Albums Reviews

A respectable amount of particularly morbid and insane details come to mind when one thinks of Deicide. This band has been marked by controversy ever since its inception, most of it due to frontman Glenn Benton’s “peculiar” ways of expressing himself, to put it mildly. Even though, Deicide seem to have mostly left their well-known [...]

The French sludge/doom outfit Deliverance has an impressive curriculum for such a recent project. Formed in 2012, their debut EP “Doomsday Please” reached as far as being praised by Metal Injection. About five years later, the band releases their first LP, titled “CHRST”, which proved that Deliverance, albeit remaining rough around the edges, have what [...]

Dallian is a four-piece Symphonic Metal act from Leiria, Portugal. Their debut album ‘Automata’ was released this year together with Nox Liberatio records. The album starts with an intro entitled ‘Genesis of Awakening’. This is a short journey into the first proper track called ‘Satori’, translated as ‘awakening’ in Japanese. This song is built by strong [...]

Korpiklaani are back to bless the folk metal hordes with their drunken mix of folk, rock, punk and metal. Often considered one of the greatest folk metal bands of all time, the high-spirited finns have added yet another gem to their career. To some extent, Korpiklaani have always been under fire, often being criticized for [...]

Duality is the debut record from the French progressive band Orion Dust.  The band leader and mentor, Fabien Buron, has been working on this piece of music since 2011. This album is the culmination of almost seven years of work. During this time, he involved other musicians which are now part of the band. Now, [...]

  “Drifting Ashore” is the debut album of the French folk rock duo Crossfire. Together with The Black Planet we have a chance to break another border and review something totally different thanks to Dooweet Agency. Starting with the sound itself, its mostly calm acoustic guitars. They are accompanied by the nice, fair voices that can [...]

Four years have passed since the critically acclaimed triumphant return of At The Gates, which in turn succeeded a twenty year long hiatus after the band left an undeniable mark on the 90’s with at least one genre-defining album and other great releases. At War With Reality (2014) left me with the feeling of greeting [...]

  Melodic death metal has been in a slow yet constant freefall – both in terms of popularity and creativity – remaining somewhat of a shadow of its former glory set in the highly prolific and diverse 90´s and early 00’s. However, for those who did not simply hop on the bandwagon (pun intended) and [...]

The Italian band Formalist released their 3 piece debut album ‘No One Will Shine Anymore’ in March 2018 through the Third I Rex. The album consists of only 3 songs, but each of them is longer than 10 minutes. It all starts with a track called ‘Arson’. The quick and powerful sound of the guitars and scream immediately [...]

With each album, Madder Mortem have always managed to explore different moods and soundscapes while retaining their musical identity. “Marrow”, to be released on the 21st of September through Dark Essence Records, is no exception. It’s a departure from the heavier sounds of “Red In Tooth And Claw”. In fact, it’s a departure from any [...]

In this overpopulated scene, once in a while a band stands out from the rest. Whether it’s because of their unique image, or sonority, or simply because their music is incredibly good (or bad) and they get involved in some hype. Deus Vermin is one of those bands. Coming from the United Kingdom, formed in [...]

Necrophobic could be compared to those 18th century diplomats who casually bargained with different sides, never taking a precise position. For Necrophobic these two positions are of course Death and Black Metal. “Mark Of The Necrogram” is the band’s 8th release and the 1st one under Century Media label. This album is special for this [...]

Are you one of those persons that connect music with landscapes and paintings? And have you ever wondered what kind of sounds or soundtrack would fit a Caspar David Friedrich painting? As soon as I started listening to Kval’s self-titled debut full-length (Hypnotic Dirge Records – 2017), the first pictures that came into my mind [...]

Japan is a country with a very different culture from the western countries. Its exports can sometimes be weird and unique, like some of the available varieties of KitKat chocolate bars. You either love them or hate them, but sometimes they can be truly amazing. Strangely enough there are quite a few great stoner doom [...]