December 31, 2022 15 Highly Recommended Metal Albums Of 2022 (#1-5) Albums #6-10 here. Albums #11-15 here. Check out this Spotify playlist for the full list, honourable mentions, singles and a few not-metal releases. 5…
October 21, 2019 Show Report: Scandinavia Deathfest The famed DEATHFESTS have been around for years ever since the inaugural Maryland Deathfest in 2003. Blossoming into North America’s biggest extreme metal festival,…
October 15, 2019 Judging Albums By Their Covers This week I bought a handful of new releases based solely on their album art. I have not heard of any of these bands…
October 10, 2019 INSOMNIUM | HEART LIKE A GRAVE At long last my most anticipated album of the year has been released. Considering INSOMNIUM’s last two releases have topped my year end lists,…
September 25, 2019 IKU-TURSO | STORM OVER ISENGARD The cold northern pagan spirit is alive with Finland’s IKU-TURSO’s latest album “Storm over Isengard”. The six track tribute album of skull shattering black…
August 29, 2018 News Release: ATLAS (Finland) New Video “On Crooked Stones”; New Album “Primitive” Inverse Records: Finland’s ATLAS New Video “On Crooked Stones”; New Album “Primitive” Out Nov. 16th Finland’s ATLAS are releasing their music video for their first single “On Crooked Stones” in…
May 12, 2018 SADISTIK FOREST | MORBID MAJESTIES Sadistik Forest is about to release their third album Morbid Majesties and it’s an unrelenting torrent of high octane, punch you in the throat…
April 25, 2018 ALGHAZANTH |EIGHT COFFIN NAILS Starting in 1995, a dark cloud emerged over Jyväskylä when Alghazanth was formed. A name taken from within a dream of Gorath Moonthron delivered…
March 7, 2018 DARK ARCHIVE |CULTIVATE OUR BLOOD IN AEON The first thing to notice about Dark Archive’s Cultivate Our Blood in Aeon are the coherent harsh vocals. The argument could be raised that…
January 16, 2018 VERIKALPA | TAISTELUTAHTO Verikalpa (Finnish for Blood Épée) is a folk metal band hailing from the northern city of Oulu, Finland. Self-described as “troll/beer” metal, they incorporate…
