GROMTH – The Immortal

Let me first tell you that even though I’ve written lyrics for this album, I have had nothing to do with the music. I am not a part of the band per se. I’ve always been a sucker for symphonic extremities, such as Tartaros ("The Red Jewel" is still one of my favourites), Limbonic Art,…

GROMTH – The Immortal

After really getting into black metal during the last ten years, I became more and more puristic and, going along with that, there was a scorn for any type of instrument other than guitar, bass and drums. Then Gromth came along and changed all! Their orchestral black metal integrates classical instruments with the aforementioned in…

VALENTINERNE gjenforenes

Jokkes gamle band gjenforenes for å fremføre sin legendariske debutskive "Alt Kan Repareres" fra 1986! May Irene Aasen, Håkon Torgersen og Petter Pogo har også fått tidligere Valentourettes-vokalist Vidar Rugset med på laget. Hvis jeg var deg ville jeg ikke ha gått glipp av denne begivenheten!

OPETH – Heritage

Damn… …nation. Heri… …tage… Clean vocals. No, them two albums are not two for the price of one. Where the premium is an amazing journey through silent darkness, "Heritage" is an excellent progressive rock album. The sound is impeccable, Åkerfeldt’s singing is immaculate and the songs are ear candy for those who give it more…

OPETH – Heritage

I’m a late bloomer to the Opeth express. Causally taking in their first few studio efforts, a touring escapade with God Forbid, Angel Dust and headliners Nevermore made me a believer in their distinctive progressive metal music. These Swedes aren’t complacent nor sedate in their style. They choose to challenge themselves and in turn challenge…

OPETH – Heritage

So, where do I begin..? Opeth started as a death metal band back in 1990, developed into a progressive death metal act unlike anyone else, released "Damnation" in 2003, the first album without any growling, which most fans loved, but it also made them loose quite a few followers. (Me? I LOVE it!) This magnificent…

ACEPHALIX – Oslo – Unholy

Det er som um Deathanie har starta upp att sine Grind-kveldar i hovudstaden att; californske Acephalix er i byen og eg forventar kompromisslaus undegrunnsmusikk med vill spontanitet og brå rytmeskifte. Kveldens hovudband er Acephalix; på den beste undergrunnscena i Oslo: Unholy. Summon The Crows vert avertert som Vestfold Thrash i kveld; settet deira er heller…

WRETCHED – Black Ambience

Maryland’s Wretched plied their trade as a doom act in the 90’s, reuniting in recent years to record this 12 minute EP. Unfortunately, singer John Blank died shortly after the recording and since then the band has ceased activity. Sadly, this final release is nothing to write home about. The riffs are uninspiring, the vocals…

HELLFEST 2012 med første bandslipp

HELLFEST har sluppet den første haugen med band foran neste års festival, og som alltid, her bugner det av godbiter i den 43 band store pakken. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, LAMB OF GOD, CHILDREN OF BODOM, TRIVIUM, HATEBREED og DIMMU BORGIR er de største navna foreløpig og øvrige norske band i lineupen er ARCTURUS og VULTURE INDUSTRIES.

GROMTH – Part I: We are actually dying from the moment we start to live…

(…this article is in English…)I september i år kommer en av de viktigste utgivelsene i 2011 og en av de viktigste symfoniske metalutgivelser gjennom alle tider: GROMTH "The Immortal". Sittende foran datamaskinen i Tyskland har jeg provosert hele bandet til å svare på spørsmål om de intrikate tekstene og hele den komplekse kreative prosessen bak albumet. I denne første delen får du et lite dypdykk i hjernene bak GROMTH.

SUPREME PAIN – Divine Incarnation

How do you define a perfect death metal album? Fine, you see the score before the review: how do you define a NEAR perfect death metal album? Well, it depends on how heavy, brutal and/or catchy and melodic you like it. As in all of metal everyone has different preferences. But it basically revolves around…

B.E. TAYLOR GROUP – Our World (re-issue)

Pittsburgh, PA rock band with strong melodic AOR affiliation on this fourth album. Originally hitting the streets in 1986, it was never released on CD until now. These 9 songs run the spectrum from slightly reggae influenced in the guitar play of Rich Witkowski a la The Police in “Runaway” or the appropriately named “Reggae…

JORN på tur med MOTÖRHEAD i desember

JORN ligger ikke på latsiden og skal spille flere konserter i Norge, Sverige og Finland de kommende månedene. Først gjør de 5 enkeltstående headlinergiger i Trondheim, Skien, Helsinki, Tammerfors og Stockholm. Dette skjer i oktober. Og i desember legger de ut på en 11 kvelders tur med MOTÖRHEAD i de samme landene pluss Danmark. Her er det Oslo og Bergen som er de utvalgte norske byene.

NIGHTBRINGER – Hierophany of the Open Grave

Colorado act Nightbringer have carved a seriously dark and malignant slab of evil here. "Hierophany of the Open Grave" is 60 minutes of pure skull-fucking hell. Tempos flick from languid to raging. Riffs slice flesh in one moment and cauterize the wound the next. The vocals drip vitriolic fury in what is perhaps the foulest,…

EVENSTORM – The Return Of The Storm

Holy Accept worship Batman! Germany’s Evenstorm are a four piece who excite with a flurry of double guitar harmonies throughout this 10 song album but vocally are basic in normal melodies but when hitting the screams come straight out of the Udo D. meets Dan McCafferty screech school. Founded in 1985, it appears that songs…

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