All posts by Elsa Marques

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

Roadburn 2022 will take place on April 21st – 24th in Tilburg (NL) at different venues! (Poster artwork by Valreza Collective) Last year the organizers set up an incredible streaming experience with Roadburn Redux – a virtual version of the festival with live streamming, recordings, interviews, chat and online hangouts that still managed to provide [...]

Rauta recently published Loits – black metal from Estonia [INTERVIEW] [...]