Bezwering are one of the more recent black metal bands from The Netherlands. Formed in 2018, the guys have delivered their debut album in 2020 with 'Aan de wormen overgelvered' (engl. 'Surrendered to the Worms') and here comes the not at all pre-Christmas sound of 'Dodenkroning' (engl. 'Crowning of the Dead'). The quintet from Gelderland... Continue Reading →
Review THE NEST ‘Her True Nature’
Belgian metal outfit Wolvennest played two sets at Roadburn Redux 2021. While the band played a regular set on day 3 it was The Nest that brought a new aspect to forefront one day earlier. The commissioned piece was written on the occasion of Roadburn Redux 2021 and will be released on April 8th, 2022... Continue Reading →
Review (DOLCH) ‘Nacht’
Not so much is known about (DOLCH) and the band finds pleasure in keeping things rather hidden. What has come to light, however, is that the band has some roots in Berlin, which is reflected in both the German band name and the album titles. When exactly (DOLCH) were brought to life is not passed... Continue Reading →
Review THE NIGHT ETERNAL ‘Moonlit Cross’
It's been a few days now since The Night Eternal released their long-awaited debut album. To be more precise, it was mid-November this year when 'Moonlit Cross' found its way into the record stores. But who is The Night Eternal? The exact founding date of the band is not really transmitted Crystal clear, however, is... Continue Reading →
Review HEMELBESTORMER ‘Collide & Merge’
Hemelbestormer means ‘stormer of heaven’ and is the band name of a Belgium metal band that founded in 2012. The band premiered with ‘Portals’ in 2014 and released two additional longplayers to date. With having three records on their list of achievements, Hemelbestormer has finished work on ‘Collide & Merge’, the next step of the... Continue Reading →
CD review NIHT ‘Arcanum’
Sometimes information sheets provide a lot of information about band and album creation process. When it comes to Niht, the information is rather limited. What we know for sure is that ‘Arcanum’ is the second longplayer, forged by the German/Austrian band. A look on the tracklist shows that Niht doesn’t laser in on the colorful... Continue Reading →
CD review WOLVENNEST ‘Temple’
Wolvennest hail from Belgium and started their journey in 2015. The first milestone for the band was the release of the debut 'Void’. This was in 2018 and it’s the new longplayer ‘Temple’ that marks a next and important step for the band. Wolvennest’s new album is everything but light-hearted. Songs like the slowly growing... Continue Reading →
CD review THE RUINS OF BEVERAST ‘The Thule Gromoires’
'The Thule Grimoires' is the new album from Aachen's death/black metal outfit The Ruins Of Beverast. In tradition with the previous albums, five in total, the new longplayer is also not a burst of joyfulness but a gloomy delight. The dark adventure of The Ruins Of Beverast has its beginning in 2003 and after a... 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 →
CD review THE SPIRIT CABINET ‘ Bloodlines’
Already the bandname is unusal and also the sound of 'Bloodlines' isn't mainstream either. Dutch metallers The Spirit Cabinet combine traditional Heavy Metal with Doom Metal, not to forget an underlaying psychedelic vibe that resonates with each of the six songs on the new album 'Bloodlines'. Snake McRuffkin, Johnny Hällström, Erich Vilsmeier and Cromwell Fleedwood... Continue Reading →
CD review HAXANDRAOK ‘Ki Si Kil Ud Da Kar Ra’
Usually it's the font type that turns reading of some band names to a mission impossible. Here it's different. Haxandraok in itself is a moniker that doesn't roll off the tongue easily. And the album title makes things even more challenging, also for the author of a review. Haxandraok is a duo. Saevus H. Aldra... Continue Reading →
CD review STERLING SERPENT ‘Sterling Serpent’ – EP
(7/10) Sterling Serpent is a band with roots that go back to the year 2015. Members of King Dude, Bell Witch, Serpent and Terminal Fuzz Terror started the outfit that has with this elf-titled EP a first recording ready to be shipped to the record stores. The band, hailing from Seattle, Washington, recorded four tracks,... Continue Reading →
KNOEST released ‘Dag’
Knoest is a trio hailing from Gelderland in The Netherlands. The trio released on June 14th their new album 'Dag', a record that features four songs reflecting one day. 'De Ochtend' (the morning), De Middag (noon), 'De Avond' (the evening) and 'De Nacht' (the night). As you can see with song titles, that album is... Continue Reading →
CD review SLÆGT ‘Black Bombs’ – 7″
(8/10) 'Black Bombs' is an in between release from Danish metal outfit Slægt. After having released the critically acclaimed 'The Wheel' album it's this two-tracks single release that offers more songs taken from the recording session. The title track is a blackened metal anthem that sounds extremely well. Heavy rolling riffs, hoarse vocals and a... Continue Reading →
CD review SINMARA ‘HvÃsl Stjarnanna’
(9/10) The fact that there‘s a lot of great music coming from Island isn‘t something new. Bands like Solstafir and others are ambassadors of Icelandic metal and here comes another one - Sinmara. The quintet from the North worked on their sophomore album that‘s now in the starting blocks. ‚HvÃsl Stjarnanna‘ offers six new songs,... Continue Reading →