Tag: Vinyl

Review: Tribal Gaze – The Nine Choircs

Review: Tribal Gaze – The Nine Choircs

From its first moments, “The Nine Choirs” makes a promise: you are entering a world of weight, groove, and unapologetic brutality. Tribal Gaze out of Texas seem less concerned with subtlety and more with making your ribcage feel every hammer blow. This is death metal …

Review: Amorphis – Halo

Review: Amorphis – Halo

Halo” showcases the band’s impeccable musicianship and knack for balancing the heavy, the melodic, and the atmospherically elegant, while also flirting a bit too closely with self-derivation and formua.

Review: The Halo Effect – Days Of The Lost

Review: The Halo Effect – Days Of The Lost

“Days Of The Lost” is a powerful debut from veterans who understand their history and want to stoke its embers rather than burn clichés. It is melodic death metal polished but unbowed, familiar but earnest, and at its best, deeply moving in its reclamation of sound.

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 …

Review: Russian Circles – Blood Year

Review: Russian Circles – Blood Year

I kinda liked “Guidance” und “Memorial”, the last two albums by Postrock heavyweights Russian Circles, but never loved them as much as “Empros” (which has been written eight years ago… time flies, folks) and their earlier works. The albums didn’t click with me, even though …

I love the latest The Ocean song

I love the latest The Ocean song

Did you check out “Devonian: Nascent”, the latest song off the upcoming The Ocean album “Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic”. Even though the song, which has Kataonia-head Jonas on guest vocals, clocks in at eleven minutes, it never lets down in intensity. The Ocean evolve their sound (as much …

Make distros a threat again

Make distros a threat again

  Evil Greed has evolved from a minor distro to a major player in the european distro scene and business, despite all (now severed) connections to Wolf Down. Always looking for new ways of promoting their business, the guys now found a new way: invite …

Ultha deliver again, this time via Century Media

Ultha deliver again, this time via Century Media

Ultha inked a deal with Century Media not long ago. The first result of this deal will be the release of “The Inextricable Wandering” in October. The band released a 14ish minutes long first impression of the new material, which totally blew me away. “The …

The Amity Affliction show their “Misery”…

The Amity Affliction show their “Misery”…

which can’t compete with the one and only version out there.  Well, to be exact: the australian metalcore heavyweights just showed off their new album with one song, but while “Feels Like I’m Dying” does convince with its visuals, both music and lyrics left me …

Being As An Ocean release stunning new video for “Alone”

Being As An Ocean release stunning new video for “Alone”

When speaking of bands who evolve and change their sound during their career, the name Being As An Ocean has to come to mind. The band with the christian message showed on their latest release “Waiting For The Morning To Come” – which they released …