Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2020, Clobber Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Metal is a forever evolving phenomenon, and that is not done just by bands taking the old sound and adding new things, but also by the kids who keep the old school alive. By that, I am referring…
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Hoffin, Kevin- Trve: The Norwegian Black Metal Scene (Book Review)
Reviewed: July, 2020 Published: 2020, Independent Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP When is a book really a book? To elaborate on my question, what is the difference between an essay and a short book? I suppose it really doesn’t matter but this review is about a new piece of writing ‘TRVE”:…
Interview with Biff Byford of Saxon
Interview with Biff Byford of Saxon by Robert Cavuoto Biff Byford on His Solo CD School of Hard Knocks– If Something Inspires Me To Write, I’ll Write To It! Saxon was one of the purveyors of the “New Wave of British Heavy Metal” movement in the 80s. Not many bands…
Hyems – Anatomie des Scheiterns
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Black Sunset/MDD Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis “Anotamie des Schieterns” is the third full-length studio album by Germany’s black metal force, Hyems, who hail from the North Rhine area. Whilst I am not a fluent German speaker, I do know the album deals with…
Old Corpse Road – On Ghastly Shores lays the Wreckage of our Lore
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Trollzorn Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis British black metal institution Old Corpse Road have unleashed their third studio album, “On Ghastly Shores lays the Wreckage of our Lore,” which, as the title suggests, has a theme of coastal folklore and legends. OCR are not a…
Sylosis – Cycle Of Suffering
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 7th February 2020, Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Shirley England’s own Sylosis have returned from their hiatus and good grief, thank god for that. From first seeing and hearing them in the early 2000’s, they have gone from strength to strength and it seems like…
Vader + Defiled + Chronosphere @ The Underworld
Vader + Defiled + Chronosphere @ The Underworld 09 March 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Miguel de Melo Please follow and like us:
Insomnium – Interview with Markus Vanhala
Insomnium – Interview with Markus Vanhala @ The Islington Assembly Hall, London 19th January 2020 Interview by Demitri Levantis Please follow and like us:
Girl – Wasted Youth (Box-set)
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2020, Cherry Red / HNE Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP These Cherry Red/Hear No Evil Box sets keep coming fast n’ furious and I for one am so glad! The first one for 2020 is a re-visitation and exploration of the band Girl. Any Hard Rocker…
Dimmu Borgir + Amorphis + Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Kentish Town Forum, London
Dimmu Borgir + Amorphis + Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Kentish Town Forum, London 22 January 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Graham Hilling Please follow and like us:
GWAR + Voivod + Childrain @ O2 Islington Academy, London
GWAR + Voivod + Childrain O2 Islington Academy 4th December 2019 Review By: Beandog Photos By: Inty Malcolm It’s been almost a decade since GWAR made an appearance on UK turf. In that time the band have released three albums (The Bloody Pit Of Horror, Battle Maximus and The Blood…
Moonspell + Rotting Christ + Silver Dust @ Islington Assembly Hall
Moonspell + Rotting Christ + Silver Dust @ Islington Assembly Hall 29 October 2019 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Manu Volpina Please follow and like us:
Acid Reign – The Age of Entitlement
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019, Dissonance Productions Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes With Acid Reign, we have another addition to the likes of Hell and Pagan Altar: a metal band from the 80s that broke up in fairly short order, but has now reformed to put out fresh material in…
Necronautical – Apotheosis
Reviewed: September 2019 Released: 2019, Candlelight Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter Having covered quite so many black metal albums down the years, there is a certain level of trepidation that purveys when another one drops onto the desk. “Oh, boy, another one… Wonder whether this one will be yet…
Eradikator – Obscura
Reviewed: August, 2019 Released: 2019, Divebomb Records Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Jesse Edwards The first thing to raise an eyebrow was, unsurprisingly, that front cover… the longer you look at it, the more hideous it becomes! God-awful artwork aside, I was impressed by the classy production and musicianship contained within; and…