It has been a while since Austrian metal act Harakiri For The Sky released a studio album. It was four years ago when "Mære" hit the shelves and the re-release of the first two albums helped to bridge the time until new songs add a new chapter to the story. Harakiri For The Sky, that's... Continue Reading →
Review AGRYPNIE “Erg”
Agrypnie is a German metal band formed in 2004 in Groß-Gerau, Hesse. The band is the brainchild of Torsten H. and over time the outfit grew into one of the forces of German black metal. The band has released six full-length albums, with number seven lurking around the corner. "Erg" is the title of Agrypnie's... Continue Reading →
Review ALCEST “Les Chants de l’Aurore”
French metal outfit Alcest are Neige and Winterhalter. What the duo deliver on a regular basis are blistering longplayers with high quality music. Four years after the release of 'Spiritual Instinct', Alcest are back with their latest effort, "Les Chants de l'aurore". This is the second album the band has released on Nuclear Blast Records,... Continue Reading →
Review HERETOIR ‘Nightsphere’
Heretoir is a pretty interesting band, which should already be known to insiders. Nevertheless, the guys from Augsburg have deserved to gain awareness on a somewhat larger scale, because what the five-piece from Bavaria delivers musically, is quite something to see and listen to. A few months after the guys have brought with 'Wastelands' an... Continue Reading →
Review DOWNFALL OF GAIA ‘Silhouettes of Disgust’
The German metal collective Downfall Of Gaia have been working on their sixth album and now the result of their efforts hits the record stores. After the predecessor 'Ethics of Radical Finitude' was released just before the pandemic, fans of the band had to wait four long years for a follow-up album. With 'Silhouettes of... Continue Reading →
Review KARG ‘Resignation’
Karg are from Austria, more precisely from the Salzburg region and is the brainchild of V. Wahntraum, who some of you surely know as J.J. from Harakiri For The Sky. However, the multi-instrumentalist started with Karg in 2006 before Harakiri For The Sky joined in 2011. Karg make themselves scarce as far as live shows... Continue Reading →
Review TOADEATER ‘Bexadde’
Toadeater haile from Osnabrück, Germany and operate since 2014. B., S. and M. brought with 'Codex' a debut album to the record stores. That was in 2019 and it followed in 2020 with 'Bit to ewigen daogen' a sophomore album. Now it's time to establish the position with the third album and it can be... Continue Reading →
CD review URFAUST ‘Teufelsgeist’
Although band name and title of the album are German, metal fans have a chance to improve their Dutch with Urfaust's new album 'Teufelsgeist', at least when it comes to song titles. Urfaust hail from The Netherlands and calls Asten in North Brabant their hometown. It was VRDRBR and IX who started the band in... Continue Reading →









