clicking at 13 respectively 10 minutes. Especially the name of the […]