2012 was the year I got to know about the Spanish Gothic Metal band DIABULUS IN MUSICA, as they released their second full-length then, called “The Wanderer”. And it was a positive experience, I must say. See my review here. … continue reading
The Dutch Thrash Metal formation LEGION OF THE DAMNED has been around for almost 10 years (since 2005). Under that monniker they’ve so far released six full length releases. Before changing the name, they were known as OCCULT, a name … continue reading
RUSSKAJA… never heard of these guys. It appears to be a band consisting of Russians, Ukrainians and Austrians. And they don’t play regular Metal, rather focus on other styles and add a touch of Metal to it. It is said … continue reading
I’ve never heard of F.K.Ü. (short for Freddy Krueger’s Underwear). It seems this Swedish Thrash Metal band was formed back in 1987. Somewhat later the band went on hiatus to regroup ten years later in 1997. This resulted in the … continue reading
No Metal this time, but it still rocks… somehow. MY SLEEPING KARMA, hailing from Germany, was very much unknown to me until the fall of 2012, when Napalm Records released the band’s fourth full-length, “Soma”, in September. So yes, this … continue reading
The last I heard about PARAGON, this German Heavy/Power Metal band, was a few years ago, when guitarist Martin Christian left. Bassist Jan Bünning had prior to this returned to the fold. In terms of releases, “Forgotten Prophecies” (2007) was … continue reading
After KATAKLYSM’s ninth album, “Prevail” (2008), vocalist Maurizio Iacono found the time to begin an own project called EX DEO. With this he would focus, lyrically, on Roman history, on its emperors, the important figures and happenings of that time. … continue reading
CHAOSWEAVER is a Finnish Metal band, said to play Cinematic Extreme Metal (Napalm Records’ words). What you get is actually Melodic Death/Black Metal with symphonic and Industrial influences. But the way these guys compose their songs makes it cinematic in … continue reading
DUST BOLT is a young German old school Thrash Metal band. Formed in 2006, the quartet self-released an EP, “Chaos Possession”, in 2010. This contained five tracks, of which “Deviance” made it onto the debut album “Violent Demolition” that came … continue reading
On their last studio album, “The Clans Will Rise Again” (2010), the German Heavy/Power Metal band GRAVE DIGGER again payed homage to the people of Scotland, as they had done on “Tunes Of War” (1996). I found that, with “Ballads … continue reading