Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Inverse Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I believe that many people have the perception that all extreme Metal musicians are humourless and misanthropic, based on the music they make, and often the image they portray. However, I feel that many extreme Metal musicians are musicians…
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Convocation – Ashes Coalesce
Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2020, Everlasting Spew Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Seasoned musicians Lauri Laaksonen and Marko Neuman joined forces to create death/doom outfit Convocation. They are set to release their sophomore record Ashes Coalesce on July 3rd, following up 2018’s Scars Across. The band states: “The second…
Jessica Wolf
Jessica Wolf Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Birgitt Schwanke at GerMusica PR for setting up the interview. Thanks to Metalapolis Records for the promo pictures of the band. Jessica Wolf is the kung fu practicing actress/stuntwoman that took up music and singing and released her debut album RENEGADE back…
Soulgrind-The Origins Of The Paganblood-The Covideo Chronicles-Day 46 (May 16th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2005, Holy Records Rating: 4/5 (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 seemingly…
NIGHTWISH-Vehicle Of Spirit The Covideo Chronicles-Day 21 (April 21st, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2017 Rating: 4/5 (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 seemingly dissimilar and…
Children Of Bodom-Blooddrunk The Covideo Chronicles-Day 45 (May 15th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2008 Rating: 2/5 (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 seemingly dissimilar and…
CHILDREN OF BODOM-Holiday at Lake Bodom-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Five (April 5th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2012, Spinefarm Rating: 2.5/5 (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 seemingly dissimilar…
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.…
SONATA ARCTICA-Live In Finland-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Twenty (April 20th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2011 Rating: 4.5/5 (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 seemingly dissimilar and…
Korgonthurus – Kuolleestasyntynyt
Reviewed: [May 2020] Released [2020 Woodcut Records] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Since no one can fucking go anywhere these days, I had big plans to take an audio trip around the world this month and explore the most “foreign” promos that had turned up of late – bands from…
Lordi – Killection
Reviewed: March 2020 Released: 2019, AFM Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter You know LORDI, right? Finland’s monstrous masked metallers and winners of Eurovision in 2006? The band may not quite have the collective mainstream’s consciousness to the extent that it did back when they shocked Europe’s annual musical cheese-fest,…
Insomnium – Interview with Markus Vanhala
Insomnium – Interview with Markus Vanhala @ The Islington Assembly Hall, London 19th January 2020 Interview by Demitri Levantis Please follow and like us:
Blow Up V Festival – Helsinki Finland
Even though the summer festival is over, the autumn festival season has started. One of the most remarkable indoor festivals in Finland is absolutely BlowUp. The festival has gained more and more success and the name has been spread out. Frankly, the whole three-day festival is an amazing experience.…
Nightwish – End Of An Era (DVD review)
Nightwish – End Of An Era (DVD review) Reviewed: October, 2019 Released: 2006, Nuclear Blast Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP As of the time that I’m writing this review, former Nightwish singer, Tarja Turunen’s is about to release her solo album called IN THE RAW. In my quest to review every Metal…
SteelChaos Fest @ Nosturi, Finland – Full Line-up
SteelChaos 2019 Announces Full Line-up 8th to 11th of November 2019 at Nosturi, Finland As a smaller edition of Steelfest, the infamous Finnish Metal Festival, SteelChaos gets announced for November 2019. As always a very special line-up including some exclusive sets. Mgla as the first day headliner will be performing…