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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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
Crystal Coffin – The Starway Eternal
Reviewed: November 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Canada, a country that has given the world a fair share of great bands, like Woods of Ypres and Wormwitch to name a couple. Though it seems another group from Vancouver are on their way to the head table…
Sunless – Urraca
Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2017, Willowtip Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite American death-metal band Sunless have made significant impact in recent years with their unique and outside-the-box take on the genre, melting groove and chaos together in their bottomless cauldron of creation. Honouring legendary bands like Gorguts and Gojira, they write music…
Sunless – Ylem
Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Willowtip Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Back and even bigger than before, Sunless are breaking soundwaves again with the much awaited release of Ylem, part 2 of a dissonant and terrifying experimental death-metal trilogy. On October 29th, we’ll be lucky to witness the evolution of…
Interview with Rat King
Interview with Kyle Wilcher Interview by Kat Knite Evansville, Indiana natives Rat King have just released their new full-length doom metal album, ‘Omen’. We got a chance to catch up with drummer/lead vocalist Kyle Wilcher and talk about the music, future plans, and more! Check out the interview down below…
Interview with Unendlich
Interview with Michael Connors (vocalist, guitarist, songwriter) Interview by Kira Levine Hi, hope that you are keeping safe and well. Please state your name and position in Unendlich for our readers. Hi Kira, this is Mike from Unendlich, I am the vocalist/guitarist/songwriter. You are now a multi-instrumentalist, but what did…
Rat King – Omen
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 2.5/5.0 Reviewer: Kat Knite Hailing from Evansville, Indiana come Rat King, a doom metal outfit formed in 2016 by Andrei Stirbu (lead guitar), Kyle Wilcher (drums/lead vocals), Jason Wilcher (rhythm guitar/backing vocals), and Nick Graman (bass). While the young band members are ambitious and draw…
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…
PROTEST – THE CORRUPTION CODE
Reviewed: January 24th 2021 Released: 2020, self-released Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Dennis Dallas, Texas is not only known for it’s oil and cotton industry, there’s also some nice, ass-kicking Metal bands around. Protest did release three Eps in 2020 and all of them sound angry as fuck. As every Metalhead knows…
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…
Death Angel-The Enigma Years (1987-1990)
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: December 2020, Hear No Evil/ Cherry Red Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP What better way to celebrate the birth of Christ than getting your loved one a Death Angel boxset? I can’t think of any! HNE/Cherry Red continue to bring the goodies as they have just issued…
Mustaine, Dave-Rust In Peace (Book Review)
Reviewed: December, 2020 Published: 2020, Hachette Press Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The 30thanniversary of Megadeth’s most iconic album, RUST IN PEACE is a good a time as any to write a book about it! The good people at Hachette have published just such a thing. The hardcover book is pretty…
Interview with Adamantis
Interview with Adamantis: Evgeny Gromovoy – Drums Javier Estrada – Guitars Jeff Taft – Guitars Jeff Stark – Vocals Cody Pelchat – Bass Interview by Kieron Hayes Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram Hey and thank you for your time. What first inspired the formation of Adamantis? Is there a meaning behind…
Angelic Desolation – Quorum of Unspeakable Curses
Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020, Self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Denver, Colorado death/grind/thrash metal quartet Angelic Desolation bring their latest EP in the shape of Quorum of Unspeakable Curses, due for release September 25th. It follows their 2018 debut album Rumpus Time Is Over. The band states: “Angelic Desolation…