If there is one band I call "AC/DC of death metal" it is the Montréal, Quebec, French-Canadian quartet Kataklysm, in the sense that we know what to expect and that they always deliver what can be expected without much surprise or innovation to the core sound. However, on their 14th album the self-proclaimed "northern hyperblast"…
One of the first things that struck me when listening to Perfect Plan’s latest effort is that it sounds as if these skilled Swedes with a keen ear for strong melodies had a blast recording “Time for a Miracle”. It is not that outfit that brings anything new to the table as such, but there…
INSOMNIUM and OMNIUM GATHERUM announce new European tour dates for 2021
Brazilian hard rockers Landfall turned out to be a very cool and uplifting surprise to yours truly. With a strong emphasis on great melodies and even greater vocal hooks, there is just something delightfully wicked about this eleven-track effort of theirs. It could be the upbeat and instantly catchy tunes or perhaps those moments when…
Norsk Black Metal prosjekt Black Cell ute med self-financed EP
IRON FLESH to release album via GREAT DANE RECORDS
I’ve just recently reviewed the excellent Church Of The Dead eponymous debut and in that review I claimed that Scandinavian old school death metal was eating its own tail. Well, it seems not only Church Of The Dead set out to prove me wrong but now fellow countrymen, Turku, Varsinais-Suomi, Finnish death/doom/black metal quintet Sepulchral…
Norsk band Hogstul ga ut en ny single
Mongrel Records unleashes crushing new compilation FANGS Volume 2
Ruff Majik unveil zombie apocalypse themed video for new single
A brand new entity, Dkharmakhaoz, the Belarusian duo of He (all instruments) and She (vocals) combine the 90’s black metal with synthwave (or Sith-wave) and industrial, a fusion with works as much as it doesn’t resulting in a very experimental but uneven affair on their debut album. Where "Proclamation Of The Black Suns" works is…
Norwegian VARDE announce debut album
Radar Booking presenterer KAMPFAR på Sentralen
My favorite among my 3 cousins, Chris, a great lover of Iron Maiden’s first 7 albums, upon hearing (in my view still excellent) "A Matter Of Life And Death" once said that it was great…for putting my then soon to be first born son to sleep when he’d arrive onto the world. I remembered his…
NORWEGIAN PUNKS LÜT RELEASE NEW SINGLE
The mighty RING VAN MÖBIUS aus Norwegen are back with a new single
Has everything been sung and played in old school Scandinavian death metal? Must we hear nothing but countless Dismember, Entombed, Grave or Unleashed hybrids with various degrees of melodiscism (on a scale of 0-6)? Is it okay to expect innovation from a subgenre of death metal which is devouring it’s own tail? This Helsinki, Uusimaa,…
BRUTAL ASSAULT – Confirmed bands for 2021
To sound classic, heavy, original and catchy (as in, say, classic Slayer) is a tough task for many. Most bands either go out of their way to sound heavy and extreme seemingly without regard for memorability, or are very catchy and melodic but at the cost of heaviness. Not so with Æpoch, the Cambridge, Ohio…
DJERV RELEASE A NEW HARD ROCK BANGER “(WE DON’T) HANG NO MORE”
