On the weekend of August 23 – 24 2019, Swedish folk metallers Månegarm held their first edition of Månegarm Open Air in their home town of Norrtälje. The scene was set in Pythagoras Mechanical Workshop Museum (Swedish: Pythagoras industrimuseum) which showcases old machinery with the predominant festival area in the...
At first glance of the album cover for Fight Till The End, complete with a word art looking logo, clashing title font on top of artwork depicting a knight fighting a dragon, you know what exactly what lies in wait under that cover. It’s no secret that I usually lump most traditional...
From the massive wall of sound that opens up the first track, The Haunting Green present a bold and advantageous debut full length with Natural Extinctions. Dready and soothing, the melodic interludes clash against the anguished vocals simmered in the dark murk of drone doom. Experimental elements in the percussion...
Plunged into the darkened enclaves of misery and suicidal depression, NONE has returned with their third studio album issuing a perfect sonic representation of despondency with their heavily distorted and fuzzy album Damp Chill of Life. The bleakness, haunting and dreadful, is a euphonious swarm of distortion with glimpses of...
Antithese starts with triumphant fanfare which is quickly eclipsed with a dramatic descent into the the hard, violent aggrotech that is the bread and butter for Nachtmahr. Most artists that have passed the ten year mark begin to show variation in their work, for better or for worse, but however...
There are bassists and then there are bored guitarists who settled for picking up low end duties. In terms of Canadian blackened death metal power house Plaguebringer, the former is true. Aaron Lang takes centre stage and rips tight solos with a flourish that can only be rivaled by the...
On an overcast day in Norrköping, Sweden I was joined by Linus Lundgren to discuss the upcoming releases from Year of the Goat, Nocturnalia and of course, cats. Born in Linköping, the most prominent of his current work has been with Sweden’s Year of the Goat. Established in 2006 in...
The sold out Eindhoven Metal Meeting, concluded its 10th year of total mayhem in Eindhoven, NL at Effenaar the weekend of December 15-16, 2018. It’s the longest running indoor extreme metal fest in Nederlands and I have to say I am impressed with how Europeans keep the festival spirit alive...
2018 was an amazing year across all sub genres and after listening to roughly 300 releases it was very difficult to narrow down my favourite 10 albums. Here are my top suggestions for what you should check out if you haven’t already. #10 Blasphamagoatachrist – Black Metal Warfare (Black/Death from...
Once again the Swedes set the bar for what is amazing metal. This time it takes the form of Nekrokraft from Linköping and their new album Servants. Released earlier this year, it’s harsh and unforgiving, but still has that slight melodic feel that is iconic of Swedish metal. Suitingly I...