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…
November 17, 2017 ASYLUM 8 | REPRESSED Overall, Repressed by Finland’s Asylum 8 is pretty weird. Although that’s weird mainly in a good way. A strong promising electronic start with typical…
November 7, 2017 WOLFHORDE | THE GREAT OLD ONES A band playing songs in tribute to other bands can be a risky move when you consider the rabid fan base of the band…
October 3, 2017 ENSIFERUM|TWO PATHS As expected, Two Paths begins with the typical Ensiferum intro that starts every album, building the anticipation for the thrust into the moshing music defined by…
October 3, 2017 WINTERSUN | THE FOREST SEASONS The most epic album of the year. That was the promise and as expected with anything claiming as much, it was followed with disappointment….
July 9, 2017 INSOMNIUM | WINTER’S GATE Never to be a band that rushes releases, we have seen a new album from Insomnium every couple years, with each release surpassing the…
July 9, 2017 SHADECROWN | AGONIA Churning out the largest number of metal bands per capita means lots of potential pouring out of Finland these days, including Shadecrown’s Agonia. They are off…
July 9, 2017 MACHINAE SUPREMACY | INTO THE NIGHT WORLD It is not uncommon for power metal bands to incorporate video game sounds into their music, but Sweden’s Machinae Supremacy takes this influence to…
