RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://innomineseth.bandcamp.com/album/la-france-des-maudits This scribe has always had a bit of a soft spot for the renowned French black metallers Seth, and it goes without saying that I could not pass up the opportunity to review their upcoming opus sporting the evocative title La France des Maudits. Their back catalog is impressive and…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024 BAND URL: https://floodgatemoodsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/museum The sparkling new EP by dark drone rockers Picture Ann sporting the evocative title Museum is a musical exploration of the lives of peasants and fishermen between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries in Northern Jutland. In the words of J.N., “The two lengthy sequences that make up this release essentially…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://christbane.bandcamp.com/album/psalm-i Bestial and relentlessly aggressive black metal madness is occasionally what the mood calls for and when that happens it is nice to know that the abhorrent musical entity known as Christbane is out there and ready to serve one’s needs, right? I got turned on to the band via Regimental…
Diverted Disorder Unleashes Commanding New Single “Serpent Queen” South Africa’s emerging metal powerhouse, Diverted Disorder, is thrilled to announce the release of their latest single, Serpent Queen. This explosive track is a precursor to their highly anticipated second album set to drop in the near future. Formed officially in November 2022, Diverted Disorder has quickly…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://mistra.bandcamp.com/album/waltz-of-death-2 The talented duo consisting of Benedicte Adrian and Anders Odden is an inspired and musically eclectic one that merges something akin to grand-sounding gothic soundscapes with subtle black metal influences and also something along the lines of dark symphonic rock (and even hints of electro pop), and the great thing…
Photo credit: Kevin Estrada CAVALERA has become synonymous with extreme metal music, a name that to this day still holds the highest regard, a family legacy built upon decades of musical aggression. In 2023, Max and Iggor Cavalera achieved what some would say was an impossible feat; they revisited their earliest releases, Morbid Visions, and Bestial Devastation, and re-recorded them with bone-breaking intensity. A…
Friday, June 21st, Karisma Records have released the first five studio albums from Swedish Prog Rockers AGUSA, a band that has been at the forefront of the Swedish Psychedelic Prog scene since its formation in 2013. Over the years, AGUSA’s lineup of Simon Ström on bass, Nicolas Difonis on drums, Mikael Ödesjö on guitar, Roman…
Mistra call themselves “The most unlikely duo to come out of Norway”.Here, two extremes in the Norwegian music industry collide: pop and metal. Benedicte Adrian is most known from the duo Dollie / Dollie de Luxe (with Ingrid Bjørnov), who had great international success with Rock vs Opera and the musical “Which Witch”. As a…
ENSLAVED Vikingligr Veldi Exclusive Anniversary Show + special guest: Vemod Rockefeller | Lørdag 19. oktober For 30 år siden slapp de norske metal-legendene i Enslaved sitt ikoniske debutalbum Vikingligr Veldi. Dette fortjener en storslått markering: Lørdag 19. oktober skal det feires med en eksklusiv jubileumskonsert på Rockefeller! Vikingligr Veldi ble spilt inn i Grieghallen Studio…
Cape Town’s Rock ‘n Roll Mavericks Unleash Anthemic Track and Announce Powerful New Line-Up We Kill Cowboys, the 4-piece rock ‘n roll powerhouse from Cape Town, have just released their incendiary new single “Fuck You” via Mongrel Records. Emerging from the creative genius of renowned tattoo artist and singer-songwriter Alex Muller, the band’s electrifying sound…
Foto: Kenneth Sporsheim Etter en svimlende 32 år lang pause har Go-Go Gorilla gjort et triumferende comeback til musikkscenen med et smell. Deres første nye utgivelse, “Nunchaku Collection,” er en kraftfull låt om presisjon og om å oppnå mål. Nå skal de avduke sin neste sang, «Tony Lupo», en sjeleglad ballade om å finne trøst…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://www.cavaleraconspiracy.net/ Brothers Igor and Max Cavalera hardly need any introduction, so let us merely skip the formalities and briefly discuss the music instead, shall we? Having the two talented souls reunite and launch the Cavalera (or Cavalera Conspiracy, if you will) project some years back has resulted in us being treated…
VETERAN SHOEGAZE BAND MONO RELEASE 12TH FULL-LENGTH INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, ‘OATH’ & CELEBRATE WITH SPECIAL LIVE VIDEO FOR ‘HEAR THE WIND SING’ & ANNOUNCE ORCHESTRAL TOUR OF EU & ASIA Coinciding with the band’s 25th anniversary, Japanese instrumental rock band MONO have released their 12th album ‘OATH’ via Temporary Residence Ltd. (North America), Pelagic Records (Europe)…
Metal Legend THOR Releases 5th Video Single From Power Loaded Album “Ride of the Iron Horse” Thor led by Jon Mikl Thor releases his 5th video single titled “Bring it On” from the recently released album “Ride of the Iron Horse”. The video is edited by Ted Jedlicki with the song produced by Frank Meyer and…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024 BAND URL: https://stormbornmetal.com/ Far too many power metal albums just flash the, admittedly fantastic if not virtuosic, guitar leads atop big choruses without paying much attention to writing quality songs, most just sounding like copies of Helloween or Gamma Ray. There are exceptions, for instance, the Italians Temperance whose third album The…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024 BAND URL: https://www.flamingwrekage.com/ Melodic death metal was the eagle of choice for the hardcore bands of the late 90s and early 2000s who had decided to save heavy metal from its successful grunge, alternative and nü metal triple attack, bands like Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Unearth, Darkest Hour and, later, Trivium, who…
Norwegian psychedelic drone rocker PIA ISA recently announced the release of her new full-length album, ‘Dissolve,’ featuring Gary Arce of Yawning Man as a special guest. The album will be available on vinyl via Argonauta Records on June 28th. Today, Pia Isa presents her new single, ‘New Light,’ now available on YouTube: On streaming platforms: https://songwhip.com/piaisa/newlight…
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://laughingstock1.bandcamp.com/album/shelter Norwegian prog rockers Laughing Stock have never been anything but adventurous and many of their outputs possess a creative wanderlust that sees them covering quite a bit of musical ground while showcasing an impressive ability to balance what can only be termed intimately introspective with themes that are larger in…
Photo: Per Morten Abrahamsen D-A-D Presents “The Ghost” Lyric Video Of Upcoming, New Studio Album ‘Speed Of Darkness’! After Secret Show at Sweden Rock Festival, Album Pre-Sale now available! After Danish hard rock act, D-A-D, has announced their brand new album, entitled ’Speed Of Darkness’, and following not one but two, previously-released singles ’The Ghost’…
By the time Julie Christmas released her debut solo album The Bad Wife in 2010, the Brooklyn artist was already one of the most lauded voices in alternative music. Her piercing pipes, as previously heard in noise rockers Made Out of Babies and post-metal supergroup Battle of Mice, earned critical acclaim. Back then that goodwill…
