This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Trident – North October 2nd, 2020 – Non…
PRESTIGE
Finnish thrashers Prestige inks deal with Massacre Rec
The Finnish thrash metallers PRESTIGE, feat vocalist/bassist Aku Kytölä, guitarists Jan “Örkki” Yrlund(Imperia, Satyrian, ex-Ancient Rites and ex-Lacrimosa) & Ari Karppinen and drummer Matti “Matson” Johansson (ex- Korpiklaani ), will release a new digital single entitled “Exit” on the 15th of December. The single can be pre-ordered and -saved from…
Jan “Örkki” Yrlund – Artist and (ex- and current) member of Imperia, Ancient Rites, Lacrimosa, Prestige, Satyrian etc.
INTERVIEW WITH JAN “ÖRKKI” YRLUND Interview by Arto Lehtinen The name of this artist may not ring any bells to most readers. Instead, his artworks are more than well-known as several bands such as Battle Beast, Korpiklaani, Tyr, and even Manowar (among others) have used his art on covers of…
Jalometalli Festival – Oulu, Finland – August 15th & 16th 2008
The 15th -16th of August 2008 Oulu Teatria Finland Review and pictures by Arto Lehtinen, Niko Karppinen and Luxi Lahtinen Finland is definitely one hell of a paradise for metalheads as there are five to six metal festivals arranged all around Finland during the summer time. One of those metal…