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LACABRA offer a fresh take of Seattle Metal

LACABRA offer a fresh take of Seattle Metal

Let’s face it, Seattle has been home of many incredible bands for a long time. HM2-enthusiasts Black Breath will always have a special place in our heart and had to quit way too early. Lacabra are fresh breeze of metal music in Seattle, and even 

Preview: Full Rewind Festival 2024

Preview: Full Rewind Festival 2024

Back in the day, from 1999 to 2016, the small village of Roitzschjora hosted the With Full Force Festival. Since 2017, the festival moved to a new location and shortened its name to just Full Force. 2024 will see.. well, what exactly? A spin-off? A 

Review: Crawl – Altar of Disgust

Review: Crawl – Altar of Disgust

Bands churning their songs out with the trademark HM-2 sound will always win my heart. Crawl – who claim legendary death metal capital Stockholm their home – flavour their worship of classic Entombed and Dismember-style death metal with hints of crust and punk (“Enslaved in 

Review: Glassing – From the other side of the mirror

Review: Glassing – From the other side of the mirror

Predictabillity offers comfort. This is true for every aspect of life, up to and including music. Peole figure out which genre they like and what kind of song, album, and music to expect. This holds true for individual artists as well – when you grab 

CELESTE fuckin’ delivered @Hannover – June 14th, 2024

CELESTE fuckin’ delivered @Hannover – June 14th, 2024

Black metal how it should be. Chapeau!

Preview: Stray From The Path European Tour 2023

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

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 

Parkway Drive offer a first glimpse of “Darker Still”

Parkway Drive offer a first glimpse of “Darker Still”

Back in the days, I totally loved Parkway Drive – I’ve attended several show of their first european tours, and watched them in small to mid-size venues, and was rocking out to their excellent live show at festivals. But as time went on, I lost 

Ready for twelve minutes of pure blackened Speed Metal?

Ready for twelve minutes of pure blackened Speed Metal?

Marburg-based metalheads Knife released a three-track-EP via Dying Victims Productions. It features twelve minutes of raw, blackened speed metal, nailed down in one new tracks of cover songs of both Bathory and Venom. It comes in tape format, which I’m not a big fan of, 

The new Cave In record is amazing

The new Cave In record is amazing

Did you check out the long-awaited new record of Cave In? It received extremely positive reactions and reviews world wide. “Heavy Pendulum” is the first record without contributions by Caleb Scofield (who died in a car accident in 2018), but one wouldn’t notice the difference: