Reviewed: January 2022 Released: 2021, Century Media Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter As one of the genre’s most celebrated figureheads, Finland’s SWALLOW THE SUN needs absolutely no introduction and continues to carry the torch for those of a death/doom persuasion. They may be over twenty years into their existence as…
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Lordi-Lordiversity (Superflytrap)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 2.5 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Lordi-Lordiversity (Abracadaver)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 3.5 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Lordi-Lordiversity (The Masterbeast From The Moon)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 2.5 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Lordi-Lordiversity (Abusement Park)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 4.5 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Solacide – Fall From Eternity
Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, Saturnal Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Finnish black metallers Solacide, (formerly known as Dim Moonlight) have returned with their second album, Fall From Eternity. Active since 2004, this is their first release in five years. It comes after their debut The Finish Line, with…
Lordi-Lordiversity (Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 3.5 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Lordi-Lordiversity (Humanimals)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Lordi-Lordiversity (Skelectric Dinosaur)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, AFM Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: JP This is one of the most ambitious review series I’ve ever done. Back in early 2020, Lordi released a very interesting album called KILLECTION. The concept behind this was that the band decided to do a mock compilation…
Amorphis Release First Single From Upcoming Album HALO This Friday
From the Amorphis Facebook Page…. “Rumor has it we’re dropping the first single of our upcoming album HALO this Friday…” Halo will be released February 22, 2022 on Atomic Fire Records. Track listing is…. 01. Northwards 02. On The Dark Waters 03. The Moon 04. Windmane 05. A New Land…
Olio Tähtien Takana – Spectral Katharsis
Reviewed: November 2021 Released: 2021, Avantgarde Music Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Olio Tähtien Takana, Finnish for ‘A Creature Beyond the Stars’ is the symphonic black metal brainchild of multi-instrumentalist v-KhaoZ. He is a member of bands such as Vargrav and Druadan Forest. After a collaboration with the vocalist Hellwind…
Finland’s Pagan Metal Masters Havukruunu Announce EP, Kuu Erkylän Yllä, along With Title Track Single
“Kuu Erkylän Yllä” EP announcement & single! Release page: naturmacht.com/np139-havukruunu-kuu-erkylan-ylla/ Single: naturmachtproductions.bandcamp.com/…/kuu-erkyl… Youtube: youtu.be/2LJ-QkHtt-c Merch Release: 29.10.21 | Merch Preorder & Digital Release: 08.10.21 Merch: CD in Jewelcase with booklet, first press 1000 copies Pro Tape in black case with 4-panel J-card, first press 100 copies Shirt, Gildan Ultrac…
Saturnian Mist – Shamatanic
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Occult black metal might be a cliché for the Finnish scene, or indeed any scene in the black metal world, but when you get a band who have taken all the best elements of the most obscure and intriguing…
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…
Isoaho, Timo-Nightwish:We Were Here (Book Review)
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2018, Deggael Communications Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP I’m on a bit of a Nightwish kick lately and have bought and read two books on the band; Marco Hietala’s autobiography, STAINLESS? and this one. Please feel free to enjoy both. There are many, many ways to structure…