There are two kinds of horror fans: Those that genuinely like to feel frightened and those who like to pick apart the special effects and laugh it all off. Stigma seem to belong to the latter group, I belong to the former group. Which means I am not that impressed by the "horror inspired extreme…
Have you every wondered what it would sound like it Soulfly played middle eastern melodies accompanied with screeching vocals? Because that is what Salem sounds like on their last release. In contrast to Soulfly however, it largely relies on hard staccato rhytms, not fit for headbanging but for marching. And well, there we are at…
“…every spring is the last.” Veér hail from Hungary. In contrast to most other East-European Black Metal acts, they do not sing nostalgic and epic songs about the beautiful snowy landscape. They celebrate ugliness. Their album is very hard to get into and I admit that I still struggle. At time I notice some parts…
Sal are a Welsh melodic rock band with female vocals. While the material seems to be written to be accepted by every mainstream radio station, it can also be played at your local Irish pub. The way that the singer keeps overpronouncing the lyrics really sucks when you actually have a look at them. If…
Progressive Black Metal is the "in" thing to do right now, it seems. This release sounds like Enslaved plus Zyklon and a bit of Dimmu Borgir. It took me a quite a few spins to get into it, but once I did, the magic was soon gone. This is another example of talented musicians lacking…
Muddy production, reminding me of mid-1990’s Abyss studios releases meets obvious Immortal worship with vocals as on the first couple of Amon Amarth releases.Amon Amarth have (had) more energy, masculinity, brutality and Immortal are Gods. Imitation is a form of flattery, but there is a difference between reverence and plagiarism. Let’s look at “Raventhrone” as…
