RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://blackcountrycommunion.com/ Very few if any hard rock acts that I can think of deserve the “super group” tag as much as the awe-inspiring Black Country Communion do, which comes down to the simple facct that not many star-studded constellations of musicians have released such stellar outputs as Joe Bonamasa, Jason Bonham,…
Sykofant, som er et Oslo-basert progrock-band, har gleden av å meddele at deres debutalbum er ute idag, fredag, den 31. mai Sykofant befinner seg i progrock-skapet, med elementer av pop, jazz, funk, surf og fusion. De leker seg med med skjeve taktarter, temposkifter, dissonans og sjangermiksing, men tilbyr samtidig en bismak av akustisk simplisitet og…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://www.paradogmata.com/ It’s becoming harder and harder to come up with a clever name as all the Megadeths, Medevils and Cryptopsies and Darkanes have already been taken. Paradogmata, presumably adressing fake dogmata, contradictory dogmata (as we will learn) or dogmata as it were, is an Norwegian progressive melodic heavy death metal…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://x-pleasure.bandcamp.com/album/his-masters-voice The melancholy His Master’s Voice is something quite different and interesting in that it sees the talented Dan Heide (ex-Zeromancer, Ljungblut) spearheading a great ensemble of more than capable musicians and essentially churning out some exquisitely crafted compositions that hover and float somewhere between gloomy rock, post-punk, and subtle slivers…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://hyperiametal.bandcamp.com/ Hyperia is a Canadian technical heavy thrash metal band founded in 2018 and they have just released their 3rd (after Insanitarium²⁰²⁰ and Silhouettes Of Horror²⁰²²) full length The Serpent’s Cycle²⁰²³ on November 17th, independently but courtesy of two promotors Jon Asher & Asher Media Relations and Sonja Schlicht &…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://gjenferdbergen.bandcamp.com/album/gjenferd This stunning and ridiculously well-written not to mention infectiously catchy debut effort by the Norwegian outfit named Gjenferd is one of the best things that has happened to me this year. By Odin, this is so fucking awesome and inspired that I lack words, and that rarely happens, mind you.…
Rockefeller – Lørdag 8. juniBLACK STONE CHERRY+ support: Kelsy Karter & The Heroineshttps://www.livenation.no/show/1473523/black-stone-cherry/oslo/2024-06-08/en Billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/736969 Black Stone Cherry har i over 20 år levert bredbeint, rifftung sørstatsrock, og det er bare å glede seg til å igjen få servert deilige doser høyenergisk rock’n’roll når de inntar Rockefeller lørdag 8. juni! Kentucky-gjengen er aktuelle med sitt…
Photo: Mark Seliger Den norgesaktuelle artisten, som spiller i Sandefjord (By the Pond) den 26. juni 2024 og på Hamar (utendørs ved Vikingskipet) den 27. juni, gir ut sitt etterlengtede nye album «Blue Electric Light» via Roxie Records/BMG på fredah, den 24. mai. “Lenny Kravitz has been the epitome of cool forever” — ESQUIRE “glorious……
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://dyssebeia.bandcamp.com Dyssebeia is a brand new (2020 inception) Swiss progressive technical melodic death metal quartet consisting of Alexandre Bu Sotirov (vocals), André Bogado Merlin (guitarist), Duran K. Bathija (bass), Samuel Jakubec (drums) whose debut album Garden Of Stillborn Idols²⁰²³ was released on November 16th via the ever mightier Transcending Obscurity…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/bowmenband/ The German hard rockers known as Bowmen are back with their third full-length album and one that sees them marrying varying influences from 60s blues rock, 70s hard rock, early 90s grunge, and even a bit of alt. rock to good effect. Rooted in the sounds of old yet putting…
RELEASE YEAR: 2023 BAND URL: https://empireofdisease.bandcamp.com/ I admit that it’s been a while since I reviewed an Xtreem Music release so I’m starting the righting of the Universe’s balance with the 2nd album from the Spanish melodic groove death metallers Empire Of The Disease, Shadows In The Abyss²⁰²³, released on November 7th two years after…
BAEST are sharing an ominous vision about their new song, “Imp of the Perverse”: “Our second single shows the dark sides of the human soul. It combines the heavy grooves with catchy rock melodies which forces the listener to both bang and boogie. It’s unreason, it’s chaos, it’s the ‘Imp of the Perverse’.” You can check…
Foto: Anine Desire Fight The Fitght Slipper fengslende nytt album før omfattende USA – Turnè! Fight the Fight har gjort seg bemerket i metalmiljøet siden debutalbumet i 2017. De er nå tilbake for fullt, med en ny line-up, en solid dose ny inspirasjon, klare for å slippe løs sitt nye album “Shah of Time”, den…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/sunfaceband/ It has been way too long since we last heard from the Oslo-based rockers known as Sunface, but the eight-year gap between their stunning debut album and this, their highly potent sophomore effort, has been worth the wait, which is testament to just how delightfully enthralling Cloud Castles well and…
Introduce your band, and describe your latest release: We are called A Permanent Shadow, and we’ve just released a new album called No Leaf Clover. What’s the hardest part about being a band in this day and age? I think getting yourself heard and standing out among such a wealth of new releases can be…
WACKEN METAL BATTLE finale Norge25. mai 2024Trondheim/Good OmensKonsertstart kl 19:30Dørene åpner kl 16:00 (konsertlokalet åpner kl 19:00) Billetter: Forhånd kr 200 / Dørsalg kr 250 https://tikkio.com/tickets/47239-wacken-metal-battle-norway-2024-finale Finalebandene til WACKEN METAL BATTLE NORGE er klare etter delfinaler i Trondheim, Oslo og Bergen. Finalebandene er: MALABARIBLODTØRSTLAST LIGHTNINGLORD FUNGUSTESSIASLAUGHTERHEAD Nå skal disse seks meget dyktige bandene kjempe om…
South African groove metal powerhouse Thorns of Ivory release their highly anticipated follow-up single, “Dogs of War,” today. Known for their high-octane live performances and skull-crushing anthems, Thorns of Ivory is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the global metal scene. Hailing from Durban, South Africa, the band consists of founder and…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024 BAND URL: https://mydyingbride.net/ My Dying Bride (named after the middle sequence words in the debut album’s closer “Return Of The Beautiful”) is a British death doom metal band with a penchant for progressive writing which needs no introduction to anyone familiar with the so called British Peaceville Three, along with Anathema and…
Arjen Lucassen has announced two special releases for 17 May 2024, via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. One of them is about an Ayreon live event, which, usually, is not just any concert. It’s a monumental occasion where the highest-calibre musicians and an enormous production come together to forge a bombastic spectacle. The…
September 2023 slapp ATENA studioalbumet “Subway Anthem”, og det ferske albumet ble feiret med en imponerende slippkonsert på Parkteatret i Oslo. Konserten var rett og slett så bra, at bandet nå velger å gi ut en live-plate fra denne kvelden “Live from Parkteatret”. Albumet byr på en nådeløs, innovativ og elegant fusjon av sjangre som…
