Describing Downfall of Gaia is similar to learning to juggle with your feet. It can be done, but it’s certainly not easy. A literal melting pot of influences, these Germans have been a unique entity from the get-go. There are bits of crust, death, black, doom, post, sludge, atmosphere and a whole bunch more of…
Dead Alone, who have been around for over ten years, have yet to cross my listening path until now. Reading their description of being blackened death – a style much loved by yours truly – hopes for "Nemesis" were reasonably optimistic. Diving right in, this is decently written stuff. The variety in the songwriting is…
Blackened death metal proprietors Zom seem to be a band of which opinions are much divided. Face-ripping destruction, or mind-numbing slop? The hype is there for this Irish trio, and always eager to try new things, this was something of which needed to be given a test run. It ended up being a really long…
Traditional doom done right is an undeniably enjoyable, downtrodden bit of fun. The sheer amount of Candlemass copycats in recent years, however, has been formidable, to say the least! Not a bad thing, to an extent. Some are laughably bad, while others add their own twists and turns to the tried and true classic sound.…
Death and doom metal, when combined right, is a miraculous sound that is difficult to get enough of. Enter USA’s Temple of Void. These guys came right out of nowhere to provide one of the year’s best examples of how to write an album that owns the listener and never quits. "The Embalmer’s Art" begins…
Finland is never devoid of quality music, and the offerings in the doom metal realm have been steadily improving over the years. Ghost Brigade is one of those acts, though they’re a certain mix of doom, death and melancholic rock. A remarkably consistent group, this sextet has set a standard of quality that thus far…
If the name Ne Obliviscaris doesn’t ring a bell, you’ve either been living under a rock, or much pity should be bestowed upon you – possibly both! These Australian’s have been taking the metal world by storm since their "The Aurora Veil" EP, and their picture perfect debut full-length, "Portal of I," back in 2012.…
Arrival and Day 1 Prog Power USA, the premier event for fans of all things prog and whatnot. A festival that I’ve come close to going to a few times, but never took the plunge. The decision to go to this one was a last minute one. A few standout bands that were on this…
Day 3 Unfortunately, the last day began with our friend still feeling awful from a leg injury sustained the day before, with him skipping the last day of the fest as a result. Sucks, but thankfully, he was doing a lot better the next day. Due to the bus to the festival site being relatively…
Day 2 Deadlock: starting the day off right. Like a good breakfast, which we had every day courtesy of our hotel, who knocked it out of the park with the free morning vittles. But, I digress. The Germans started the day with a rocking collection of a lot of their better stuff, and there was…
Day 1 The rare awesome started straight away, with a show from melancholic black metal troupe Heretoir. Another unfamiliar band until their festival addition, they put on a punishing good time with a lot of downtrodden twists. "Eclipse" and "Fatigue" were among the most impactful songs played, proving them to be a fine band that…
Arrival/Pre-Fest Day Last year, MetalDays was the festival of choice for this guy’s yearly journey into Europe. And what a great time it was! This year, however, a repeat of 2012 was in the cards. My mighty, triumphant return to the middle of nowhere Germany to engage in around two of Summer Breeze! Yes, yes,…
MYRAETH fra Australia er et band vår amerikanske skribent Dan Barkasi har sett litt nærmere på og tok seg likegodt en prat med vokalist og gitarist Ryan Casey og gitarist Max van Dyke. Enjoy.
Eternal Terrors Dan Barkasi har dukket litt inn i det tyske death/doom bandet DECEMBRE NOIRs relativt unge verden og har tatt seg en prat med gitarist og bandgrunnlegger Sebastian Görlach.
Eternal Terrors Dan Barkasi fikk for en drøy uke siden en gylden mulighet til en prat med John Haughm, vokalist og gitarist i det amerikanske avant-garde metal bandet AGALLOCH og han slo selvsagt til.
Eternal Terror skribent Dan Barkasi har tatt en prat med gitarist Konrad Kupiec fra Diamond Plate, et old school thrash metal band fra Chicago, USA.
Certainly one of the better tours of the year here in the US of A, Katatonia came rolling into Cleveland, Ohio, on October 1. A great way to kick off the month, right? Opening the show was L.A.’s Intronaut – a progressive sort of band that has a definite Meshuggah influence with their usage of…
ALCEST er for tiden på turne i Nord-Amerka sammen med Anathema, en turne som forøvrig avsluttes i dag i Arizona. Eternal Terror skribent Dan Barkasi fikk gleden av å møte Neige fra ALCEST for en prat forut for konserten de gjorde i Cleveland i forrige måned.
We have sadly come to the end. Yes, day five. Longer than every other festival, yet it still feels like it went by way too fast. That’s the sign of a good time, though! Sadness aside, let’s get to the last day. It was a full one! Eternal Deformity was first, and they were definitely…
Wow, day four already? Time flies when you’re at a bad ass metal fest, doesn’t it? This early afternoon was kicked off by another band from Cyprus. This one is Blynd, who sport a pretty straightforward death/thrash attack. An attack that was quite well done – full of the sort of aggression one would expect…
