Stockport based indie pop/soul duo Slomo Casino’s sound is characterised by infatuate falsettos, breezy verses and catchy, wing-spreading choruses. But whilst their effervescent brand of Indie/Pop-Soul quickly charms and hooks, there’s also a resilience to their music. The pair met in Liverpool, forming a friendship after a particularly chaotic camping trip they shared together with…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/products/into-something-good-my-life-with-herman-s-hermits-10cc-and-jimmy-white-published-on-30th-march-2023 Wildly entertaining, enthusiastically told, and brimming with joy and energy, this utterly rewarding read by former Herman’s Hermits and 10cc manager Harvey Lisberg is a real adventure from beginning to end. Chronicling his days growing up in Salford in Greater Manchester and becoming smitten with music (in particular The Beatles)…
Photo by J. Nepper On a bright and sunny Thursday morning in mid-April, this scribe was granted an exclusive peak at the upcoming full-length assault by Norwegian black metal stalwart Taake, or rather an intimate listen, as it were. Being as enamored as I am with the disquieting outputs that the intriguing musical entity has…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://oceanofgrief.bandcamp.com/ The progressive doom/death metal sextet Ocean Of Grief consisting of Charalabos Oikonomopoulos (2014-vocals), Filippos Koliopanos (2014-guitars), Aris Nikoleris (2014-keyboards), Giannis Koskinas (2014-bass), Thomas Motsios (2014-drums) and Dimitra Zarkadoula (2015-guitars) provide a slight departure from my recent melodic death metal binge with their second (after “Nightfall’s Lament”²⁰¹⁸ on Rain Without…
VENUE: ParkteatretDATE: 22 Apr 2023ORGANIZER: Radar BookingPHOTOGRAPHER: Karina NoctumPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. HYPOCRISY DECEPTION
A few months ago, I had the great pleasure of receiving and reviewing an utterly exciting and seductive debut offering entitled In Death I Shall Arise by the experimental black metal outfit Tilintetgjort, which turned into one of those revelatory and deeply meaningful listening experiences that are addictive and ceaselessly rewarding. Their brand of filthy,…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://nocturnalbreedofficial.bandcamp.com/album/carry-the-beast I have had a soft spot for these ugly and noisy thrash metal bastards from Norway ever since I saw them lay waste to the John Dee venue in Oslo in March 2005, and Nocturnal Breed rarely disappoint when it comes to unleashing malevolent and sinister tunes that deliver a…
Described as Norwegian Romantic Black Metal, Minneriket is the work of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Stein Akslen, who created the project for as much a philosophical and spiritual channeling as a musical outlet. Drawing on influences as various as punk and goth yet steeped in the intensity of the early Norwegian black metal scene, Minneriket came…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://gorodmetal.bandcamp.com/ Did I not just review a French technical death metal album? I sure did (Catalyst’s “A Different Painting For The New World”, 5.5) and here we go with another one, this time from a long running act Gorod whose roots (previously as Gorgasm) go all the way back to…
lørdag 08. juli | 20:00 | 375,- | id: 20 BLÅ Oslo Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1844453575923819/ Billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/coven-billetter/716697 Grunnleggerne av okkult rocken kommer til Oslo!!Mildt sagt legendariske og mystiske COVEN med ypperste prestinnen Jinx Dawson i spissen kommer til BLÅ 08.juli. Som et av de første og største banda som blandet rock og okkultisme står Coven fjellstøtt i…
HELL OVER HAMMABURG 1. & 2. March 2024, D – Hamburg – Markthalle 1st HEADLINER und more bands confirmed! ETERNAL CHAMPION (USA) Our 1st headliner! After four years of absence, the American epic-metal-institution returns to Germany, will overwhelm you with riffs as sharp as swords and beats as brutal as hammer blows –…
There is a storm brewing – Trondheim based MALABARI are releasing their debut EP – WELCOME TO MALABARI on April 28th Freshly established eclectic hard rockers have already made some waves after the release of debut single “Spellbound” on March 24th. The band has already marked themselves locally in Trondheim as the 2022 TM:Live champions!…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/collections/frontpage/products/beatles-1963-published-on-13th-october-2022 1963 was undoubtedly one of the most eventful and action-packed years in Beatles history and saw the group evolve into a global and widespread phenomenon that cemented their legend. This beautiful hardback sees author Dafydd Rees explore that hallowed year in great detail and essentially provides the reader with an…
Credit: Damian John DeathCollector – Featuring members of Bolt Thrower, Memoriam, Ashen Crown, and more – stream new single ‘Mental Hedonist’ New album Death’s Toll to be released 23rd June via Prosthetic Records British / Irish death metal group DeathCollector have released their vicious new single ‘Mental Hedonist’, from their forthcoming debut album, Death’s Toll, to…
Photo Credit: Randall Fishburn Jr. (https://www.randalljrphotography.com/) L-R: Mark Briody (guitars), John Tetley (bass), Harry Conklin (vocals), Ken Rodarte (guitars), Rikard Stjernquist (drums) JAG PANZER – launch second digital single from upcoming album »The Hallowed«; ‘Stronger Than You Know’ lyric video streaming on YouTube »The Hallowed« (out June 23rd, 2023 via Atomic Fire Records)— Pre-order now: https://jagpanzer.afr.link/thehallowedPR…
The first international TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY FEST is coming! TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY Fest 2023 May 5-6, 2023 @ Czech republic, Prague – Futurum Music Club (https://futurum.musicbar.cz) FB event: https://fb.me/e/2kVdUf8hu Presale: https://smsticket.cz/vstupenky/32896-transcending-obscurity-fest-futurum-music-bar-praha In just three weeks, on 5 and 6 May 2023, the first international TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY Fest will take place in Prague’s Futurum club. This event, whose…
April 21st sees the release of “4U 9525”, the third album by LA THEORIE DES CORDES.This entity had been dormant since 2015. It was during the process of creating “4U 9525”, that Mathieu TORRES and Stéphanie ARTAUD, saw as obvious that the 9 pieces that make up this set offered a rebirth to La théorie…
Review by Karina Noctum The concert hall was at its full capacity for what became one of the most striking and powerful concert experiences of late. The extreme seance started with the co-headliners The Halo Effect which are a Swedish all-star band featuring members from Dark Tranquillity, In Flames and The Haunted. Their fans in…
VENUE: Sentrum SceneDATE: 20 Apr 2023ORGANIZER: Luger NorwayPHOTOGRAPHER: Andrea ChirulescuPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. THE HALO EFFECT MESHUGGAH
Introduce your band, and describe your latest release: We’re LunariaN, an experimental-rock/art-rock band based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The members are Rivelino Ismaya as vocalist / guitarist / synth / other instruments, Anink Edyson on guitars, Immanuel Willy on bass, and Ekky Setiawan as the drummer. We think 2010 is the year where LunariaN was really…
