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Albums Reviews

SÓLSTAFIR – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

SÓLSTAFIR – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

  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 [...]

February 27, 2021 Lara Brito 0

EXIMPERITUS – Šahrartu

EXIMPERITUS – Šahrartu

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 [...]

February 15, 2021 Vladimir Cinkovic Comments Off on EXIMPERITUS – Šahrartu

MARTVL NIGHTY RAVENHEART- Zool

MARTVL NIGHTY RAVENHEART- Zool

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, [...]

February 10, 2021 Elsa Marques Comments Off on MARTVL NIGHTY RAVENHEART- Zool

GAEREA – Limbo

GAEREA – Limbo

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 [...]

January 4, 2021 Lara Brito 0

CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX – Ellengaest

CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX – Ellengaest

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 [...]

December 1, 2020 Carolina Ventura Comments Off on CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX – Ellengaest

AUÐN –  Vökudraumsins Fangi

AUÐN –  Vökudraumsins Fangi

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 [...]

November 25, 2020 João Osório 0

ENSLAVED – Utgard

ENSLAVED – Utgard

As an Enslaved fan I was super excited with their new release, with almost 30 years of career and three years after “E” the norwegian group released their fifth album Utgard. In every album they try to introduce to the listener some histories about the nordic culture –  Utgard is no exception, referring to the [...]

November 11, 2020 Lara Brito Comments Off on ENSLAVED – Utgard

VICTIMS OF CONTAGION – Lamentations of the Flesh Bound

VICTIMS OF CONTAGION – Lamentations of the Flesh Bound

While a lot of music fans are going through 2020’s new releases, some are still talking about last year releases and what maybe swept under their radar. Lamentations of the Flesh Bound is the debut full-length of the 6-piece technical death metal band from Pittsburgh (PA, United States). The album was released through Satanath Records [...]

November 2, 2020 David Chuva Comments Off on VICTIMS OF CONTAGION – Lamentations of the Flesh Bound

MORK – Det Svarte Juv

MORK – Det Svarte Juv

Mork is an excellent tribute to old-school black metal, and proof that it can be done right, respecting the essence of the genre while simultaneously adapting to the performance and production demands of the 21st century. Their latest release, Det Svarte Juv (Peaceville Records, 2019) is proof of just that, and it might be the [...]

November 2, 2020 Ricardo Pereira Comments Off on MORK – Det Svarte Juv

ORANSSI PAZUZU – Mestari Kynsi

ORANSSI PAZUZU – Mestari Kynsi

Oranssi Pazuzu is a Finnish psychedelic black metal band formed in 2007. This band is able to make you travel into dark environments. Although it can sometimes be a little suffocating, for those who like black metal and psychedelic, I strongly recommend listening to one of the most innovative bands in the world of the [...]

October 7, 2020 Lara Brito Comments Off on ORANSSI PAZUZU – Mestari Kynsi

HYBORIAN – Volume II

HYBORIAN – Volume II

Hyborian is a group of loud sluggers coming from Kansas City. This band, who clearly took inspiration from Conan Barbarian mythology, released a ‘Volume II’ – as their second record. This is a following of their debut record from 2017 called (surprise) ‘Volume I’, which somehow slipped through my fingers (headphones). Therefore I was not [...]

September 23, 2020 Kasper Pasinski Comments Off on HYBORIAN – Volume II

MANTICORA – To Live to Kill to Live

MANTICORA – To Live to Kill to Live

Manticora is a Danish progressive power metal band formed in 1996. In the first decade of 2000 they were very active, releasing albums regularly, some of them of above average quality (like “Darkness with Tales to Tell”, “Hyperion”, “8 Deadly Sins” and “The Black Circus” double album). In 2010 they released the album “Safe” and [...]

September 14, 2020 João Osório Comments Off on MANTICORA – To Live to Kill to Live

GRAVECOVEN – Coughing Blood

GRAVECOVEN – Coughing Blood

This Californian duo composed by James Rauh and Phillip Gallagher released their first EP in 2018. It features songs from their previous demos, this time in a single release, and for the first time in a physical format. Gravecoven loses no time to show what they’re all about, after only a few seconds of listening, [...]

September 11, 2020 Filipe Aragão Comments Off on GRAVECOVEN – Coughing Blood

MEDICO PESTE – ב: The Black Bile

MEDICO PESTE – ב: The Black Bile

From Kraków, Poland, comes the extreme metal quintet Medico Peste, who have just now released their sophomore album “The Black Bile”, coming eight years after their debut. Featuring two live members of Polish metal giants Mgła (whose main songwriter M. has co-produced “The Black Bile”), Medico Peste present themselves as a band that “embrace a [...]

September 7, 2020 Sérgio Pelado Comments Off on MEDICO PESTE – ב: The Black Bile