Month: August 2016

Eternal Terror kan i dag by på en helt ny låt fra det kommende albumet til kanadiske ANCIIENTS. Låta heter "Serpents" og den blir å finne på "Voices of the Void" som slippes av Season of Mist 14. oktober i år.

Brooklyn, NY is home to the experimental progressive metal band Family – and their new album "Future History" is a 12 track odyssey into everything from southern and stoner rock to alternative nuances amidst the odd-time signatures, tempo changes, and thunderous mood riff dynamics. One minute a song goes on a Rush juxtaposition, and the…

Eternal Terror kan i dag by på en helt ny låt fra det debutalbumet til det franske okkult rock bandet AKASAVA. Låta heter "The Devil’s Tide" og albumet heter "Nothing at Dawn". Den slippes av Triton’s Orbid & Nordavind Records 11. november i år.

First of all, welcome back to my world as I have not been active for quite some time due to a lot of issues in my life I won’t get into, some of which carried me all the way back to native Poland and back again. Well, now I’m back and hitting the ground running…

A long-time favorite to these ears, Sweden’s Miss Behaviour have been consistent in producing a type of melodic hard rock with AOR-harmonies that gets the blood pumping, the toes tapping, and you can walk away feeling very good about what you’ve taken in. "Ghost Play" is the group’s fourth studio album, delivering another 12 songs…

Av all verdens festivaler, har uten tvil SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT det kuleste navnet av dem alle. Nå er det kun en drøy uke til årets utgave arrangeres på Kick og Onkel Aksel i Kristiansand. Av band kan de friste med blant andre VREID, SUSPERIA, IN THE WOODS… og DESTRÖYER 666.

Alternative metal with a boatload of attitude and groove- welcome to Milan, Italy’s Anewrage. "ANR" is a reissue of their debut album from 2014, originally appearing on Sliptrick Records. Besides the 12 original songs, you get a bonus track "Nina" and an acoustic rendition of "Red Wet Lips". The material fuses together a strong twin…

Hot on the tour trail and not wanting to leave fans waiting for more material in the interim, Soilwork felt the time is right to pool together a lot of their bonus material over the past decade only available in certain parts of the globe plus record two new songs for "Death Resonance". As a…

Fredag 9. september kommer det nye albumet "Transcendence" fra DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT. Dette er bandets sjuende albumutgivelse og deres første siden dobbeltalbumet "Z2" som kom for ganske nøyaktig to år siden. Vi skal feire dette med et listening party fullstappet av moro allerede 2. september. Stedet er Fru Lundgreen og her blir det moro fra dørene åpner klokka 20 til baren stenger seks timer senere. Foruten at vi skal spille skiva i sin helhet, vil det bli Devin quiz, Mayhem quiz, Devin fotoutstilling, to DJ-er fra MANES, masse Devin over anlegget og jaggu blir det ikke gratis spekemat i baren også. 

The latest EP by the legendary horror punk outfit known as Misfits is the real fucking deal. Entitled Friday the 13th, this awesome musical effort boasts four extremely catchy songs with great hooks that are right up there with the very best of them. That especially goes for the first two songs, the two tributes…

Eternal Terror kan i dag by på en ny låt fra det kommende livealbumet til SAINT VITUS. Låta heter "The Bleeding Ground" og albumet heter "Live Vol 2" og den slippes av Season of Mist 23. september i år.

Finnish metal quintet Rekoma have a wide swath of classic, modern, and alternative influences on display for this "Circle of Hate" EP. One minute very thrash-oriented for "Trial", the next minute a little more In Flames meets Sentenced on the title track – this diversity could pay dividends in the long run in terms of…

BRYNEROCKEN er Brynes egen rockefestival og blir i år arrangert for sjette gang. Brorparten av bandene som har spilt der er tributeband og er således en festival som gir festivaldeltagerne kjente gromlåter i pose og sekk. Årets festival har en ren tribute kveld på fredagen og et godt utvalg med andre gode band på lørdagen. BRYNEROCKEN ble startet av Svein Harald Kleppe fra paDIOna og Haavard Hommeland fra blant annet Overhead. Disse to sitter fortsatt i sjefsstolene og vi har tatt oss en prat med førstnevnte. Bli med og les deg opp på Brynerocken og bli fristet til å bli med på denne lille perlen av en festival.

