Reviewed: [March 2021] Released [2021 The Artisan Era] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson While “technical black metal” is often used to describe more esoteric, sometimes impenetrable acts like Deathspell Omega, Imperial Triumphant, Krallice or even Batushka, Switzerland’s Stortregn would certain fit the general tag while offering something with genuine teeth.…
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Morrigu – In Turbulence
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, Ghost Sound Media Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Returning with their fourth full-length In Turbulence, Morrigu are a Swiss metal band founded in 1999 by Mirko and Severin Bunder (ex-Eluveitie). Starting out as a doom/death metal outfit, they have forged a more melodic and progressive…
Sinistral King – Serpent Uncoiling
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Vendetta Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine What do you get when the members of the bands Unlight, Triumph Of Death and Vredehammer (from Germany, Switzerland and Norway respectively) collaborate? A mix of pulverising death vocals, shattering black metal screams and otherworldly chorals that perfectly…
Nile + Hate Eternal + Vitriol + Omophagia @ The Dome
Nile + Hate Eternal + Vitriol + Omophagia @ The Dome 26 September 2019 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Manu Volpina
Stortregn – Evocation Of Light
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019, Non Serviam Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog It’s been almost ten years since Stortregn released their debut album, Devoured By Oblivion. In the years that followed, the Swiss black metal band have maintained a steady course of live shows and regular album releases – one…
Interview with Michael Locher a.k.a. Vorphalack of SAMAEL
Interview with Michael Locher a.k.a. Vorphalack of SAMAEL Tuesday 14th May 2019 @ The Underworld Camden, London UK Interview by Dimitris Karagkounis Photography by Sabrina Selkis
Stortregn – Emptiness Fills The Void
Reviewed: June, 2018 Released: 2018, Non Serviam Records Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Though this Swiss quintet has been around for the better part of a decade, and have already issued three albums and an EP, they’ve pretty much flown under my radar screen, other than seeing their…
Dark Fortress @ The Underworld, Camden
Dark Fortress @ The Underworld, Camden 20th October, 2014 Review by Caitlin Smith
Lunatica singer Andrea Dätwyler
Here is an update on what’s going on in the Swiss act Lunatica camp. The band have recently released their third album THE EDGE OF INFINITY and I hooked up with the lead singer Andrea Dätwyler with the mission to talk about the bands new album, their future and…
KROKUS- guitarist Fernando von Arb interview (2003)
Interview and live pictures by Marko Syrjala This interview comes out a little bit late, but it’s still up to date because the band releases a brand new double live album and DVD called “Fire and Gasoline” at the beginning of next year. I managed to catch legendary guitarist and…