I had no idea what to expect from this 9-track album by the Norwegian duo who have simply named themselves Jon & Gjerry, but it turned out to be a pleasant albeit uneven mix of melodic rock, AOR, pop, soft rock, and singer-songwriter music with a strong emphasis on catchy riffs backed by glacial 80s…
English NWOBHM legends Satan release new single, "Death Knell for a King"
The Norwegian scumbags that are Befouled unearthed and vomited forth this ugly slab of vile and maggot-infested music not that long ago and if old-school death metal appeals to you then I suggest you pay attention here. Befouled have a rather simple and straightforward approach to things and their tunes harken back to the early…
This superb book by the talented Bill Kopp on how the legendary Pink Floyd basically started out as a psychedelic folk rock outfit in the mid-60s only to transform into a prog rock mammoth in merely five or six years is a brilliant study of musical growth and how the aforementioned act helped shape the…
Florida based SET AND SETTING are releasing a track from upcoming ‘Tabula Rasa’ album
"New World Shadows" made Omnium Gatherum into one of the stalwarts in melodic death metal. Their sixth album "Beyond" revolutionized the genre by implementing elements of progressive rock of Marillion or Camel while remaining aggressively death metal. The follow-up "Grey Heavens" stripped down that approach rolling back the progressive rock influences while emphasizing and deepening…
SKAMBANKTs sitt første livealbum er ute nå
7.september kommer Junipher Greene til Trondheim
Raven Throne is a long runner in atmospheric black metal with "I Miortvym Snicca Zolak" their sixth full length but this is my first encounter with them. The band consists of merely two members, Denis "Chernotur Thy Wings" Lukianovic (Guitars, Programming) and a gentleman who refuses to be called by any other name than War…
The Norwegian purveyors of the unsettled and strangely appealing, Madder Mortem, blew me away with their "Red in Tooth and Claw" record from 2016, but this brand new one entitled "Marrow" is even more stunning and compelling than the former, which is saying something. "Marrow" contains nods to the prog rock giants of old and…
Members of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Extol and Sea + Air join their creative forces – AZUSA
Spitfire slipper låten "FireEater"
With every edition that takes place, Dark Bombastic Evening festival in Alba Iulia, Romania, sets a new standard for what a music festival should be all about: pure joy. The joy of listening to loved music, the joy of discovering new fantastic acts, the joy of meeting old friends and making new ones and the…
Maddem Mortem – new video premiere
Eternal Terror live presents track premiere from China’s WANG WEN, taken from their new album "Invisible City" via Pelagic Records – out September 29
STEELCHAOS Festival 2018 – November indoors edition in Helsinki, Finland
Norwegian Experimental Post Metallers KRAKOW release new video
Eternal Terror live presents track premiere for L.A. based act FUTURE USSES
Quite recently my brilliant wife and I had the pleasure of witnessing the popular and much-praised "Bat Out of Hell" musical in London and it turned out to be a highly exciting, thrilling, and above all entertaining experience. The unique combination of Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman speaks for itself and there is a…
First album stream for the LA based prog/post rock act ANCESTORS