Wasting no time getting back to business after last year’s "LifeRider" record, "Déja-Voodoo" as the ninth Crystal Ball studio album continues to position this Swiss act as one of the steadiest in the melodic metal marketplace. Even as they gain a new guitarist in Tony Castell, the quintet surrounds themselves with the right songwriting ethics…

Eternal Terror kan i dag by på en helt ny låt fra det kommende albumet til det ungarske avant-garde metal bandet THY CATAFALQUE. Låta heter "10^(-20) Ångström" og den blir å finne på deres nye album "Meta" som slippes av Season of Mist 16. september i år.

Ettersom konserten med MAYHEM på Sentralen i Oslo 19. november nå er utsolgt, har man satt opp ekstra konsert dagen etter. Billettsalget har startet.

Stoner rock from Washington, the power trio Mos Generator lock and load on addictive hooks, bluesy riffs, and emotionally charged melodies for this full-length "Abyssinia". Hints of Nirvana come up on opener "Strangest Times", while "Red Canyons" pulsates through a Sabbath-esque bass line that reverberates against the cascading drum groove and thick electric riffs. Together…

Electric rock ‘n’ roll with a lot of Southern/ jam-band charm on this album "Thundering Herd" from Los Angeles, California’s The Kyle Gass Band. Right out of the gate you get a lot of Molly Hatchet and Allman Brothers Band feel in terms of the twin guitar antics and boogie rhythms for opener "Cakey", while…

Har du lyst på metalcruise i Karibien med band som AMORPHIS, ARCH ENEMY, DEATH ANGEL, GRAVE DIGGER, KAMELOT, NILE, SUFFOCATION, TESTAMENT og UNLEASHED, da kan vi nå melde at billettsalget for neste 70000 TONS OF METAL har startet.

Modern hard rock with pop sensibilities, there’s a lot of Disturbed meets Shinedown oriented material on this album from California’s Cage9 with "Illuminator". Vocalist/ guitarist Evan Rodaniche has a definitive radio-friendly range, which along with an intuitive rhythmic nature to the material on hand puts "Starry Eyes" and the sultry "Martyr" into aural connectivity from…

The third studio album from German power metal band Gloryful keeps the true vision of the band alive. "End of the Night" continues the Legend of Sedna – hundreds of years after the demise of the "Ocean Blade". Fear not brethren, the twin guitar harmonies and thunderous double bass as well as multi-octave melodic vocals…

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Indisk death metal eller indisk metal generelt har vokst de siste årene og det har dukket opp flere gode band. Det er i hovedsak thrash og death metal bandene undertegnede har lagt merke til, og denne gangen er det death metal bandet Wired Anxiety som skal en liten tur under lupen. Wired Anxiety ble dannet…

Eternal Terror kan i dag by på hele den nye skiva til det symfonske black metal bandet MIST OF MISERY fra Sverige. Albumet heter "Absence" og det slippes av Black Lion Records 31. august 2016.

