Albums Reviews

Oddland is a Finnish progressive metal band formed in 2003. In 2011 they won the “Suomi Metal Star” and signed a contract with Century Media for the release of their first album in 2012. Ten years later, in March of this year, they released their third album “Vermilion”: a little gem that has apparently gone [...]

When we talk or listen about Norwegian music, your first though might be Black Metal, a well established genre of the country. Nonetheless, the Flying Norwegians demonstrate that it is not just metal that comes out of the Scandinavian countries. The Flying Norwegians are a Norwegian country rock band that dates back from the 70’s, [...]

Coming from St.Louis, USA, The Lion’s Daughter is one of the bands who significantly evolved their style. Originally belonging to the sludge metal scene, the band has been changing its style towards a more progressive approach. This is very noticeable in their new record called ‘Skin Show’, released last April by Season of Mist. As [...]

Taake and Helheim, two undoubtedly well established names in the world of black metal, joined forces to release a split. The Taake/Helheim split was released in March 2021 by Dark Essence Records. This split comprises only four songs. Taake introduces two new songs – “Brotne Bein og Mannefall” and “Ein Baat i Foss” – both [...]

Juha Jyrkäs, a Finnish author and musician has released his first solo album “Sydämeni kuusipuulle”. He is the owner of an extensive musical career, built through out the past decades. Some might recognize the names Tevana3 (Juha’s previous band) and Korpiklaani (with whom he collaborated by providing some lyrics). Much can be said of his [...]

This review comes a couple of months late because this album was released last November. But as masterpieces are timeless, it’s never too late to appreciate and comment on such masterworks. Surma is an international symphonic metal band of Viktorie Surmøvá and Heri Joensen, assisted by the dutch Rens Bourgondiën and the russian Alexandr Zhukov. [...]

Hailing from the U.S.A., namely from amongst the grand lakes of Michigan state, Yellowtooth are a three-piece act that categorize themselves as a “unique form of heavy metal, incorporating styles from doom and sludge to a sonic cacophony of speed metal”. To be released in the end of April 2021, “The Burning Illusion” is the [...]

The Inferno Doll is a solo project created by the Chilean vocalist Laura Vargas. This was basically the full extent of my knowledge when I received the EP entitled “Sacrifice”. Starting with a blank slate and not really sure what to expect, I connect my headphones and embarked in a journey with The Inferno Doll. [...]

  Sólstafir is not a strange name in the Rock / Metal world, it’s an Icelandic band that has been increasingly conquering fans. With a 25 years career, they started as a black metal band and with their second album ” Masterpiece of Bitterness ” (2005) they developed a more post-rock/post-metal approach. Endless Twilight of [...]

Hailing from Belarus, technical death metal masters Eximperitus have recorded two demos, a debut album, an EP, and a compilation. Back in 2019, they released a single “Tahâdu”, which is a song taken from this record. Now they are back with their brutal and crushing death metal sound once again. In this new album, there [...]

In fact, not much is known about Martvl Nighty Ravenheart, a trio from Wölf near Eiterfeld (Germany) in Hessia, who have committed themselves to nothing more than a revolution in the metal scene with their debut album “Zool”. With a total of 8 tracks they go straight to the limit and don’t take any prisoners, [...]

Gaerea it’s a Portuguese black metal band founded in 2016. With two albums and one EP released in their four-year career, the evolution as musicians it’s incredible and made them known around the world. Their second album, “Limbo”, was released on the 20th July 2020. Gaerea’s songs don’t speak about Satan or Antichrist – as [...]

Every band’s name has its story and when Crippled Black Phoenix chose their name, they had no idea that it would fit them so well in the future. Crippled, without a male lead vocalist and keyboardist, at the beginning of “Ellengaest” tracking, the band still rose from what might have looked like ashes, as a [...]

Auðn is an atmospheric black metal band from Iceland. Maybe it’s the culture or the climate or the volcanoes, but currently Iceland is one of the most interesting countries in the black metal scene. After an exciting first release in 2014 and an excellent second release in 2017 (“Farvegir fyrndar”) which confirmed all expectations, Auðn [...]