Reviewed: January 1, 2022 Released: December 28, 2021 Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead So 2021 has been an incredible year for metal. There have been huge releases, killer debuts and now a last minute twist in the 2021 round up. I reviewed the debut full length by multi talented…
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PRIMALFROST Announce December 28 Release Date For The Long Awaited Album, Lost Elegies
PRIMALFROST reveal the official release date, album artwork, and track listing of their latest opus! Lost Elegies will be released December 28, 2021. The album will be released digitally on all available platforms, and will of course be available on Bandcamp for those who wish to purchase/donate to help support…
Akiavel – Vae Victis
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis “Vae Victis”, from Latin for “woe to the vanquished”, is one memorable album title, suitable for any band who deal with themes of loss and anguish, which is certainly the case for France’s melo-death outfit Akiavel, who return with…
Arcane Existence – Colossus
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Starting out as Kiera Pietrangelo’s solo project in 2016, before expanding into a full band the following year, Arcane Existence are a California-based symphonic black/death metal quintet. Their name describes the band’s aesthetic and lyrics that explore themes such…
Stormtide – A Throne of Hollow Fire
Reviewed: March, 2021 Released: 2021, Metal Hell Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith There is a lot of symphonic death metal around these days, and I mean a lot. In fact if you Google exactly that you get a hit with a page of ‘Top symphonic death metal artists’ which…
Seraph In Travail – A Black Death Incense
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis The world of symphonic death metal is one that I’ve noticed emerging from obscurity into a wider audience over the past few years, particularly with Fleshgod Apocalypse leading the way. Combining decent death metal extremities with the kind of…
Genus Ordinis Dei – Glare of Deliverance
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, Eclipse Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Hailing from Crema, Lombardy (Italy), Genus Ordinis Dei are a symphonic death outfit who will unleash their third album, Glare Of Deliverance, on the 4th of December. They are signed to Eclipse Records. The ten tracks act as…
Interview with Genus Ordinis Dei
Interview with Genus Ordinis Dei Tommy Monticelli – guitars, orchestrations Interview by Kira Levine GenusOrdinisDei.com | Big Cartel | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Hello! Thank you for your time, hope that you’re keeping safe and well. Please state your name and position in Genus Ordinis Dei. Hi Kira, I’m Tommy…
MTV Headbangers Ball 2019 (Kataklysm + Whitechapel + Fleshgod Apocalypse + Dyscarnate) @ The Electric Ballroom, London
MTV Headbangers Ball 2019 (Kataklysm + Whitechapel + Fleshgod Apocalypse + Dyscarnate) The Electric Ballroom, London 5th December 2019 Review by Kira Levine Photography by Manu Volpina The Electric Ballroom hosted MTV Headbangers Ball 2019 on the first Thursday in November in Camden, and featured four bands. First up were…
Italy’s symphonic death metal horde, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, return to Australia October/November 2019
Over a clutch of consistent, ever more intricate and dissonant recordings, this Roman outfit has impacted the global metal scene profoundly with its sculpted compositions and unrelenting attack, heard first on 2009’s Oracles. In 2019 they emerge with the new album “Veleno” (Italian for venom), continuing further their unequalled blend…
Eleine – Until The End
Review Date: March, 2018 Released: 2018, Black Lodge Records Rating: 2.5/5 Review by: Pete Mutant Eleine have returned with their sophomore full length release ‘Until The End’, 11 more tracks of Swedish symphonic death pop which provides plenty of thrills, chills and maybe a few spills but there’s plenty on…
Fleshgod Apocalypse + Carach Angren + Nightland @ The Underworld Camden, London
Fleshgod Apocalypse + Carach Angren + Nightland @ The Underworld Camden, London January 19, 2017 Review by Torbjørn ‘Toby’ Jørstad
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Interview with Tommaso Riccardi
Fleshgod Apocalypse Interview with Tommaso Riccardi January 19, 2017 – The Underworld, London Interview by Torbjørn ‘Toby’ Jørstad
Kataklysm @ The Underworld, London
Aborted/Septicflesh/Kataklysm @ The Underworld, London February 20th, 2016 Review by Ann Sulaiman A sold-out show awaited Saturday night in Camden’s esteemed concert venue, The Underworld. While London was the second to last date of Canadians Kataklysm’s massive European tour with Septicflesh and Aborted in tow, it was all the…