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Album Review: Feskarn – Ravens Way
Feskarn is a one man Folk/Pagan/Viking Metal band hailing from Uppsala, Sweden. The one man being Niklas Larsson along with new studio gear, Ibanez guitar, soundcard and upgraded software, he has created the album ‘Raven’s Way’ full of viking elements with throat singing, choirs, shaman drums and mouth harps. You can hear the influence from …
News: Alt-Metal Band Vexed Sign Worldwide Record Deal with Napalm Records
One of the rising alt-metal bands ‘Vexed’. have just signed an official worldwide record deal with Austrian rock and metal label Napalm Records. Born in March 2019, the band create heavy groove laden metal with unfiltered lyricism and technical proficiency. While other bands dwell on flattery, Vexed bundle a mixture of honest hatred and apt social criticism in their …
Track: Immortal Guardian – Clocks
The Progressive/Power Metal Quartet that is Immortal Guardian have shared the video for their third single ‘Clocks’, taken from their forthcoming concept album ‘Psychosomatic’ due 12th February via M Theory Audio. Guitarist/keyboardist Gabriel Guardian says of the new single. “No matter how hard we try to control our futures, history constantly repeats itself, ‘Clocks’ is a song …
Track: Gyze – Samurai Metal
Gyze are a Japanese folk metal band that entwine traditional Japanese instruments with modern. The band have shared the video for track ‘Samurai Metal’ which was written on a Shamisen (Japanese traditional string instrument) and performed in both English and Japanese. Insane guitar work dominates this track as well as a healthy slice of growling from …
News: Nightwish reschedule some dates for their 2021 European tour
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Nightwish have had to rescheduled some of their 2021 European tour dates. Previously purchased tickets will remain valid for all rescheduled dates. Finnish metal legends Amorphis will be special guests on this tour, with the billing completed by industrial band Turmion Kätilöt. NIGHTWISH EUROPEAN TOUR 2021w/ Amorphis + Turmion Kätilöt 17.11. IE Dublin – 3Arena18.11. UK …
Track: -(16)- share track ‘Tear It Down’ from Split Doom Session Album
Label Heavy Psych are on their third instalment of their Doom sessions. Volume 3 features -(16)- and Italy’s sludge mongers Grime. With the album due 26th February, 16 have shared a new track – ‘Tear It Down’. “‘Tear it Down’ is a song that’s has been in our live set for a few years and has evolved …
News: Peaceville Records are set to release a limited edition Darkthrone box set – Shadows Of Iconoclasm
Darkthrone are one of Norway’s finest & most celebrated metal acts, and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their ground-breaking debut opus Soulside Journey. Peaceville records are set to release this extensive vinyl and cassette boxset which contains the full early works of the band, and the band’s early journey towards greatness. This box set has …
Interview: We chat to Indian Thrash metal band Bloodkill
After releasing their excellent debut album ‘Throne Of Control’, (read our review here) which takes all that is great about thrash and heavy metal and creates an album by metal fans for metal fans. We put some questions to the Mumbai thrash metal quintet, and find out about the band, the album and the Indian …
Track: Ungraven – Onwards She Rides To A Certain Death
UK label Blackbow Records are set to release a new split LP of pure heaviness from Belfast based, sludge-juggernauts Slomatics alongside the blistering and crushing sounds of Ungraven. With 3 new tracks from each band the split is set for release on 5th March. First track taken from the album is Ungraven’s – Onwards She …
Track: Goresoerd – Lein
Estonian metal band Goresoerd offers some solace with their new single, ‘Lein’ which is released by Inverse Records. “Lein”, meaning grief, makes sure that nobody forgets about the fact that everything can still go sideways. Ominous picked guitar starts the track off fairly stately before the drums make a mess of it and the whole track goes …