Review: Deadnation – Following The Path Of Death
Swedish death metal? Absolutely. Give me buzzsaw guitars, give me as much HM-2 as possible!
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Review: With The End In Mind – Tides Of Fire
With The End in Mind’s “Tides of Fire” is a colossal undertaking, a blackened ritual crawling from the Pacific Northwest’s rain-soaked soil. Across three extended compositions – totalling nearly 48 minutes – the band attempts to ignite both personal and planetary collapse into something transcendent. It’s a …
Review: Helheim – HrabnaR / Ad vesa
Helheim’s twelfth studio outing, “HrabnaR / Ad vesa”, is the first record where songwriting duties have been split between the band’s two main songwriters. But don’t be fooled: it’s still Helheim, marching their weathered warbands through black metal wastes, albeit with a twin-headed twist, eager to deliver another high-class …
Review: CMPT – Na Utrini
CMPT opens a doorway not merely into sound, but into folk memory, ancestral memory, and landscape memory. It is a slow-burning ritual.
Review: Grvm Kvlt – Ultima Equitem
This album could be the shit: it’s released as limited tape edition and via bandcamp and that’s it. The creator named the project accordingly to genre standards and the cover artwork is cool. But the murky production, thin layering, and uninspired transitions hold the solid …
Review: Groza – Nadir
Groza have reached the crucial point in a band’s career: “Nadir” is their third record, which is said to be the “make it or break it” moment. Let’s see how this turns out for the bavarian black metalheads, who will have to live with comparisions …
Review: Der Weg einer Freiheit – Noktvrn
With “Noktvrn” , Der Weg einer Freiheit depart further from their icy, feral beginnings and drift into more introspective terrain. The result is a curious, often compelling record, haunted by restraint, marked by experimentation, but not without moments of uncertainty. This is not a misstep, …
Review: Silver Knife – Silver knife
Silver Knife’s self-titled sophomore effort is a slow bleed through monochrome soundscapes—an epic drudgery that mesmerizes but rarely surprises. Drawing on seasoned musicians from the sprawling BeNeLux and French black metal underground, the band constructs a dense atmosphere: elongated riffs, smeared bass, relentless vocals. The …
STICK TO YOUR GUNS @Skaters Palace, Münster
Münster was a stop on the recent Stick To Your Guns-tour and the expectations were high. Could the band satisfy them?