CELESTE fuckin’ delivered @Hannover – June 14th, 2024
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Review: Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All
Darkthrone always deliver. It is not their strongest work, nor their weakest, but a strange monument to persistence and another reminder that the duo will always follow their own crooked path, even if it leads into the shadows of repetition.
Review: Ontborg – Following the Steps of Damnation
Ontborg surprised me with their latest record “Following the Steps of Damnation”: it unfolds like a frostbitten lament that slowly blooms into grim majesty and the guitars gnash with HM-2 fury (Im in love already). Ontborg weave a melodic death metal tapestry that feels both …
Review: Lethvm – Winterreise
Lethvm give the listener a daring, frostbitten experiment in atmosphere and aggression, a record that shifts between lurching doom, blackened edges, post-metal breadth, and occasional post-hardcore unrest. “Winterreise” doesn’t always land every twist, but many of its risks sing in the silent cold it carves …
Review: Borknagar – Fall
Borknagar’s “Fal”l is a refinement, weaving frostbitten aggression with sweeping melody into something both immediate and vast. It balances raw power and reflective calm, proving that the band’s maturity sharpens rather than softens their edge.
Review: Hauntologist – Hollow
Hauntologist offer with “Hollow” an album that rests between the dreamlike and the dissonant, a body of work more interested in atmospheres than in momentum. Built upon the collaboration of musicians with long roots in Poland’s extreme metal underground, the record is neither a straightforward …
Review: Krieg – Ruiner
Krieg’s return with “Ruiner” is both an affirmation and a revelation, the kind of record that could only come from decades of abrasion, collapse, and survival within American black metal. Since the mid-90s, Krieg has become a singular entity – too raw to be ignored, too …
Review: Kings Rot – At The Gates Of Adversarial Darkness
Kings Rot from Canada carry a a dour pride with “At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness”. It carries itself like a grim march through frost and shadow, with enough melodic flame to give warmth, but not enough to banish the cold. Kings Rot clearly know …
Preview: Stray From The Path European Tour 2023
Metalcore powerhouse Stray From The Path will tour Europe in the coming weeks – and added three impressive bands to the roster. If you’re into metalcore and brutal music, check out the tour dates!
Review: Doodswens – Lichtvrees
I don’t like one-man-projects. Most lack depth and skill, both in songwriting (which often times profits from a collaborative effort) and execution. So I don’t bother to check out new projects created by single mind. Two-person-bands are a different matter, though. Mighty Mantar proves that …