Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2021, Pagan Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Founded by two ex-members of Rotting Christ in 2019 (with Jim Mutilator being an original member), Yoth Iria are a black metal band hailing from Athens, Greece. After releasing three-track EP Under His Sway less than a year…
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Interview with Jaded Star
Interview with Maxi Nil (Singer/songwriter) Interview by Demitri Levantis Follow the band: www.facebook.com/jadedstarofficial www.instagram.com/jadedstarofficial/ jadedstar.bandcamp.com/ With the release of their second album “Realign” on the horizon, I caught up with Greek melodic metal group, Jaded Star to discuss what the band has been up to this year.
Jaded Star – Realign
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, Noble Demon Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Realign is the second album from Greek melodic metal act Jaded Star. Melody is certainly the way to describe these Greeks as they don’t seem to employ anything with a particularly extreme or hefty punch in their output.…
Black Fate – Guitarist Gus Drax
Guitarist Gus Drax – Black Fate Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. Black Fate is a Greek act which is set to unveil their fifth album, ITHACA, at the end…
Oria – Sublimation(s)
Reviewed: [October 2020] Released [2020 Self-released] Rating [2.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson If you’ve been jonesing for a new Gojira album since the band dropped its first new music in four years with the standalone single “Another World” – and its awesome yet ultimately depressing animated video – two months ago,…
Acid Death-Primal Energies
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019, 7hard Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Helias After completing a two-decade of existence as a band (there was a 10-year hiatus meanwhile), Acid Death are back with its new 6th deadly strike, PRIMAL ENERGIES This Greek death metal act is among those bands that work really hard,…
Diviner – bandleader/singer Yiannis Papanikolaou
Bandleader/singer Yiannis Papanikolaou – Diviner Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Emil Westerdahl at Ulterium Records for setting up the interview Thanks to Ulterium Records for the promo pictures of the band Diviner, the Greek heavy metal act, has a new album REALMS OF TIME that was recently released. It…
SiXforNinE – Parallel Universe
Reviewed: August 2019 Released: 2019 – Eclipse Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog Those coming to SiXforNinE via the news that they are fronted by the former sticksman of Greek gothic metal band Septicflesh should adjust their expectations accordingly. For this release, Fotis Benardo has stepped out from behind the drum…
Patterson, Dayal & Tolis, Sakis – Non Serviam:The Official Story of Rotting Christ (Book review)
Authors: Patterson, Dayal & Tolis, Sakis Title: Non Serviam-The Official Story Of Rotting Christ Publishers: Cult Never Dies Released: 2018 Reviewed: Feb 2019 Rating: 4.5/5 The market for books about Black Metal bands continues to grow rapidly. There have been books by (or about) Moonspell, Behemoth, Mayhem, Cradle Of Filth,…
Patterson, Dayal and Tolis, Sakis – NON SERVIAM: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF ROTTING CHRIST (Book Review)
NON SERVIAM: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF ROTTING CHRIST (Book Review) REVIEWED: February 2019 RELEASED: November 2018, Cult Never Dies RATING: 4.5 / 5 REVIEWER: Lord of the Wasteland It wasn’t until I started reading NON SERVIAM: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF ROTTING CHRIST that I became aware of just how influential…
Dimlight – Kingdom of Horrors
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2018, Self Released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis With bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse touring the world with their epic fusions of symphonic metal with the extreme putrefaction of death metal, it’s inevitable similar bands would spring up all over the world, and it’s now time for the…
Serpent Lord – Towards The Damned
Reviewed: November 2018 Released: 2018, Alcyone Records Rating: 2.5 / 5 Reviewer: Lisa Nash A very recent creation, Serpent Lord formed in January 2016 and this is their debut album, which might explain why they seem to still be trying to find their sound and style, and this seems…
The Psalm – I
Reviewed: September 2018 Released: 2017, Repulsive Echo Rating: 3 out of 5 Reviewer: InfamousButcher EP’s just fit well with death metal. I can think of a shitload of killer EPs by various death metal bands, and sometimes they even contain a band’s best work. The Psalm is a 3 piece…
Bloodstock 2018 @ Catton Hall
Bloodstock 2018 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Billy Edmunds Britain’s biggest and most prominent Metal festival, Bloodstock Open Air opened its doors to thousands upon thousands of metalheads this weekend. Having expanded in size and playing host to several new campsites to showcase its rise in popularity. Last year…
Sense Of Fear – guitarist / band leader Ioannis Kikis
Guitarist / band leader Ioannis Kikis – Sense Of Fear Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Promotion for setting up the interview Thanks to Rockshots Promotion for the promo pictures of the band. Sense Of Fear is a Greek thrash/heavy metal act that recently released their debut album,…