Reviewed: [January 2021] Released [2021 Napalm Records] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson After the Brazilian thrash trio Nervosa imploded last spring when bassist/vocalist Fernanda Lira and drummer Luana Dametto quit, founding guitarist and lone remaining member Prika Amaral didn’t waste any time getting the band regrouped and rearmed. Eight months…
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Speedkiller – Midnight Vampire
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, Helldprod Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rossy Maguire SPEEDKILLER’s first and highly anticipated EP “Midnight Vampire”; hailing from the Minas Gerais axis the band itself has two years of existence and until almost now they only released two singles on YouTube. Pretty rad, right? But this…
Okyr – Premorbid Intelligence
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Self-Produced Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Erich Okyr is a new progressive metal band from Brazil that has just released their debut album PREMORBID INTELLIGENCE. The band name is a word from the Kaingang indigenous people from Brazil, and it means “The Sound of History.” Thus, Okyr…
HIBRIA-Blinded In Tokyo-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Four (April 4, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2012, Cleopatra Records Rating: 3.5/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three…
The singer and bassist, Fernanda Lira, quits Nervosa
Goodbye, NERVOUS! Everything has a beginning and an end, life is made of beginning and the end, it is the natural cycle of things. Some of these endings are pretty challenging and that’s definitely the hardest of my life – the hardest decision of my life. I thought I would…
Sinaya – Maze Of Madness
Reviewed: July 2018 Released: August 10th, 2018 / Brutal Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Coming soon is the long awaited debut full-length by the all-female Brazilian death metal outfit Sinaya. The band formed in 2013 and quickly released a four track EP that was received very well…
Expulser – The Unholy One
Reviewed : May, 2018 Released: 2018, Greyhaze Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Cook Expulser, The Unholy One was originally released way back in 1992. Hailing from Brazil, these guys bring us a gritty, no holds barred style of Blackened Death Metal that is as relevant today as it was the…
Kamala – Eyes Of Creation
Reviewed: April 2018 Released: 2018, Indie Rating 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP It is always a nice feeling when a band from half-way around the planet takes the time to send you a personal note and asks you to check out their music. I know that self-promotion, is part of the job…
Shadowside – Singer Dani Nolden and guitarist Raphael Mattos
Singer Dani Nolden and guitarist Raphael Mattos Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Sérgio Dias Assessoria at Furia Music Produções for setting up the interview. Thanks to Furia Music Produções for the promo pictures of the band. Promo pictures taken by: Bryan Burch Additional live pictures taken by: Cristiano Albano…
Vandroya – Vocalist Daisa Munhoz and Drummer Otávio Nunez
Vocalist Daisa Munhoz and drummer Otávio Nunez – Vandroya Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Emil Westerdahl at Inner Wound Recordings for setting up the interview. Thanks to Inner Wound Recordings for the promo pictures of the band. BEYOND THE HUMAN MIND is the name of the second album from…
SoulSpell – bandleader/main composer and drummer Heleno Vale
SoulSpell Band leader/main composer and drummer Heleno Vale Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Cátia Cunha at Against PR for the help. Thanks to Soulpell for the promo pictures of the band. SoulSpell is back on the attack with their fourth amazing studio album titled ACT IV – THE SECOND…
Sepultura – Helsinki Finland
SEPULTURA Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland 10.11.2015 Review and pictures by Petri da Costa
CONFRONTO – Felipe Chehuan
Brazil is home to many amazing bands, whether you are into death or thrash or punk or hardcore or power metal, a fan will always find something interesting coming from Brazil. One great example from this influential scene, is the band Confronto from Rio de Janeiro. Taking influences from…
Music Diablo РGuitarists Andr̩ NM
Music Diablo – Guitarists André NM Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Jan Rosenberg at CMM Marketing for setting up the interview. Thanks to Tommy Morriello at Crash Bang Management for all the help. Thanks to CMM Marketing for providing promo pictures of the band. The…
THE ORDHER – Fabiano Penna
The Ordher could be classied as new, but old band hailing from Brazil. The band’s line-up consists of the recognizable Brazilian extreme metal veterans from other, now defunct, bands such as Rebaellium and Nephasth. The Ordher basically follows the paved path of the extreme death metal with the utter brutal…