My World of Music – est. 2013
Not quite as relaxed and cheerful as the dancing people on the cover artwork is the new album from Kampfar, but the sounds of the dark side of power dominate the album. 'Til Klovers Takt' is the title of Kampfar's new album which offers a home to a total of six tracks. On the new... Continue Reading →
The Cruel Intentions, that is Lizzy DeVine (vocals & guitar), Kristian Solhaug (guitar), Mats Wernerson (bass) and Robin Nilsson (drums). What inspired the guys is the dirty hard rock of the bands like Hanoi Rocks as well as the earlier days of Guns’n’Roses. It is the oldschool sleaze rock that not only inspired frontman DeVine... Continue Reading →
Illt hails from Norway (not to mix up with the band from Russia) and is the brainchild of composer and guitarist Roy Westad who started as a guitarist. Westad is well-known in Norway since he became a film composer that was involved in many films and TV projects. The highlight was certainly the winning of... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Thomas ‘Sarke’ Bergli decided back in 2008 to make a first solo album. The debut ‘Vorunah’ was crawling out of the Norwegian forests in 2009 with four longplayers following the path of the debut. Two years after ‘Viige Urh’ pushed some clouds in front of the sun the next strike is in the starting... Continue Reading →
(7/10) Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta are for sure letters of the Greek alphabet and since a while it’s also names of the four musicians, operating under the name of The New Death Cult. Next to the names, the guys create a bit of a story around the band, their galactic origin and more. The... Continue Reading →
Norwegian metal veterans Kampfar will release the newest album ‘Ofidians Manifest’ on May 3rd, and the longplayer comes through Indie Recordings. This is the tracklist: | Syndefall|| Ophidian||| Dominans|||| Natt||||| Eremitt|||||| Skamløs!||||||| Det Sorte
(8/10) Six long years went by with the metal world not facing a new album of Swedish Diabolical. The wait has an end though. 'Eclipse' will be unleashed mid February, an album that comes with nine new songs. 'Eclipse' is a concept album focussing on the dark sides of humanity. This concept is weaved into... Continue Reading →
(8/10) If members of bands like Extol, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Sea + Air combine forces the result must be a heavy and complex beast. And as expected this combination is like experimental metal dynamite. The four musicians that started a collaboration with the moniker Azusa are Eleni Zafiriadou (v), Liam Wilson (b), Christer... Continue Reading →
(8/10) It was six years ago when Norwegian thrashers Tantara debuted with 'Based on Evil'. The band, that was founded in 2009, takes its inspiration from the 80's thrash era, proving in the here and now that thrash metal is as vital and lively as it was back then. This September the quartet returns with... Continue Reading →
(8/10) Right in the middle of some warm and hot summer days in the Northern hemisphere, it's a cold storm from Norway that provides cooling and announces winterly darkness. The storm is a metallic one and it's Norwegian black metal vikings Iskald that are responsible for it. 'Innhøstinga' is the band's newest strike with nine... Continue Reading →
(7/10) First of all, there is Halcyon Way and Halcyon Days. Both have a new album out on the market and have an extremely similar band name. This review is about Norwegian Halcyon Days that released with ‘Rain Soaked Pavements & Fresh Cut Grass’ their second full-length album. Inspired by bands like Underoath the sextet... Continue Reading →
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