Thursday 23rd March 2023,
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Dispyt (FI) released split album with Death Crusade (PL)

Dispyt (FI) released split album with Death Crusade (PL)

Dispyt, a Blackened Crustpunk from Finland announces the release of the split album with Death Crusade! “Finally, this split will be released! It will be out this Friday, 17.3, on all your favorite streaming platforms, Bandcamp, and also in physical format as a 7″ vinyl!” You can get your copy through here or directly from [...]

March 20, 2023 Elsa Marques News 0

Roadburn 2023 preview

Roadburn 2023 preview

Soon it will be Spring, and soon it will be time for another Roadburn festival, between April 20th (Thu) – 23rd (Sun) to be precise. Picked as Best Small Festival at the last European Festival Awards, it’s the rightful prize for all that this event became to represent over the years for many bands, fans [...]

February 28, 2023 Elsa Marques Previews 0

Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 4)

Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 4)

As always the last day of a festival feels somewhat bittersweet. It has this greatness of having seen (and waiting to see) some amazing performances, and the blues coming with the realization that everything will come to an end in a mere few hours. Everyone will have to get back to their daily lives and [...]

June 26, 2022 Elsa Marques Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 4)

Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 3)

Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 3)

The third day began with Midwife, the slow melodies and velvety voice helping to gently transition into festival mood while watching the artist plays her guitar and sing attached to a phone handset mic that gives this distinct vocal sound. Later Divide And Dissolve provided a different kind of ambience. The instrumental music created by [...]

June 26, 2022 Elsa Marques Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 3)

Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 2)

Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 2)

Friday’s expectations were mostly directed towards this year’s curators’ band GGGOLDDD and their performance of “This Shame Should Not Be Mine”. For the first time in front of a live audience after the incredibly emotional, goose-bump inducing show at last year’s Roadburn Redux (I am not gonna lie, I have watched that performance 4 times [...]

June 25, 2022 Elsa Marques Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 2)

Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 1)

Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 1)

Being a first-time roadburner I had only heard the stories and overwhelmingly positive feedback from fellow music enthusiasts who have been there previously. So when I finally had the occasion to reserve time in Spring to set out towards the Netherlands and be on my way to Tilburg, I left home with quite high expectations [...]

June 25, 2022 Elsa Marques Festivals, Reports Comments Off on Report: Roadburn 2022 (Day 1)

Tartu Under The Horns – an Undergrounded documentary

Tartu Under The Horns – an Undergrounded documentary

Five years after presenting “Tallinn Under The Horns“, a documentary depicting the Underground Black Metal scene of the Estonian capital, the sequel “Tartu Under The Horns“ has been finished. A small crew of the German webzine Undergrounded.de returned to the baltics and traveled to Tartu, the second biggest city of Estonia, to take another deep [...]

June 6, 2022 Elsa Marques News, Partners Comments Off on Tartu Under The Horns – an Undergrounded documentary

Hellsinki Metal Horizons – festival preview

Hellsinki Metal Horizons – festival preview

Our Finish partner, Rauta, published today a preview of our sponsored festival – Hellsinki Metal Horizons 2022 preview [opinion]. Check the video and don’t miss the opportunity to join us on this adventure! Check below for the festival pages links. About Hellsinki Metal Horizons: Webpage / Facebook [...]

May 28, 2022 Elsa Marques Rauta Comments Off on Hellsinki Metal Horizons – festival preview

BLACK METAL REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: Flagg – Cosmic Chaos Manifest

BLACK METAL REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: Flagg – Cosmic Chaos Manifest

In case you missed it, check out Rauta’s Flagg – Cosmic Chaos Manifest [BLACK METAL REVIEW] [...]

May 28, 2022 Elsa Marques Rauta Comments Off on BLACK METAL REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: Flagg – Cosmic Chaos Manifest

Necronomicon – The Final Chapter

Necronomicon – The Final Chapter

Check our Finish partner, Rauta, Necronomicon review – The Final Chapte [THRASH METAL REVIEW]     [...]

May 28, 2022 Elsa Marques Rauta Comments Off on Necronomicon – The Final Chapter

Jason Acoustified Levasseur introduction

Jason Acoustified Levasseur introduction

We are glad to introduce you our newest partnership with Jason Levasseur – the mastermind behind Acoustified media. This media provides a broad spectrum of services including Voice over, Sound Recording, Video Capture & Editing and Photography. Jason is a seasoned live events photographer and will start collaborating with us by providing us photo reports [...]

May 2, 2022 Elsa Marques Acoustified media, News Comments Off on Jason Acoustified Levasseur introduction

ODDLAND will embark on a European tour in May/June 2022

ODDLAND will embark on a European tour in May/June 2022

The Finnish progressive metal act ODDLAND will embark on a European tour in May/June 2022, as special guest act for the Danish prog/thrash act Manticora, supporting ODDLAND’S newly released and incredibly well-reviewed album “Vermillion”. The tour is visiting most of western Europe and will see the band, return to a wide array of cities, some of which they [...]

May 2, 2022 Elsa Marques News Comments Off on ODDLAND will embark on a European tour in May/June 2022

Mourning Dawn – Dead End Euphoria

Mourning Dawn – Dead End Euphoria

Our Finnish partner, Rauta, reviewed Mourning Dawn – Dead End Euphoria (DEATH/DOOM ALBUM REVIEW)     [...]

May 2, 2022 Elsa Marques Rauta Comments Off on Mourning Dawn – Dead End Euphoria

Steelfest celebrates its 10th anniversary with a very ambitious lineup!

Steelfest celebrates its 10th anniversary with a very ambitious lineup!

The first Steelfest edition of this decade, and the 10th anniversary of this extreme festival, will be the most ambitious ever. The festival will be held once again at Villatehdas in Hyvinkää, and it will comprise over four days completely filled with live shows – 50 bands in total!! Special events will be held on [...]

April 4, 2022 Elsa Marques Previews Comments Off on Steelfest celebrates its 10th anniversary with a very ambitious lineup!