Interview with Tony Z (IMMORTAL SYNN) Interview by Jack Merry 14th May 2021
Interview with Bloody Hell
Interview with Bloody Hell – Esa Orjatsalo (guitar) 3rd May 2021 Interview by Andrea Di Stasio Facebook | Spotify Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. Hi! Thank you for the interview. I’m Esa Orjatsalo and I play guitar in Bloody…
Interview with Akiavel
Interview with Akiavel Chris – guitars Butch – drums Interview by Kira Levine Akiavel online: Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Spotify Twitter YouTube Hi there! Thanks for your time, hope that you are keeping safe and well. Please state your names and positions in Akiavel. Chris: Hey I’m Chris, guitarist in…
Interview with Mythic Sunship
Interview with Frederik (drums) Interview by Graeme Smith Mythic Sunship on Facebook | Instagram Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. Hello Graeme. My name is Frederik, and I play the drums in Mythic Sunship. How did you settle on the band name and…
Mythic Sunship – Wildfire
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, TeePee Records Rating: 1/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith When someone mentions the word ‘Jazz’ I normally run to the hills. Today’s offering is a band from Denmark called Mythic Sunship who produce psychedelic music combining rock with free-jazz experimentation. The omens were not good although by…
Shamael – Melancholie der Engel
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Negre planY Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Raffaele Galasso’s one-man band Shamael was founded in Italy, last year (2020). He is also a member of Gardenija and Nightcrush. Melancholie der Engel is the debut full-length from his solo funeral doom project, co-released by Negre PlanY…
Ringarë – Thrall of Winter’s Majesty
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Amor Fati Productions Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Haling from Sweden / USA, Ringarë are an ambient black metal band who formed in 2004 (as Ringar) from the ashes of Troglodytic. Thrall of Winter’s Majesty is their second full-length record. A statement from their current…
Mephisto – Pentafixion
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, WormHoleDeath Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Gothic black metal is, in my eyes, one very underrated sub-genre and whilst some of the biggest names in metal like Cradle of Filth carry gothic elements, it’s bands who combine gothic metal and black metal well with overarching…
Lost Division – Cuts and Scars
Reviewed: May, 2021 Released: 2021, Inverse Records Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush Founded in Oulu, Finland in 2015, Lost Division released their first single ‘Wish You Were Dead’ in 2018, before swapping singers and beginning their journey to compose their debut album which was recorded back in 2020. Without knowing…
Millstone – Isle
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, self-release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Isle is the newest release from Siberian metal collective Millstone, each song on the album winding and moving to the beat of its own drum while existing cohesively and potently within the groove/death-metal universe. Written by Ivan Scherbakov and produced by…
Christian Liljegren – Melodic Passion
Reviewed: May, 2021 Released: 2021, Melodic Passion Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry With 35 years as a hard rock/metal singer and nearly 40 albums worth of experience, Christian Liljegren has established himself as one of the most productive metal musicians on the metal scene. His debut solo project, released under…
Immortal Synn – Force of Habit
Reviewed: May, 2021 Released: 2021, independent Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry IMMORTAL SYNN is a thrash metal band hailing from the mile-high city of Denver, Colorado, and originally formed in 2004. After dealing with several lineup changes, the band has released two EPs and now two full-length studio albums: 2017’s Machine…
Cryptosis – Bionic Swarm
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Century Media Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Bionic Swarm is the debut album of Dutch thrashers Cryptosis, though that’s not the full story. The band were previously known as Distillator, and the new identity represents a transformation, a rebirth into a new, more efficient killing…
The Plague – Within Death
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Bitter Loss Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis It is something of a cliché for a band of any genre to call themselves “old school”, particularly if the said genre has a wide, versatile and eclectic or experimental canon of practitioners like death metal. However,…
Bloody Hell – The Bloodening
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Rockshots Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Andrea Di Stasio “Angry young men become grumpy old men” – Bloody Hell breaks their 6 year-long silence, coming back to the heavy metal scene with this unique statement that accompanies their second album “The Bloodening”. What can I say?…