BRUNHILDE – To Cut a Long Story Short

Since this one nearly slipped away from my pile of stuff to review and was released about a month ago, let us cut to the chase and do a very short review of it and simply state that Brunhilde’s latest offering consists of energetic, fiery tunes filled with fist-pumping riffs and aggressive, punk-ish vocals coursing…

SUPERLYNX – Electric Temple

I am extremely fond of the previous offering by the psychedelic stoner rock/doom metal act from Oslo known as Superlynx, more specifically the one titled "New Moon", and so this upcoming record of theirs bearing the evocative moniker "Electric Temple" is obviously something that I have been looking forward to for a while now. So…

SHORES OF NULL – Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)

As the brewing storm closes in gentle, very MY DYING BRIDE violins usher in a heavy doomy riff SWALLOW THE SUN and KATATONIA both would be proud to own, the characteristic melody and Davide Straccione’s clean vocal similar to Aaron Stainthorpe’s of My Dying Bride but more dramatic and DEPRESSED, then Swallow The Sun’s Mikko…

DORMANTH – Complete Downfall

Remember that feeling when you were listening to a "new" band which, with their very own melodies and riffs brought the memories of old greatness? In the vast sea that is melodic death metal there aren’t that many bands who can smell, feel and look like the genre classic with sinews, bones and blood of…

EVERGREY – Hymns For The Broken

In my 3 recent reviews of Evergrey’s last 3 albums I made references to the album which started their oceanic trilogy, "Hymns For The Broken" (2014) hinting, at the time, my intent to review it as the only album from the trilogy without the review on our zine. Given that this is the album which…

DOBBELTGJENGER – Smooth Failing

Now this is one album that yours truly has very much been looking forward to seeing that its predecessor, "Limbohead", has grown on me immensely over the years and turned into one of my personal favorites. The Norwegian rock (and I am using the term ‘rock’ loosely here) ensemble dabbles in something that I can…

THE NOVA HAWKS – Redemption

The British combo The Nova Hawks was quite the pleasant surprise to yours truly and presents something akin to a fiery mixture of (Northern) soul music, raw blues, and vintage hard rock. If you want hazy atmospheres and fuzzy riffs as well as bluesy licks that are rather infectious and melodies that are like earworms,…

ZEROZONIC – Aftersane (Daniel Olaisen Series)

"Zerozonic will get much better on the follow-up, but to see how and why you have to wait one more month" wrote I in the conclusion of my review for Zerozonic’s sophomore album, "God Damn Better Best". That was back in July 2019 and only now am I able, for this reason or another, to…

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