RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tibwgLd3lI7eXXPwIJ8sH This debut album by vocalist Nevena came out late last year via Frontiers and is in many ways a mixture of melodic hard rock and AOR. The Serbian singer has teamed up with songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist Michael Palace, which is a great move on paper, but while the two of them are…

The seventh full-lenght album of the Hungarian elite black metal Aetherius Obscuritas will be released on 15th April, by Paragon Records and Grimm Distribution. The same label co-operation issued ‘Martir’ two years ago, and this is the sixth album in a row via Paragon Records! The material entitled ‘A sors szürke pora’ (translates as ‘The…

A brand-new digital single sporting the evocative title Sea Journal has just been released and bears all the defining traits and characteristics of Picture Ann, i.e. a desolate atmosphere, melodies that speak of yearning, and a subtle hint of something slightly eerie. Directly inspired by Herman Melville’s Moby Dick (1851) and Edgar Allan Poe’s The…

Katatonia & Sólstafir // Rockefeller // Pres. av Live Nation Rockefeller 24. februar 2023 Billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/katatonia-solstafir-billetter/659511 Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/205789227659993   Svensk/islandsk konsertgave vakkert innpakket av metalmelankoliens mestere.   Katatonia tar oss igjen på nytt inn i sitt vakre og gufne mørke. Melankolien har alltid vært tungt til sted i Katatonias musikk, så også på fjorårets «City…

DEVIN TOWNSEND + support: Fixation SENTRUM SCENE 21. februar 2023 Billetter: https://www.ticketmaster.no/search?keyword=devin+sentrum Mer info: https://www.facebook.com/events/3229026000711718   I over 25 år har den genierklærte musikeren Devin Townsend holdt et skyhøyt og konsistent nivå. Konsistent i den form at han sjeldent er konsistent i det hele tatt. Med stadige unike innhugg i et bredt spekter av sjangere…

RELEASE YEAR: 2022  BAND URL: https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/bestial-damnation Godz ov War Productions rarely fail to impress or amaze me when it comes to unearthing and releasing some of the most menacing and aggressive gems that the metal underground has to offer, and the Polish outfit named Hexenaltar fits rather neatly into the label’s quality roster. Rooted in 80s…

Korrupt are a blackened hardcore band from Kristiansand in southern Norway (also home to Black Metal legends In The Woods and Carpathian Forest) whose sound is an amalgamation of Turbonegro, Comeback Kid, Kvelertak, and vocalist Marius’ previous band Social Suicide. After years of covid related silence, Korrupt are back with sophomore album “Secret Sorrows”, which…

VENUE: RocekfellerDATE: 10 Feb 2023ORGANIZER: RockefellerPHOTOGRAPHER: Andrea ChirulescuPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. ÅRABROT: SPIDERGAWD

VENUE: RockefellerDATE: 09 Feb 203ORGANIZER: Talent Farm ASPHOTOGRAPHER: Storm DrabitiusPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context.

Introduce your band, and describe your latest release:I am Sano Hill, an Irish singer-songwriter based in Galway city of melodic folk-rock compositions. My latest release is the single ‘Dancer’ – out Feb. 10 – which deals with the challenge of artistic creation, set against the background of a memory of a dance, and the first…

RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://necropolissebeht.bandcamp.com/releases This ugly 4-track grenade by the German outfit known as Necropolissebeht was released on CD late last year and somehow found its way to my mailbox, and I really had no idea what to expect when glancing at its artwork, but it turned out to be a raw, crushing concoction…

LOWER HOLLOW RELEASE COMMANDING DEBUT SINGLE LIVING GHOSTS   South African 5-Piece LOWER HOLLOW see the light of somewhat darker times with their debut single Living Ghosts, a sledgehammer beating at the heels of fast hardcore, melodic broodiness and heavy lows. Comprising of South African metal royalty, LOWER HOLLOW cut their teeth behind closed doors…

RELEASE YEAR: 2022  BAND URL: https://paulsabu.com/ Sabu is the brainchild of the wildly talented musician/songwriter/producer Paul Sabu who is known for his work with David Bowie, Alice Cooper, and Madonna among many others, and what a thrill it is to hear him tear it up on this exquisitely crafted solo album of his titled Banshee. While…

Foto: Martin Mirandab Singelslipp fra Sublime Eyes «Controlled by Fear» er en In-your-face thrashmetal-låt. Raske trommer, raske riff, raske…alt? Vold, korrupsjon, maktmisbruk og forsvarsløse mennesker som blir undertrykt av høyere makter er det lyriske temaet for denne sangen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kUj1Oi8fxY Sublime Eyes består av:Arvid Tjelta – vokalTom Arild Dalaker – gitarJan T. Vinningland – gitar og…

Nattmann is delivering Norwegian black metal inspired by our society, morality and executions from the 1600s throughout the 1800s. Drawing focus to the disgrace, horror, atrocities and agony in the events that occurred; Nattmann paints a dark musical landscape of human mindset, power, injustice and abuse of power. Nattmann (Man of the night) derives their…

RELEASE YEAR: 2022  BAND URL: https://journeymusic.com/ Journey surely need no introduction as these stalwarts of melodic rock/AOR have been around for ages and are responsible for some of the most well-known and popular anthems known to man, so let us cut to the chase and briefly touch on this latest offering of theirs, which is a…

VENUE: Blå OsloDATE: 02 Feb 2023ORGANIZER: ImperiumPHOTOGRAPHER: Karina NoctumPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. SLAGMAUR GEHENNA STRID

VENUE: John DeeDATE: 24 Jan 2023ORGANIZER: LIVE NATIONPHOTOGRAPHER: Karina NoctumPhotos copyrights belong to the photographer. No unauthorized usage allowed. Please contact photographer if you wish to reuse images in any context. REVOCATION GOATWHORE ALLUVIAL CREEPING DEATH

The Residents The 50th Anniversary DOG STAB! Tour https://www.facebook.com/events/164078992317496 Billetter: www.ticketmaster.no/event/662637   Det myteomspunne og banebrytende musiker- og kunstkollektivet The Residents feirer 50-årsjubileum, og kommer til Rockefeller 3. februar!   Det mildt sagt eksentriske kultbandet fra Los Angeles har beriket den alternative musikkscenen med sin eksperimentelle rock siden tidlig på 70-tallet. Fremdeles vet ingen hvem…

Hostia is a deathgrind outfit from Warsaw, Poland, established in 2017 and who has managed to build a mystic image surrounding the band and its members and offers a clear focus on their intense music. Their most recent releases from 2022, Resurrected Meat EP and, a third album, Nailed leads the guitarist St. Anacletus to…