At this point in Sabaton’s career, they’ve established their presence as a melodic power metal band that deliver war-theme topics in a triumphant, heroic manner. Their latest album "The Last Stand" continues that tradition, adding in a few bagpipes/ Hammond Organs here and there on "Blood of Bannockburn" (regarding the Scottish Revolution) while a lot…

Ade er et italiensk death metal band som ble dannet i 2007. Base for bandet er i hovedstaden Roma og «Carthago Delenda Est» er bandets tredje fullengder. Musikken deres forklares som en mix mellom Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour of Penance, moderne Behemoth og en liten dose Nile og noe annet. Jeg er ikke helt enig i…

The eighth studio album from Norway death metal unit Blood Red Throne, "Union of Flesh and Machine" illustrates the power and brutality related to a straight ahead attack in this genre. The delivery and execution has more in line with American counterparts than Scandinavian ones for sure – especially in terms of a lot of…

Tributealbum pleier sjelden å sette spor etter seg. Interessen for disse er liten og låtene på disse har en tendens til å bli alt for like originalene. Og det er alltid en «Best of» skive. Her derimot har vi en death metal versjon av Possessed «Seven Churches». Dvs hele «Seven Churches, alle 10 låtene kronologisk,…

Det er i år 35 år siden THIN LIZZY slapp sitt album "Renegade" og i den forbindelsen har vår danske venn Jens Nepper tatt et dypdykk i skiva samt tatt et lite intervju med forfatter Martin Popoff, som har skrevet en rekke bøker om blant andre Thin Lizzy, Yes, Judas Priest, Whitesnake og Black Sabbath.

This Brazilian power/progressive metal act has been around since 1997- Hangar’s best known member being drummer Aquiles Priester, who has played with Primal Fear and Angra among others. "Stronger Than Ever" is the group’s seventh studio album, and given my first exposure to the group there’s a solid set of mechanics on display through these…

Niluus is a brand new black metal act hailing from the UK, and I must say that this demo of theirs is quite interesting. It only contains three songs, one of which is an excellent cover of Bathory’s immortal "Satan My Master", but their two "own" tracks reek of potential and interesting ideas. Their take…

"Hallucinations" is the debut full-length album from Finnish hybrid metal act Creinium. Together since 2012, they’ve been fairly steady in their output, releasing a demo, EP, and single in succession prior to this 12 track, 65-minute effort. Fusing together a mix of melodic death and progressive, blackened metal with symphonic touches, Amorphis, Mercyful Fate, and…

Returning to their first label home, Portuguese occult emotive metal act Heavenwood ambitiously delivers part 1 of a conceptual series tackling the French occultist Papus and his studies of the Tarot. Having previously heard their third album "Redemption" from 2008, going in I expect a similar roller coaster adventure in terms of dark riffing, gothic…

The excellent albeit underrated melodic rock band that is Dare recently released the album entitled "Sacred Ground", their seventh one so far. The band consists of Thin Lizzy’s Darren Wharton (vocals and keyboards), Nigel Clutterbuck (bass), Vinnie Burns (guitars), Kevin Whitehead (drums), and Marc Roberts (keyboards). While one may be tempted to describe the album…

I really dug Seven Impale’s previous album, the one entitled "City of the Sun", and so, naturally, I was quite excited about receiving a promo copy of their upcoming album, "Contrapasso". As with its predecessor, "Contrapasso" draws on a myriad of different bands and influences, and while the style of the music may be close…

A brief three song EP recorded as a tribute to the loss over the past year of three iconic musicians: Lemmy Kilmeister, David Bowie, and Glenn Frey, Metal Allegiance contains seasoned players across the metal spectrum. Everyone who’s anyone knows the skills of Alex Skolnick on guitar and Mike Portnoy on drums, while Mark Menghi…

Considering four-fifths of this German death metal unit came from Lay Down Rotten, it shouldn’t be that much of a surprise that we have an experienced quintet even if Demonbreed started last year. "Where Gods Come to Die" is an old school death debut album, the 12 songs living in a time vortex where nothing…

Lebanese thrash/ heavy metal band Blaakyum is a first for this journalist – as you don’t hear a lot of bands from the war torn country of Lebanon. Their second album "Line of Fear" has an aggressive yet melodic sensibility that makes these 9 songs quite addictive. Middle Eastern folk and tribal inflections aid the…

