Reviewed: January 2022 Released: 2021, Metal Blade Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Where Everything Begun, better known in the black metal world as WEB have returned with their fifth studio release, Colosseum. As someone who has a keen affinity for the Greek black metal scene, I find this band…
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BOTTOMLESS – Interview with Giorgio Trombino
BOTTOMLESS 30th July 2021 Interview by Kat Knite Italian doom metal trio BOTTOMLESS are back with a stunning new self-titled record, out now via Spikerot Records. We got a chance to catch up with lead singer & guitarist Giorgio Trombino and learn all about the process and inspiration behind the new release, as well…
Bottomless – Bottomless
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Spikerot Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Italian doom metal trio Bottomless are a sweltering and hazy heat wave rolling over a mysterious desert of sound with their brand new self-titled release, unleashed in 2021 to set fire to your senses and stir your mind with feverish…
Malum – Devil’s Creation
Reviewed: June 2021 Released: 2021, Purity Through Fire Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Malum, representing their native Finland since 2013 in the world of satanic black metal, have returned with their fourth studio album, Devil’s Creation. An aptly named release, given that it sounds like nothing more than an echo…
Bhleg – Odhin
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2021, Nordvis Produktion Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Like all other metal genres, black metal is in a constant state of change, with its numerous subgenres emerging and rising in popularity across the global fandom. With atmospherics and the raw sound marking some of the biggest…
Velkhanos – The Wrath
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Art Gates Records Rating: 4.0/5.0 Reviewer: Kat Knite Velkhanos are a five piece band that combine melodic death metal and black metal to perfectly blend the brutality of an extreme genre with the emotion and passion of heavy metal. They formed in 2018 in Spain, and have released…
Hyems – Anatomie des Scheiterns
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Black Sunset/MDD Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis “Anotamie des Schieterns” is the third full-length studio album by Germany’s black metal force, Hyems, who hail from the North Rhine area. Whilst I am not a fluent German speaker, I do know the album deals with…
Re-Armed – Ignis Aeternum
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Black Lion Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Finnish melodic death metal band RE-ARMED strike again with their fourth full length album, ‘Ignis Aeternum’. Together since 2001, the band has undergone several lineup changes and released three previous albums in their two-decade long journey.…
EUROPE New Video, “Walk The Earth,” Performed By Joey Tempest & Mic Michaeli — All Proceeds From Streaming Go To Medecins Sans Frontieres To Help Fight Coronavirus COVID-19
Dear Friends, In these times of hardship for all of us, We would like to present to you a video of the title track from the last Europe album, WALK THE EARTH, recorded acoustically at home with all proceeds generated from views and sharing to be given to a charity…
Mayhem – Daemon
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Century Media Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Mayhem, the most notorious band in black metal and, allegedly, the most notorious band in all Scandinavia. A band with a history tarnished with murder, suicide and arson – all of which I will not go into…
HAMMERFALL announce WORLD DOMINION 2020 Europe tour dates (and 2019 North American dates)
On the topic of the upcoming tour frontman Joacim Cans elaborates: “‘Good is not good enough, it has to be great’ also applies on the upcoming European tour. Not only are we bringing one of the most promising new metal bands, Battle Beast, as special guest, we also have support…
Melodic Rockfest Scandinavia 2018 at Slagthuset Malmo, Sweden
Melodic Rockfest Scandinavia 2018 Slagthuset Malmo, Sweden 31/5-2/6 – 2018 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall The first edition of the Swedish festival, Melodic Rockfest, announced the first bands to perform at the middle of October last year in the radio show Steve Price Rock Show and as the…
Tuska 2018 – Suvilahti Helsinki Finland
ARTICLE BY FINNISH METAL-RULES.COM TREAM Here we go again! The traditional Tuska weekend with several great bands. The line-up for this year was quite diverse covering a wide range of metal and hard rock. Europe seemed to entertain the older hard rock generation, whereas Parkway Drive made the younger generation go…
EUROPE – Joey Tempest discusses “Walk the Earth”, the 30’th Anniversary of “Out of This World” album and the future plans of Europe
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ AND MICKI CURTI LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ Europe, the Swedish hard rock band, formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979. The group got a breakthrough in Sweden in 1982 by winning the Swedish Rock Championships. The line-up of Joey Tempest, John Norum, John Leven, Mic Michael,…
Fates Warning – Live Over Europe
Reviewed: July, 2018 Released: 2018, Inside Out Music Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich From 2004 to 2013 we heard very little from Fates Warning. The last five years though have resulted in a brilliant burst of activity, including two well-received studio albums and two outstanding live albums. LIVE OVER EUROPE is…