Reviewed: January 2022 Released: 2021, Napalm Record Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Adam “Nergal” Darski has done many notable things in his life. Creating Poland’s most popular metal band and becoming something of a national celebrity are two big things, but now he has ventured into the realms of blues,…
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Visions From Beyond – Drawing Down The Darkness
Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, Dry Cough Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Neil Langton Following hot on the heels of the well received release of debut cassette ‘Eternally Bound, Whipped By Time’, Visions From Beyond have delved into the ancient cosmic abyss once again to bring you the harrowing new EP,…
Seven Sisters-Shadow Of A Fallen Star-Part 1
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, Dissonance Rating: 3.5 /5 Reviewer: JP Dissonance Records started five or six years ago as primarily a label that licensed and reissued Metal albums with a primary focus on England. I think they realized that you can’t completely live on past glories for ever so…
Batushka + Belphegor + Diabolical + Almost Dead + Warhammer @ 229 The Venue, London
Batushka + Belphegor + Diabolical + Almost Dead + Warhammer @ 229 The Venue, London 16th November 2021 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Miguel de Melo
Winterfylleth + Fen + Dread Sovereign @ The Boston Music Rooms, London
Winterfylleth + Fen + Dread Sovereign @ The Boston Music Rooms, London 23rd October 2021 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Dovalde Gaidelionyte www.instagram.com/dova_photography/
Carcass – Torn Arteries
Reviewed: November 2021 Released: 2021, Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Carcass are back, and it seems their seventh studio outing Torn Arteries is an improvement on several levels as it is, in my opinion, a far better blast of veteran UKDM than Surgical Steel was back in…
Age of the Wolf/Tel (Split) – Vigils
Reviewed: November 2021 Released: 2021, Electric Talon Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite From a pair of distant countries comes a beautiful doom marriage of two equally melancholic, heavy groups – Costa Rica’s Age of the Wolf and Tel from the United States. While the former lay an intriguingly intense, sludgy…
Warfare-The Songbook Of Filth
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 2021, Cherry Red/ HNE Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Cherry Red/Hear No Evil Records have been specializing in reissues for quite some time. Some are better than others, dependent largely on the amount of new or unreleased material available in the reissue. The new Warfare compilation THE…
Craven Idol – Forked Tongues
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Dark Descent Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Craven Idol, stalwarts of the old school blackened thrash sound have returned with their third full-length album, Forked Tongues. As the name might suggest this is another beautifully satanic tome of pure evil put to music, however…
Interview with Oldskull
Interview with Warranat (vocals) Interview by Demitri Levantis Social Media: inhumanassault.bandcamp.com/album/nether-hollow-of-no-return www.facebook.com/oldskullofdeath www.youtube.com/channel/UC69DyS_3rvrPvRvSiToIUIA Following the release of their debut album “Nether Hollow of No Return”, Metal Rules caught up with Thailand’s death metal collective Oldskull to talk about what the band have put into the new release and have in…
Satlan Interview
Interview with Vocalist Soozi Chameleone Interview by Jo Blackened Photography by Altercarnated Photography Bands Social Media sites: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
Bron – Pred Dverima Noci
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Nordvis Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Scotland, New Zealand and Serbia are three very different nations all with very deep and enriched attractions and mystical qualities. It is no surprise that said qualities and mythologies, and the natural beauties of these lands would inspire black…
Bhleg – Odhin
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2021, Nordvis Produktion Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Like all other metal genres, black metal is in a constant state of change, with its numerous subgenres emerging and rising in popularity across the global fandom. With atmospherics and the raw sound marking some of the biggest…
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.
My Dying Bride – Macabre Cabaret
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: November, 2020 Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Theron Moore Eight months after dropping the epic and lumbering, “The Ghost of Orion,” UK doom and gloomers My Dying Bride have returned with new music, a four track EP “Macabre Cabaret.” The title track, also the first tune…