RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-woods The album artwork and overall presentation of this great looking digipak immediately caught my eye and seemed intriguing. It is therefore with a profound sense of satisfaction that I can tell you, my freaky underground friends, that this American outfit delivers a potent and effective slab of crushing death metal…
The Welsh outfit known as King Kraken blew this writer away by means of their inspired and incredibly well-written debut offering titled MCLXXX, which was released in late January this year, and few albums are as heavy and memorable as this one. There is passion in spades to be found in each song and every…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/nie A deeply unsettling and inhumanly raw slab of noise-infused black metal is what this sinister Polish horde offers. Hypnotic and trance-inducing are certainly words that come to mind when immersing oneself in these hellish and oppressive soundscapes, and everything about this musical endeavor reeks of misanthropy and contempt. Dark vocals…
STEVE VAI AND FAVORED NATIONS / MASCOT LABEL GROUP RELEASE “VAI / GASH” LP Will Follow On February 24 Steve Vai Shares Personal Message: Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group released VAI/GASH digitally and on CD. The vinyl album will follow on February 24. He shares, “Vai/Gash was written and recorded in somewhat…
HENRY ROLLINS 2023 EUROPEAN GOOD TO SEE YOU TOUR BEGINS NEXT WEEK! In describing Henry Rollins, the tendency is to try to squeeze as many labels as possible into a single sentence. “Rollins is many things,” says The Washington Post, “diatribist, confessor, provocateur, humorist, even motivational speaker…his is an enthusiastic and engaging chatter.” They’re not wrong.…
VENUE: GrieghallenDATE: 28.01.2023 ORGANIZER: Stageway What better way to spend the early part of a Saturday evening than witnessing the immensely talented The Nordic Floyd Show pay tribute to their heroes, Pink Floyd? It has actually become a tradition of sorts to attend one of the act’s performances in Bergen, Oslo, or some other…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: http://www.frontiers.it/album/5838 Tommy DeCarlo (Boston) possesses an impressive set of pipes and is undoubtedly a great singer and front man, but this album entitled Dancing in the Moonlight, which is primarily written by Frontiers Records’ in-house composer and musician Alessandro Del Vecchio, is a huge letdown and utterly forgettable. AOR and soft…
Photo: Erik Furulund The newest Fysisk Format signing Dangerface is primal rock’n’roll in the style of The Good The Bad and The Zugly, Gallows and Bronx. Hailing from the west coast of Norway, from the hometown of Kvelertak, Stavanger, they are ready to release their second record “Be Damned!” April 28th. “Pardon My Douche” is…
Photo: Anine Desire Knogjärn Release Their Third And Most Hard-Hitting Album Up To Date! From the melting, but still freezing and sunless North, we bring you yet another heavy banger from the Swedish Hard Rock champions Knogjärn! Just in time for all your New Year resolutions to have broken, and when the full dread of…
Aksel Røed’s Other Aspects “Do You Dream in Colours?” – will be the first release of 2023 for the relatively young label IS IT JAZZ? Records and will not leave much time to chat about the disk’s jazz affiliations. It will scream a very loud Yes within its first few seconds. Out February 17th One…
TREDJE BANDSLIPP FRA LEGEND METALFEST: Her kommer tredje bandslipp og denne gangen kan vi by på følgende godbiter. MORTEM ble dannet i siste halvdel av 80-tallet da det ble regnet som et av de klassiske black metal bandene i Norge. Deretter tok de ikke mindre enn 30 år pause, før de fant ut at nå…
Text & Photos: Karina Noctum Melodi Grind Prix took place on the 13th of January at Vaterland. This mainly Hardcore and Grindcore festival featured Beaten to Death, Rat Lord, Kobol, Higgs Boson, Makkmat, Gummo and Avgrunsljud. The first band Kobol was a really good start for a festival that promised lots of extreme fun.…
Elektrik Ram is the new single and title track from South African stoner rock reprobates Ruff Majik’s upcoming album. Vocalist and guitarist Johni Holiday’s quick stint in a mental wellness facility brought on the lyrics and structure of Elektrik Ram. “What started as a fun ditty, emulating the sound of Siamese Dream era Smashing Pumpkins,…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://robmoratti.net/ The talented Rob Moratti (ex-Saga) has a new record out that showcases both his excellent singing and great compositional skills, and although it is a slick and polished offering that falls somewhere between melodic rock and AOR, it also possesses some nice (albeit subtle) prog rock flavors and heaps of…
Foto: Martin Mirandab “Mørket” er nok den tyngste låten på EP-en “From Light Upon Darkness”. Chugge-riff, blastbeats og heftig refreng preger låta, som i tillegg er på norsk! “Mørket” handler om en person som trekkes mot det onde, og som ikke klarer å motstå draget mot mørket. Med på låten er Oliver “Ol” Drake fra…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dVETbP5NLiYQFPtVIA3Na The Brazilian melodic rock/AOR outfit known as Tarmat is a real pleasant surprise to these ears as this quartet delivers some incredibly well-written, pristine-sounding tunes that lean toward the magical vibes of Toto, Journey, Boston, and to a lesser extent Europe. Did you say earworms and irresistible hooks? Fear not…
Bilder: Henry Moore Selder Bob Hunds nye album slippes i 2 deler. Først ut er A-siden DRÖMMEN ÄR EN RÅVARA, som slippes idag den 26e januar. 6 låter spilt inn med Per Sunding som produsent i Tambourine Studios Malmö. Første gang bob hund møtte Per Sunding var i 1993, og da spilte de inn en…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.enuffznuff.com/ Their 17th studio album sees Chip Z’Nuff and his skilled bandmates in fine form as they deliver a well-crafted slab of power pop, which essentially means that all the group’s trademarks with respect to melody lines and atmospheres and so on are firmly in place throughout and that the mixture…
Imperium presenterer Slagmaur og Gehenna + Strid på BLÅ fredag 03 februar! https://www.blaaoslo.no/arrangementer/slagmaur-gehenna-support/ Doors open at 18:00. Pris: 350 NOK – inkl 25NOK avgift Biletter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/imperium-urban-siege-1-billetter/708613 Aldersgrense: 18 Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2320121311519236/
Foto: Jørn Veberg I dag er El Caco ute med sin andre singel “All in Favour” fra deres kommende album “Uncelebration” som er ute 21.04.2023 Låta tar deg rett tilbake til de aggressive, men emosjonelt drevne stonerrock-hymnene fra midten av 2000-tallet med en nådeløs kombinasjon av noe tungt og mykt. På All in Favour ledes…
