INSANE – Evil

The lethal Swedish thrash/speed/heavy metal quartet known as Insane spat forth this ugly and intense brew of face-melting music a few months ago via Duplicate Records and I must say that I am impressed by what these fuckbags have come up with. Not only are their tunes memorable and catchy, but the musicianship is superb…

BLUT AUS NORD – Deus Salutatis Meæ

Blut Aus Nord are a french band formed in 1994. The discography is impressive and combines different styles that range from Black Metal, a bit DM as well here and there, to more experimental Industrial / Dark Wave and Avant-garde. In 2014 the band released one of their best Black Metal albums. A beautiful harmonic…

ANDY FRANCIS – When Punk Rocked

This intriguing and interesting book by author Andy Francis entitled “When Punk Rocked” is basically a timeline in words and pictures that chronicles the rise and fall of punk rock and its mutation into New Wave and so on. It takes you from ground zero, i..e the emergence of the style and genre in 1976,…

ZIFIR – Kingdom of Nothingness

The blasphemous Turkish duo named Zifir recently unleashed this third full-length assault of theirs entitled "Kingdom of Nothingness" via the ever-reliable Duplicate Records and the blackened and ugly 13-song effort is quite satisfying in a number of ways. While the songs may appear a tad linear at first, the beauty of them is that underneath…

SARKE – Viige Urh

Sarke released their fifth full-length Viige Urh on October 13. This time they are infusing the Viking theme into the music. This is not being done in the same metal fashion as other epic, folk bands have done. They borrow from genres which you wouldn’t normally see mixed into anything Viking. They are attempting to…

VREDEHAMMER – Suffocate All Light (single)

This was a single I was anticipating a lot. Vredehammer has gotten even better now in my opinion. The thrashy nature of the past album has now given place to tight solid DM, and there are no visible traces of Amon Amarthish Viking to be heard anywhere. Pretty much excellent, technical and totally crushing Black…

PAPA ROACH – Rockefeller, Oslo

Det er mandag kveld og Papa Roach skal spille opp til fest i Oslo sin storstue, Rockefeller. Dette er en konsert som for mange forhåpentligvis reparerer blåmandagen. Når jeg ankommer før konserten starter føles det som et veldig glissent oppmøte, men heldigvis fylles det sakte men sikkert opp helt fram til showstart.   PAPA ROACH…

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