by Sebastian Kluth
Spacemak3r's third output concludes the trilogy about a schizophrenic child named Alex who makes up imaginary creatures that haunt him in his eventful everyday life. The band describes its genre as circus metal and this is surprisingly accurate. Contemporary...
Lire la suiteDrakariuM is a power metal quartet that fluidly integrates folk elements, intellectual French lyrics and progressive song writing into its fascinating sound. The band started as a high school band a decade and a half ago and released its eponymous extended...
Lire la suiteCarach Angren's Franckensteina Strataemontanus is an elaborate conceptual record inspired by German legends that oozes with atmosphere, creativity and energy. The sixth studio album of the Dutch symphonic black metal trio might even be the group's greatest...
Lire la suiteOne has to admit that Verotika's Motion Picture Soundtrack blends in very well with the actual movie: it's unintentionally hilarious, at times shockingly bad but weirdly entertaining. The movie is a project by musician, producer and writer Glenn Danzig...
Lire la suiteSince Mgla's third full length effort Exercises in Futility has recently won the Metal Archives poll for best album of the decade, I became curious enough to give said album a spin. I had heard about Mgla before but never ever listened to a record of...
Lire la suiteThe HU is a folk rock quartet from Ulaanbaatar that promotes Mongolian culture with the use of traditional instruments such as horsehead fiddle morin khuur, traditional lute tovshuur, Jew's harp tumur khuur and end-blown flute tsuur. The vocals consist...
Lire la suiteRussian trio Alexy's Square had always meandered between hard rock, symphonic rock and heavy metal in its early career but seems to have finally found its very own niche on its fifth and best output that is fittingly entitled To Leave a Mark. This timeless...
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