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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: 

Live footage of Brutality Will Prevail @Hamburg – December 5th, 2019

Live footage of Brutality Will Prevail @Hamburg – December 5th, 2019

Brutality Will Prevail have evolved into a force to be reckoned with, as their latest album “Misery Sequence”. They played a short headliner tour this month and proved their class on this once more.

Live footage of Dagger Threat @Hamburg – December 5th, 2019

Live footage of Dagger Threat @Hamburg – December 5th, 2019

Dagger Threat played a hometown show at Bahnhof Pauli last night and delivered a heavy show. Supporting Brutality Will Prevail on a short European Tour, the dudes knew how to fill 30 minutes with heavy-hitting hardcore. Check out their debut album “Gestaltzerfall”!

Review: Mass Worship – Mass Worship

Review: Mass Worship – Mass Worship

If you’re hailing from Sweden and earned a name as a musician in the heavy guitar-kind of scene, it may feel odd to never have played in a HM-2-band. Dunno if that theory holds true, but Mass Worship may prove it. The dudes around Claes 

Review: Sect – Blood of the Beast

Review: Sect – Blood of the Beast

Music-wise, my personal journey, socialisation, and (ongoing) transformation began with Swedish Death Metal. Thus, the Boss HM-2 played a critical role. And even though I discovered new genres and new favourites in the last twenty years, I’ll always love the buzzing sound of HM-2 (and