RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/firstsignalband/ The previous effort by First Signal (Closer to the Edge, 2022) was neither particularly impressive nor as cohesive in terms of quality as it could have been, and although this follow-up entitled Face Your Fears is also somewhat uneven and contain a number of filler tracks, it is quite the…
Former In the Woods… members deliver epic Norwegian Black Metal to takes you into the night sky! It’s the moment just after the tree-root thick tangle of guitars come in and the luminous clean vocals light up the sky while the keyboards suddenly shine from below: when the singing enters on ‘Astrologer’, the first…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://www.inflames.com/ As one of the 3 forefathers of the Gothenburg-based melodic death metal (aka melodeath), next to At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames need no introduction. Every melodeath fan, which I count myself as one of, is intimitely familiar with “The Jester Race”¹⁹⁹⁶, “Whoracle”¹⁹⁹⁷, “Colony”¹⁹⁹⁹ or “Clayman”²⁰⁰⁰, while…
MONGOLIAN ROCK SENSATION THE HU LAUNCH FIRST EPISODE OF MINI-DOCUSERIES “CITIZENS OF THE WORLD” Critically acclaimed Mongolian rock outfit THE HU have spent the past five years dominating audiences across the globe with their self-branded genre of “hunnu rock”—a unique blend of Western modern rock/metal and Mongolian throat singing using traditional Mongolian instruments sung entirely…
FLOOR JANSEN ANNOUNCES DEBUT SOLO ALBUM “PARAGON” Floor Jansen, best known as the lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, announces her highly anticipated debut album, “Paragon”, releasing March 24, 2023. This album showcases Jansen’s impressive vocal range and powerful voice on a diverse collection of pop-infused tracks and emotional ballads influenced by…
VENUE: Blå DATE: 23 Feb 2023 ORGANIZER: Les Acteurs de l’ombre Productions PHOTOGRAPHER: Karina Noctum Photos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context.
Review by Karina Noctum Full photo gallery form the event: https://eternal-terror.com/2023/02/25/katatonia-solstafir-oslo-24-02-2023/ SOM were the opening act that evening. They are promoting their new album The Shape of Everything. The concert experience that SOM brought to us was a pretty dark one, but it was full of ambience. They are in many senses the perfect choice to…
The ritual On March 3rd we are inviting you all to an extreme happening in Oslo, SALT. One night only. 4 hours. 600 spots (more than half of them already taken) The complete WITCH CLUB SATAN experience together with a unique selection of additional acts; VASSVIK solo and ASIANGIRLSONLY. One circumpolar sound magician, and two…
3 sinnssvakt bra duoer, på en og samme kveld!HMMG! (Mollestad & Gustaffson)+ HYMN+ OVERRASKELSE!onsdag 01. mars | 19:00 | 295,- | id: 20 Billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/710185 Event info: https://www.blaaoslo.no/arrangementer/mollestad-gustafsson-hymn-overraskelse/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: HMMG! (Mollestad/Gustafsson)For første gang noensinne! Vi har klart det mesterstykket å samle Hedvig Mollestad – Jugendstilen og en av Norges mest innflytelsesrike gitarister om dagen, og legenden…
VENUE: Apollon PlatebarDATE: 23.02.2023 ORGANIZER: Apollon Platebar/Is It Jazz? Records Being a huge fan of Datadyr’s two outputs on Is it Jazz? Records, it goes without saying that yours truly could not miss out on the ridiculously skilled trio’s mini-concert at the awesome and always attractive Apollon Platebar in the city center yesterday. With…
VENUE: RockefellerDATE: 24 Feb 2023ORGANIZER: Live Nation NorwayPHOTOGRAPHER: Andrea ChirulescuPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. SÓLSTAFIR KATATONIA
Interview with Oliver Baines – Guitarist from Prime (UK Band) Introduce your band and describe your latest release: The band is Prime. We were active from 2014 to last year, when the final single, ‘Sorry’ came out. The latest release is from the band’s archive – and that same recording session – a cover of…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://antipope.bandcamp.com/music Once agan I find myself reviewing a fantastic album from a long standing band I have never heard of before. One of my excuses could be that Antipope started as a black metal band and, to be honest, black metal is a cherry pick genre for me. Another one…
VENUE: Bergen KjøttDATE: 22.02.2023 ORGANIZER: Bergen Kjøtt Being rather infatuated and taken with the vibrant and playful debut offering by Aksel Røed’s Other Aspects titled Do You Dream in Colours?, I could not resist the temptation to witness this talented ensemble live on stage in the cozy environs of Bergen Kjøtt. While jazz (and…
Photo Credit – Christelle Duvenage Photography Ruff Majik returns with the low-slung boogie of Cement Brain taken from the band’s forthcoming long-player Elektrik Ram out 28th April 2023 on Mongrel Records. As with previous single Elektrik Ram (and album title track), Cement Brain was once again inspired by and written in a mental health facility.…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/album/brought-forth-in-iniquity As much as I count death/doom as one of my favorite genres, I am not a big fan of huge symphonic minimalistic funeral doom/death, bands such as Sceptiscism or Evoken only recently catching my attention precisely because they expanded and thus got more interesting. This is why I find…
Foto: Martin Mirandab Ut av Covids aske stiger Sublime Eyes med deres splitter nye EP, «From Light Unto Darkness». Tyngre, mørkere og mer melodisk enn noen gang. Sublime Eyes er tilbake for å erobre alt med sin thrashy og episke dødsmetall. De lyriske temaene på denne EP-en utforsker ondskapens fristelse, og all ondskap mennesker gjør…
BLOOD RED THRONE – Kings of Norwegian Death Metal to release new single ‘Latrodectus’ via Soulseller Records In celebration of their 25th year of existence, Death Metal destroyers BLOOD RED THRONE will unleash a brand new single, entitled “Latrodectus”, on February 24th! It is available for pre-saving to your favourite playlist here: https://orcd.co/dl9bpke Founding member Daniel…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://witheredancient.bandcamp.com/album/ii I stumbled on this evocative and atmospheric black metal opus by the utterly obscure Bulgarian outfit named Withered Ancient while browsing Bandcamp at work the other day, and there was something about it that drew me in and kept me engaged throughout. The stark monochrome album cover and the idea…
VENUE: Sentrum SceneDATE: 21 Feb 2023ORGANIZER: Radar BookingPHOTOGRAPHER: Andrea ChirulescuPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. DEVIN TOWNSEND FIXATION
