What’s left after this text is basically a summon to take a close listen to the new Dark Funeral record. So, once the lips stand…

It was the late Mr. Kilmister who summed it up the best. "Born to raise hell. He knows how to do it and he does…

Wan doesn’t go for instrumental mastery. Instead, the quartet is shooting for catchiness. Quite successfully, I might add.

Kobold, on what is their third full length record, offers a fairly straight forward approach. “Technofascism” is thrash metal in its essence, with just a…

Sarg didn’t create anything all that spectacular, or paradigm shifting. However, they also did not record “just another black metal album”.

Senzar is a whole. An entity which debuts with “Pyre of Throes”, promising to be a monolith of highly sophisticated extreme metal.

Dirty Shirt have two new recordings. One is the album whose title you can see above. The other is a bonus EP titled “Pandemic Special”.

Once again, I find myself in Galiza, that westernmost region of Spain. And, once again, my speakers are abducted by a couple of men I’m…

Ignite, being among the champions of the genre, are doing another great job with the self-titled record.

Meslamtaea is signaling. Providence needs to hear it. In the light of failing mankind, “Weemoedsklanken” has to go mainstream and fast! The world needs common…

Asgaard granted themselves a whole decade for the completion of this album. It is up to the fans to grant them another decade, if necessary,…

One does need skill, even for minimalism. Vrk is the project that looks for it and displays it on this, their third recording.

Mystic Circle has kept the essence, used the accessibility of current equipment to their advantage and headed for the goal. And scored!

I thought I made myself clear in that column I wrote a while back.

I haven’t been a teenager for a long while now, so I cannot judge what would fit the youngsters of today, but I highly doubt…

If you’re a fan, I don’t see a reason for skipping this split release. It is certainly a much better idea than constantly searching for…

Back when the proverbial volcano erupted in Australia, pouring scalding waves of lava, aptly dubbed “war metal”, Nocturnal Graves were among the hottest examples.

Symbtomy proudly state they are performing an old school, “HM-2” death metal.

A heavy burden on the shoulders that either becomes 7 Rainbows In Exile or a suffocating force deeply impacting the whole existence of a particular…

It’s the first time I have any dilemmas about Sonata Arctica.