An uppity brand of thrash here from Italy’s National Suicide on their second full-length "Anotheround". Active since 2005, their debut album "The Old Family Is Still Alive" came out back in 2009, which begs the question…. Why did it take 7 years for the follow up? After multiple go arounds, "Anotheround" certainly has a lot…

Born in March of 2015, Italy’s Storm of Particles quickly moved from covering their favorite bands to an original act – releasing their debut self-titled demo this year. 4 songs and a brief opening instrumental that revel in a melodic death platform that gains a fresh outlook through folk-oriented aspects pushed through guitar overdrive. Matteo…

The fourth album from this project act contains ex-Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, keyboardist/producer Alessandro Del Vecchio, and DGM guitarist Simone Mularoni among others. "Edge of Tomorrow" as a result has more of a heavier sheen to the normal melodic rock/ AOR proceedings. Prime-time Journey comes up right out of the gate for the blistering…

Årets SUMMER BREEZE er rett rundt hjørnet (17. til 20. august) og i sitt 19. år kan denne herlige tyske festivalen by på nok en gang en haug med gode band. Både SLAYER, SABATON, PARKWAY DRIVE, ARCH ENEMY, AT THE GATES, BLUES PILLS, CARCASS, CATTLE DECAPITATION, CLITEATER, DYING FETUS, ENTOMBED A.D., EXODUS, FEAR FACTORY, GOROD, GRAND MAGUS, KATATONIA, KORPIKLAANI, MASTODON, MY DYING BRIDE, NAPALM DEATH, OBSCURA, PRIMORDIAL, QUEENSRYCHE, ROTTEN SOUND, SATYRICON, SOILWORK, TESTAMENT, TRIBULATION, UNLEASHED, VADER og WINTERSTORM. skal spille sammen med et pent knippe andre band. Et festivalpass koster i år 111 euro, noe som tilsvarer i underkant av 1050 norske kroner. Det er fortsatt billetter og oppdrive, men det ser ut til å bli ganske folksomt ut i Dinkelsbühl i år også.

Shouldn’t be that much of a surprise that Germany’s Kissin’ Dynamite have been garnering a healthy buzz for their brand of melodic, modern hard rock since starting as the Blues Kids in 2002 (smartly changing names in 2008).  This fifth album "Generation Goodbye" continues the trend of writing a solid set of tracks that contain…

If I told you Deny the Cross was constituted of members from Spazz, Agents of Satan, Municipal Waste and Discordance Axis you would probably have a fairly good idea what to expect from ‘Alpha Ghoul’. And, if your guess was in the ballpark of grinding powerviolence delivered in sub-60 second shots, you’d be 100% accurate. But…

Polish four piece Nuclear Holocaust play a pacy type of death grind that (as you can safely guess by the cover) has a slightly retro ‘Terrorizer’ kind of feel to it. I like the relative lack of tempo changes – these guys go from fast ‘d’ and skank beats to blasts and don’t spend too…

Torsdag denne uka kommer australske AIRBOURNE til Bergen og USF Verftet. Arrangør Bergen Live lover en vill og vakker aften på Røkeriet.

BRUTAL ASSAULT er en av de største metalfestivalene i Øst-Europa og blir i år arrangert for 21. gang. De kan i år by på 110 band fordelt på fire dager (10. – 13. august). De største navnene er BEHEMOTH, MASTODON, MINISTRY, ARCH ENEMY, CORONER, GOJIRA, GRAVE, IMMOLATION, OBITUARY, REBAELLIUN, SEPTICFLESH, SHINING, VENOM INC og VOIVOD samt de norske bandene SATYRICON, 1349, ABBATH og TAAKE.

20 years on and self-proclaimed Black Metal Punks Heretic are still churning out the dirtiest rocking beats this side of Hell. I first met their brand of punked-up Black n Roll on 2013’s ‘Angelcunts and Devilcocks’ and was impressed by how simple yet effective their approach was. This is the type of music that delivers…