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Coraxo – Starlit Flame II
If I try to describe an album by a band that mixes death metal with electronic music, most likely your first conclusion would be...
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Wömit Angel – Holy Goatse
Finland has produced some of the most popular bands in black metal, such as Impaled Nazarene, Behexen, and Beherit. The sound has often been...
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ssSHEENSss – Strapping Stallions
Yeah, okay. That's a weird band name. But let's not get hung up on it. Finnish sextet ssSHEENSss boast an impressive track record with...
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Ordinance – Relinquishment
What an amazingly over-the-top cover art. A hairy vulva dripping blood into a ceremonial vase held high by a Gorgon-like creature (with both a...
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Atrum Tempestas – Néant
Atrum Tempestas represent the more atmospheric side of Juha-Matti Perttunen’s (vocalist for Finnish melodic black metal outfit Catamenia) musical output. Formed in 2007, alongside...
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Cardinals Folly – Our Cult Continues!
While dozens of crazes have faded in and out of the metal community in the past decade, the holy trinity of stoner, black and...
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Goats of Doom – Ashes from the Past
Nobody likes to be compared to someone else. If you're a musician, to hear "you sound like..." is probably annoying, especially if you want...
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Rahu – The Quest for the Vajra of Shadows
It’s incredibly audacious and uniquely rewarding when a band whose music is so deeply historically-rooted in the ideology of a certain culture begins to...
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Kaunis Kuolematon – Kylmä Kaunis Maailma
Out of the stormy Scandinavian tundras comes the debut full-length from Kaunis Kuolematon, the latest addition to Finnish extreme metal institution Violent Journey Records....
Interviews
Shining Through: An Interview With Anette Olzon
The former singer of Nightwish has just released her first solo album. She tells us about some of the extremes she had to deal with as part of the popular band, as well as the details of her new effort.
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The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis on the dangerous state of live music, comics, and Necromanteum
“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...