by Sebastian Kluth
German groove metal quartet Hämatom had finally shown off its true potential earlier this year, when releasing Berlin (Ein akustischer Tanz auf dem Vulkan), an acoustic record inspired country, folk, jazz and swing sounds of the twenties and thirties...
Lire la suiteOssuaire is a black metal quartet from Montreal that has released two full lengths efforts and two extended plays since its inception five years ago. Triumvirat is inspired by historical topics and offers five epic tracks with a generous running time...
Lire la suiteDarkestrah is a pagan metal band inspired by Central Asian shamanism that originally hailed from Kyrgyzstan. Today, the band is based in Germany, its label is Canadian and the musicians performing on this output hail from Iceland, Iran, Kyrgyzstan and...
Lire la suiteIt took industrial thrash metal band E-Force six and a half years to release a successor to the dynamic Demonikhol. Quite a few things have changed in between both records as only founding member Eric Forrest from Canada remained on board and is still...
Lire la suiteHamada Mari is a pioneer who has paved the way for numerous female singers in the rock and metal genres in Japan, from Show-Ya over Band-Maid to Lovebites. No other country has such an impressive variety of female performers in said genres as Japan. Hamada...
Lire la suiteProscriptor McGovern's Apsû might be one of the worst band names in the history of music, the end of its preceding outfit Absu was quite controversial to say the least and the previous studio album in this trilogy was released a whopping ten years ago,...
Lire la suiteIt might sound harsh but Juha Raivo's musical creativity had been pushed to astonishing limits after the tragic death of his partner Aleah Stanbridge, resulting in masterpieces such as Swallow the Sun's experimental single Lumina Aurea and the conceptual...
Lire la suiteVoodoma is a gothic metal band from Düsseldorf that has been active for nearly two decades but that has been unfairly overlooked by large parts of both the gothic and the metal scene in Germany. Gotland is the group's seventh studio album and features...
Lire la suiteVoodoma is a gothic metal band from Düsseldorf that has been active for nearly two decades but that has been unfairly overlooked by large parts of both the gothic and the metal scene in Germany. Gotland is the group's seventh studio album and features...
Lire la suiteVoodoma is a gothic metal band from Düsseldorf that has been active for nearly two decades but that has been unfairly overlooked by large parts of both the gothic and the metal scene in Germany. Gotland is the group's seventh studio album and features...
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