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Copenhagen, the Danish capitol, is the homebase of Slægt. ‘Slægt’ means ‘lineage’/’heritage’ is Danish language and the heritage of the band so far are three full-length albums and two EPs. The latest countable work effort in the studio was released under the banner of ‘Black Bombs’, the title of an EP that was released before... Continue Reading →
Swedish hard rockers Dead Lord have a new EP in the starting blocks. 1,5 years after the latest full-length album ‘Surrender’ saw the light of day, the Stockholm-based quartet will release ‘Dystopia’. Dead Lord is the brainchild of frontman Hakim Krim who started the band in 2012. The blend of hard rock and classic rock... Continue Reading →
German death metal power engine Deserted Fear premiered with ‘My Empire’, an album that brought the band some attention. Things started to move more rapidly after having signed a record deal with Century Media, the label that also releases the fifth full-length longplayer of the Eisenberg, Germany based band. Three years after ‘Drowned by Humanity’... Continue Reading →
Blood Incantation released ‘Hidden History of the Human Race’ an album that combined the brutality of death metal and the math of metal in a pretty good fashion. Being harsh on the one side a multi-layered too created extra tension which benefited the album. Three years later the quartet from Denver, Colorado returns with ‘Timewave... Continue Reading →
‘Resentment is Always Seismic - a final throw of Throes’ is the new mini album by UK-based grindcore pioneers Napalm Death. The eight songs featuring release contains songs from the ‘Throes of Joy in The Jaws Of Defeatism’-session. Already at the time the band purposely recorded these songs with having the release of a mini... Continue Reading →
Outer space metallers Voivod can look back on decades in metal. The Canadian band started in the early ‘80s and set some standards when it comes metal. Right from the beginning the band have never chosen to take the easy way and hereby managed to create a unique sound that can be immediately identified as... Continue Reading →
Portal Tombs' is the second album of the four Scandinavians who have come together under the moniker Mass Worship. After having brought their debut album to the people in 2019, nine new songs are following these days. If you listen to the new tracks, you get the bundled energy of a musical bulldozer slammed into... Continue Reading →
It feels like Venom Prison being around since a long time and sure, seven years isn’t just yesterday. Still, considering that the band founded in 2014 shows that they are a rather new outfit. With two albums under their belt, of which ‘Samsara’ from 2019 is the latest one, the quintet from South Wales worked... Continue Reading →
The howling of wolves in the Swedish forests already announces it, Wolf return with a new album. It will be called 'Shadowland' and will be available in the record stores on April 1. 'Shadowland' is the ninth album of the four Swedes and the album comes via Century Media. Niklas Stalvind (vocals / guitar) checks... Continue Reading →
They just returned from the tour they played with Lucifer and immediately announce a new EP – that’s Dead Lord. ‚Dystopia‘ ist he title of a six songs featuring mini album that will be released on March 11th, 2022 via Century Media. Speaking on their new EP, DEAD LORD guitarist and vocalist Hakim Krim finds... Continue Reading →
15 years ago, German metalcore icons Heaven Shall Burn released with ‘Deaf to Our Prayers’ their fourth full-length longplayer. Such an anniversary is reason enough for the quintet to re-release this timeless classic as vinyl. Release date will be March 4th, 2022 and the album went through a remastering, done by Heaven Shall Burn guitarist... Continue Reading →
In a world that is full of animations it is bands like Unanimated that reflects the oldschool spirit of heavy metal. The Stockholm-based outfit started in the end of the ‘80s and premiered with ‘In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead’ in 1993. A sophomore album followed before the band went on a long hiatus... Continue Reading →
‘Synchro Anarchy’ is the title of the upcoming Voivod album. Release date will be February 11th, 2022 and the record comes via Century Media Records. “We are eager to present our latest work, a real collaborative effort. The new album represents countless hours of writing, demoing, recording, mixing and so on. The band and Francis... Continue Reading →
‘Death, Madness, Horror, Decay’, such an album title doesn’t announce the happy and if the first title is called ‘Abyssal Slime’ things are very apparent. Here we are standing in front of a hellish portal with twelve chapter of lunatic death metal. Hellish sounds start-off the opener ‘Abyssal Slime’ and you can almost feel how... Continue Reading →
I guess that Jyvaskyla is one of the most important cities in Finland when it comes to rock and metal. More than just a handful of bands call the city their home and one of the is Swallow The Sun. The Finnish sextet premiered in the early days of the new century with an album... Continue Reading →
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