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Gregg Deal is a nationally known Indigenous artist of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Dead Pioneers is an extension of a performance piece called “The Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy”. With the original intention of creating music for the performance a totally new project started – Dead Pioneers. Together with guitarist Josh Rivera and drummer... Continue Reading →
Vegard Sverre Tveitan, better known as Ihsahn, has once again excelled himself with his newest solo album. With 'Ihsahn', the musician, composer and producer has created an album that is so much more. It starts with the fact that the album is being released in two versions. On the one hand, there is the 'Metal... Continue Reading →
In the meantime 24 years in business, Blackberry Smoke belong to the established bands when it comes to Southern Rock. The band premiered in 2003 with ‘Bad Luck Ain’t No Crime’ and it was the third record that meant a breakthrough for the band from Atlanta, Georgia. ‘The Whippoorwill’ went into the US- and UK-charts... Continue Reading →
Amongst other things, Sweden’s second largest city, Gothenburg, is known for a vivid music scene with Scandinavian death metal having a s very solid homebase. Next to that, hard rocking music with a good sense for melodies hails from the Swedish west coast too. One of the bands ´that dig more this kind of music... Continue Reading →
It was in 2018 when a band, hailing from Portland, Oregon, launched a debut album that unleashed pure death metal. The title of the album is ‘Hollow of the Void’ and the band we are talking about is Petrification. The four-piece takes a next step when it comes to the sophomore album. Inspired by the... Continue Reading →
A band that premiered right at the beginning of the pandemic is Stygian Crown. The five-piece from Los Angeles, California delivered their self-titled studio album in June 2020 and what reached ears of metalheads was brilliantly made doom metal with a wow-effect. Now, almost three years later, Stygian Crown returns with their sophomore longplayer called... Continue Reading →
It is not the first time, that we get two versions of one band and Riley’s L.A. Guns is one of these bands. The band released with ‘Renegades’ an album back in 2020 and returns these days with their next effort. ‘The Dark Horse’ is the title of the new Riley’s L.A. Guns longplayer which... Continue Reading →
Hulder have their sophomore album ready for a launch. After having unleashed the debut album in 2021 the outfit has a next package of atmospheric black metal songs ready, all summed up under the banner of ‘Verses in Oath’. Right in time with the ongoing winter frost, Hulder brings their hellish sounds to shine and... Continue Reading →
If a band, with a founding date in 1984, releases a new album, one can think about a veteran powerhouse in metal. Morbid Saint, hailing from Wisconsin, is such a band. It was four decades ago that five guys came to together with the common willpower to unleash metal music to the world. It was... Continue Reading →
Apparition is a death metal squad, hailing from Zaragoza, Spain. The guys started in 2018 and it was in the middle of the pandemic that work on a demo was finished. Two songs from ‘Apparition’ are now also on the debut album called ‘Fear of Apparition’. The demo got to the attention of FDA Records... Continue Reading →
Slope is an interesting band, hailing from Duisburg, Germany. Two EP’s, released between 2014 and 2017, paved the way for the band’s debut album. ‘Street Heat’ was unleashed in 2021 and in February 2024 the sophomore release ‘Freak Dreams’ has its official release. A glimpse on the label info sheet describes the sound of Slope... Continue Reading →
Uppsala, Sweden is the home of F.K.Ü. and although the band never had the big breakthrough, F.K.Ü. has a very solid fanbase. The roots of the band go back to 1987 when thrash metal had its first peak. At the time, consistency wasn’t the big thing when it comes to the band and after some... Continue Reading →
One of the most exciting contemporary prog rock outfits return with a new longplayer. Bruce Soord and The Pineapple Thief worked on new songs for nearly three years, and it was worth the effort. ‘It Leads to This’ is the title of this new masterpiece that again shows the contrast within The Pineapple Thief’s music.... Continue Reading →
Chapel Of Disease started in 2008 in Cologne, Germany and found with the band an outlet for their passion for death metal. ‘Summoning Black Gods’ was the title of the debut, and it was the sophomore release ‘The Mysterious Ways of Repetitive Art’ which added the band to the radar screen of a wider group... Continue Reading →
It was back in 1980 when New Model Army a long musical journey that is still ongoing to date. With Justin Sullivan being the only remaining founding member, New Model Army created their very own sound by blending rock, folk, and punk. Their music can be identified right away what also has to do with... Continue Reading →
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