Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Starting out as Kiera Pietrangelo’s solo project in 2016, before expanding into a full band the following year, Arcane Existence are a California-based symphonic black/death metal quintet. Their name describes the band’s aesthetic and lyrics that explore themes such…
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THE BAY STRIKES BACK! Testament, Exodus, and Death Angel: live at the Circus, Helsinki
When three legendary Bay Area thrash metal groups embarked on the tour together, it is evident that the concert venues would be packed and sold out. This tour has waited for years and decades in Finland until it became a reality in 2020. All three bands, Death Angel-Exodus-Testament, have a…
Anisoptera – Spawn of Odonata
Reviewed: September, 2018 Released: 2018, Self-released Rating: 3.5/5.0 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson As a technologically inclined death metal duo, it would be easy to tag the Bay Area’s Anisoptera as the American equivalent to English extremists Anaal Nathrakh, especially since Anaal guitarist/producer Mick Kenney had a hand in mixing and mastering…
Defiatory – Hades Rising
Review Date: June 2018 Released: 11 May 2018, Black Lion Records Rating: 4/5 Review by Rebekah Ann Defiatory could easily hail from the 80’s Bay Area thrash scene, this album sounds pure American and not Scandinavian in any way. The five Swedish fellas that make up Defiatory have clearly directed the…
Death Angel + Warbringer @ The Audio, Glasgow
Death Angel + Warbringer @ The Audio, Glasgow Wednesday, 9th of August 2017 Review By: Pete Mutant Photography By: Gavin Lowrey
Amon Amarth + Testament + Grand Magus @ Roundhouse, London
Amon Amarth + Testament + Grand Magus @ Roundhouse, London 4th November 2016 Review by Torbjørn ‘Toby’ Jørstad Photography by Inty Malcolm Swedish Vikings Amon Amarth returned to the shores of Britannia the first Friday of November in the year of 2016. Having finished plundering and burning all relevant villages…