I’ve never heard of Valoton before, and neither have you, I suppose. The reason is very simple: Valoton is a new black metal band from Finland and it’s built around a bunch of anonymous members. The band wasn’t obviously gathered for money and fame, but to spread their Satanic message in the deepest black metal…
Macabre is an extreme metal band from Chicago. They have kept on going since 1985 and are performing what they themselves call “murder metal”. How this band has eluded me is no surprise at all… The band plays some variation of horror-infused metal. Horrid atmosphere and humor are the tools of Macabre’s trade. A trade…
1. What was your favorite album and/or metal moment of 2010?– I would say Triptykons "Eparistera Daimones", an amazing album with a lot of energy and atmosphere to it. Favourite metal moment will have to be the Hole in the Sky festival in Bergen for the atmosphere and great diversity in the line up.…
Second album from Sweden’s Coldspell, "Out From The Cold" contains everything conventional hard rock fans of today’s scene desire. A strong, versatile vocalist in Niklas Swedentorp, riffs and solos that focus on easy to ingest hooks out of Michael Larsson and this overall sense of pumping out material that could fit just as well in…
Helldealer er i gong når me kjem og det er med ein gong sikkert at den medrivande konserten deira på Oslo Musikkfest i fjor ikkje vert gjenteke her i kveld. Til det er det for mykje berg og stein og for lite gitar, med unntak av ein sjeldfengt gitarsolo som kjem glidande som ein olja…
Førstkommende lørdag blir det kalaskonsert på Elm Street i Oslo med MARTYRDÖD, WAKLEVÖREN og LIVSTID.
Quite a concept for 2011. Let’s record an album without triggered drums, computer editing or an over-produced sound – using equipment from the 60’s and 70’s. Sweden’s Despite follow up their 2009 "In Your Despite" debut with a second album of raw death/thrash – intent on keeping the energy factor on high and assuredly delivering…
Searching for Calm is inspired by Steve Albini works and bands such as Sonic Youth, Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Mars Volta, and this album is probably good stuff for fans of all these bands. Me? I’m probably not smart enough to understand what the big deal is, and why these bands are as…
Steinkjerbandet NO DAWN er et velkjent liveband her oppe i Trøndelag, de har spilt på Wacken og under årets Inferno Festival får de sin første hovedstadsgig. Bandet begynte som et At The Gates lignende coverband, men skiftet brutalt stil for noen år siden. Jeg sendte over noen spørsmål som omhandlet emnene Inferno, Wacken Metal Battle og Death metal generelt, men vi innledet intervjuet med å spørre om stilskiftet:
German guitarist Alex Beyrodt returns with his classic hard rock band Voodoo Circle, following up the 2008 self-titled debut that came as an end of the year stunner. The lineup includes vocalist David Readman, bassist Mat Sinner, keyboardist Jimmy Kresic and drummer Markus Kullmann – and "Broken Heart Syndrome" doesn’t stray from the Rainbow, Deep…
1. What was your favorite album and/or metal moment of 2010?– Them Crooked Vultures "Self Titled" 2. What do you most look forward to for your band in 2011?– Lots of fun tours & great memories. 3. What’s your all time favorite concert you’ve attended personally?– I’ve been to so many shows & partied…
Lebowski is a polish band, founded in 2002, playing "music to a non-existent movie". The four guys find themselves within the landscape of progressive music, somewhere betweenRiverside and Long Distance Calling, and the result is an incredible mellow and floating journey into relaxation. There are no vocals on the album, except quotes adopted from classical…
UFFA skal gjenoppbygges etter den tragiske brannen i jula 2010 og fredag 11. mars arrangeres det støttekonsert i Verkstedhallen i Trondheim. En hel haug med band skal spille og dukker du opp, vil det koste deg kun en hundrelapp. Eternal Terror oppfordrer alle til å møte opp og støtte UFFA.
Etter å tatt fri denne helga, kjører Sandnes Rockeklubb igang igjen neste lørdag med hardcore/punkekonsert. På scenen på Tribute stiller RANK N’FILE og KURT TANK.
My first encounter with this UK melodic hard rock band would be 1996’s second album "The Name Of The Rose". Singer/songwriter Gary Hughes comforting, old school approach brought to mind greats like David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner – and musically his band mates exhibited class and grace unheard of in years, especially…
Consisting of members from Arena, Frost* and IQ I had high expectations for this one. The letdown was therefore equally hard. What should have been a promising progrock endeavour is nothing but embarrassing from start to end. First of all, the production is terrible. The sound is not consistent from song to song, but mostly…
To nye band er klare for HITS 2011. GODFLESH og VIRUS blir band nummer 4 og 5 som er klare.
For tredje dagen på rad slipper NORWAY ROCK band denne uka. Onsdag ble det klart at KEEP OF KALESSIN, BREED og SAINT DEAMON kommer til å spille under årets festival. I går droppet de navna BLACK INGVARS, LUXUS LEVERPOSTEI og INGENTING og i dag fortsetter de med MONGO NINJA og INSENSE.
Når KAMELOT kommer til Oslo 14. mai, er det som kjent uten sin faste vokalist Roy Khan. Khan står over all turnering pga medisinske og private årsaker. Men sang skal det bli likevel. KAMELOT har med seg ikke mindre enn 5 gjestevokalister på turneen.
(…this article is in English…) Under Inferno for snart 4 år siden møttes Keijo og jeg backstage for å gjøre dette intervjuet. Dessverre ble opptaket den gangen altfor dårlig og det var umulig å få et verdig intervju ned på papiret. Nå er Rotten Sound igjen klare for Inferno og da passet det bra å få tatt ett nytt vokalistintervju med Keiji. Mannen har growlet i 23 år og holder fortsatt koken. Foruten å fronte et av Finlands mest extreme metal band Rotten Sound, er han også vokalist i det alternative death metal bandet Medeia. Her er Keijo Niinimaa fra Rotten Sound og hans bidrag til The Deepthroat Series.
