SACROFUCK – Świ​ę​ta Krew

RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/wi-ta-krew A brutal and relentlessly aggressive barrage of pulverizing death metal awaits all who dare enter the twisted sphere of this unholy act. The ugly beauty of this ten-track is that Sacrofuck deliver enough jackhammer riffs and spiteful vocals to turn your face into oatmeal, and there is no let up…

SYLOSIS – A Sign of the Things to Come

RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://www.sylosis-band.com/ Sylosis is a British metalcore act with some thrash and groove metal influences of which you could not tell that they were British just by listening to their vocalist who sounds so like the New American Heavy Metal screamer I was actually shocked to learn he was not an…

THUNDER – Live at Islington Academy

RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://www.thunderonline.com/ The fabulous British rockers Thunder have unearthed a cracking good and highly energetic live recording dating back to late December of 2006 when they played a surprise gig at the Planet Rock Christmas party, which took place at the Islington Academy in London as the title of the release aptly…

DRUNK THRASHER – Raining Vomit

RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/raining-vomit This blistering and maniacal output by the Polish one-man outfit known as Drunk Thrasher is exactly what the mood called for today. Intense, fast-paced, and utterly evil-sounding, this is raw thrash/speed metal from the underground designed to break your neck and strangle you to death. The vocals are caustic and…

MESAVERDE – Oslo – 24.02.24

VENUE: Vaterland DATE: 24 February 2024 ORGANIZER: Vaterland & MesaVerde PHOTOGRAPHER: Andrea Chirulescu Photos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context.

INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2024 – art exhibition announced

Inferno Metal Festival announces Art Exhibition We officially welcome art enthusiasts, the general public and lovers of everything dark, unique and mind bending to our upcoming Inferno Art Exhibition, part of Inferno Festival Norway and in collaboration with Clarion The Hub and Inferno Music Conference. Join us in this journey through different mediums, as we…

BORKNAGAR – new video and album out

Photo by Jørn Veberg BORKNAGAR launch “The Wild Lingers” video “Fall” album is out now! Norway’s pioneers of avantgarde/progressive Black Metal BORKNAGAR have just released their monumental 12th studio album “Fall” worldwide via longtime record label partners Century Media Records. In order to continue further promote the release, BORKNAGAR are now also launching a video clip…

MESAVERDE – slippkonsert på Vaterland

MesaVerde SlippkonsertVaterlandLørdag 24. Februar20:00 // 225.- // 20år———————-———————- Billetter: https://tikkio.com/tickets/44711-mesaverde-slippkonsert-vaterland To odelsgutter, en tarmforsker og en frustrert pedagog svarte på et felles kall, og reiste seg som MesaVerde. De kan ses på trikken opp til Grefsen, før de låser seg inn i CasaVerde hvor de koker opp sine heksebrygg av dundrende gitarriff, balsamert i synth…

WE KILL COWBOYS – Emotive new single out

Cape Town’s rock ‘n roll ensemble, We Kill Cowboys, announces the release of their latest single, “Patience” out today via Mongrel Records. Led by the creative genius of tattoo artist and singer-songwriter Alex Muller, the dynamic 4-piece is a mesmerizing fusion of psychedelic rock, punk rock, grunge, and stoner blues. “Patience” invites listeners into a…

RITUALS OF THE DEAD HAND – The Wretched and the Vile

RELEASE YEAR: 2024  BAND URL: https://lnk.to/thewretchedandthevile The crushing metal outfit sporting the wicked moniker Rituals of the Dead Hand recently unleashed a six-track torrent of harsh and cynical soundscapes that fall somewhere between doom metal, sludge, black metal, and even death metal at times. Does it work? You can bet your saggy ass that it works!…

PRAGATA – Rise of the New Empire (Demo 2024)

RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://pragata.bandcamp.com/album/rise-of-the-new-empire-demo-2024 Released in early February via Bandcamp and sporting a brilliant and perfectly evocative album artwork, this 4-track slice of harsh and hypnotic black metal by the US horde known as Pragata is catchy as hell and rather well-arranged. Its gloriously lo-fi sound and the unpolished nature of the song material…

THE CHRONICLES OF FATHER ROBIN – The Songs & Tales of Airoea – Book II – Ocean Traveller

RELEASE YEAR: 2023BAND URL: https://fatherrobin.bandcamp.com/album/the-songs-tales-of-airoea-book-ii The first installment of the trilogy by the splendid Norwegian prog rock ensemble known as Chronicles of Father Robin was a mind-blowing musical experience in that it captured a richly layered atmosphere with an earthy and folk-ish feel to it that was unlike anything that I had come across before.…

4RA 4RA – interview

Photo credit: Adéla Zlámalová Introduce your band, and describe your latest release:I’m 4ra 4ra (reads Ara Ara), and I’m all about making music, singing, and creating digital art. I dive into everything because I love expressing myself in every way possible, bringing complex audio-visual realms to life.My latest single is Need for drift, which is…

DEAD POETS SOCIETY – spiller i Oslo 3. mars

Dead Poet Society + Support: Ready The Prince søn. 3. mars 2024, 19:00 Parkteatret Scene, OSLO Aldersgrenser: 18+ Billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/dead-poet-society-support-ready-the-prince-billetter/725713 Dead Poet Society spiller musikk som både er sjangerdefinerende og trosser grenser, og det musikalske landskapet spenner fra tunge riffdrevne sanger, til fantastisk vakre ballader. Signaturlyden er skapt av urolige og hissige gitarer, og den…

NIDAROCK festival 2024

NidaRock er en ny Rock & Metall festival som arrangeres for første gang 24.februar 2024 Inne på Tapperiet på Dahls i Østbyen i Trondheim vil det bli rigget to scener for en kveld fylt med godlyd og plass til 1700 publikummere! Dørene åpner kl. 17, første konsert presis kl. 18 —————SPILLEPLAN:DJ Totto og Kjartan (Stjernepose…

TNT – spiller i Trondheim 23. februar

TNT TAPPERIETPAADAHLS – Strandveien 71, 7067 Trondheim, Norge TRONDHEIM 23/2-2024 590,- Billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/732755 I 2024 feirer det første av TNTs klassiske album «Knights of the New Thunder» hele 40 år! Like lenge siden er det Tony Harnell sang sine første strofer i bandet. Det må markeres! TNT gjør noen eksklusive konserter under fanen «40 Years…

DARRYL W. BULLOCK – Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues Music

RELEASE YEAR: 2023  BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/products/queer-blues-the-hidden-figures-of-early-blues-music-published-6th-july-2023?_pos=1&_sid=c7511005c&_ss=r The immensely talented author Darryl W. Bullock composed one of the best books of 2021 in the shape of Velvet Mafia, and its follow-up titled Pride, Pop and Politics (2022) was yet another thought-provoking and illuminating study of the LGBQT community in relation to British music history, culture, and society…

KOLDBRANN – Den 6. Massedød (Manna fra en Annen Himmel)

RELEASE YEAR: 2023  BAND URL: https://koldbrann.bandcamp.com/album/den-6-massed-d-manna-fra-en-annen-himmel I rarely bother covering singles but this vicious 2-track slab of harsh and unnerving black metal by the fearsome Koldbrann simply needs to be featured on this hallowed webpage of ours and so here we are. Containing two exclusive non-album tracks that that will melt your face and turn your…

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