Reviewed: June, 2021 Released: May 21, 2021, Ripple Music Rating: 4.5/5.0 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Wytch is a band that features Matte Marklund (Vintersorg, Otyg), Simon Lundström (Vintersorg), Johanna Lundberg, (Vintersorg), and Fredrik Nilsson (Otyg). So what we have hear is the next great thing in folk metal? Think again!…
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Satlan Interview
Interview with Vocalist Soozi Chameleone Interview by Jo Blackened Photography by Altercarnated Photography Bands Social Media sites: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
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…
Obsolete Theory – Dawnfall
Reviewed: [May 2021] Released [2021 My Kingdom Music] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson There are dynamics aplenty in the epic bluster of Italy’s Obsolete Theory. The band go from zero to 60 and back again as they trudge and sprint through stretches of doom/Goth metal punctuated by fits of death…
Miasma Theory – Miasma Theory
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Shadowlit Music Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Miasma Theory is the self-titled debut album of a Florida-based quintet, each with their own existing resume in heavy metal (including Zachary Randall and Leona from epic doomsters Northern Crown). It’s a nicely vintage affair, though in an…
Interview with Shamael
Interview with Shamael Interview by Kira Levine Shamael online: Facebook Bandcamp Hello! Thanks for your time, hope that you are keeping safe and well. Please introduce yourself. Thank you for the invitation. I’m Raffaele Galasso and I work in several music projects: Shamael, Gardenjia, Nightcrush, Luxaeterna. When did you…
Clouds – Doliu (Reissue)
Clouds – Doliu (Reissue) Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Personal Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Sometimes you need a second chance to make a first impression. Originally released independently in 2014, DOLIU was the debut album from the multi-national doom conglomerate known as Clouds (Tiamat reference?). Though the band…
Paradise Lost – Gothic Live at Roadburn 2016
Paradise Lost – Gothic Live at Roadburn 2016 Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Bandcamp Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz I’m going to date myself here, but bear with me. 30 years ago, I walked into Murmur Records in College Park, FL and purchased LOST PARADISE and GOTHIC on cassette tape…
Vokonis – Odyssey
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, The Sign Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter There’s somewhat of an expectation with modern progressive metal music that it needs to sound somewhat introspective. Whether that is in harder, heavier subgenres such as death metal, or lighter examples, there’s a certain level of brood that…
Mourners – Act I: Tragedies
Mourners – Act I: Tragedies Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2020, Personal Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz At its best, funeral doom can be a wholly transformative and emotional experience. There’s really something beautiful about creating an environment of overwhelming sadness whose misery is prolonged through minimalist structure and intentional…
Jurassic Witch – Black Masses and Ashes
Jurassic Witch – Black Masses and Ashes Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Bandcamp Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Fact – Stoners love dinosaurs. And while there’s no definitive evidence to prove that dinosaurs loved stoners, there’s also not any evidence to say that they didn’t… So ponder that while you…
Grief Collector – En Delirium
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes One of the most striking things about Grief Collector and their debut full-length En Delirium is that the vocals will sound immediately familiar to fellow doom aficionados, as it’s none other than Robert Lowe, mournful maestro and former frontman…
Byron – The Omega Evangelion
Reviewed: April, 2021 Released: March 26, 2021, The Goatmancer Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Byron is an eclectic mix of doom, rock, traditional metal and occult rock that makes for quite an interesting sound. This band was started as a one man project by ex Church of Void…
Metal-Rules Exclusive: Finnish Heavy/Doom band BYRON (feat. former members of CHURCH OF VOID, HORNA and BATTLELORE) Premier Debut Album THE OMEGA EVANGELION
“I’m proud and privileged to present BYRON’S debut album THE OMEGA EVANGELION as an exclusive premiere for the respectful audience of metal-rules.com, out March 26, 2021! THE OMEGA EVANGELION serves an eclectic mix of melodic metal, occult rock, stoner and some darker sides of doom as a theme album of…
Interview with Plague Weaver
Plague Weaver – Interview with J.C. (vocals) & R.M. (guitars/keyboards) Interview By: Beandog Websites: Bandcamp / Facebook Excited by Plague Weaver’s latest collection of blackened doom metal riffs, Metal Rules were pleased to make contact with the band and talk to them about how Ascendant Blasphemy came together. Metal Rules:…