Album Reviews

In all its shape-shifting signature sounds from black metal to trip-hop, ambient and electronic music, Ulver’s unparalleled success developed into sonic sublimity. The new inception of the Norwegians in the arena of film score and ambient sonic themes, later intertwined with synth-pop. Albums like “Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” and “Perdition City” were milestones of evolutionary and artistic innovation which opened doors to exploit the musical capacity.
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Warkings is back with 5th album 'Armageddon', released on July 4th 2025. Warkings has proved themselves before that they are true power metal heroes, so lets see what they bring us this time.
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Leverage faced an uncertain future after the passing of lead singer Kimmo Blom in 2022, but ultimately they bounced back with a line up that definitely doesn’t need to hide in the shadow of the past.
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Montreal’s death metal formation Phobocosm has achieved a sense of momentum in songwriting. The quartet returns with a new full-length album, “Gateway,” which immerses the listener in a claustrophobic and oceanic atmosphere. Although the album has an organic element, the main driving force here is the searing guitar riffs and morose growling that take center stage.
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Kneel Before The Death is an extreme blackened deathcore metal band forged in early 2013. During the early years, the band released three EPs that gained growing curiosity among the Finnish metalheads. Following lineup changes and a new musical direction, they re-emerged in 2023 with a sharpened vision. They released the self titled full length Kneel Before The Death and I'm curious what they have in stock for us.
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Bloodred Hourglass have been around for a while, 20 years to be precise and they have long claimed their place in the scene. Yet they never quite tickled my fancy, until now...
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Finnish female-fronted rock sensations GINGER EVIL have released their debut album, 'The Way It Burns', out via Frontiers Music in Feb 25. "From Foo Fighters to Fleetwood Mac" is how the band hears their music, with singer Ella Tepponen bringing a whole new kind of twist to their rock expression. Everything was coming together. Music producer and film director Richard Stanley, known for his work with THE WHO heard demos of GINGER EVIL and was inspired to write lyrics.
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As with many death/black metal bands that tackle themes of war, the Ukrainian outfit 1914 managed to adapt to modern and atmospheric form of death metal style. In that grim reality of the ongoing way between Ukraine and Russia, the holy war years of WWI captures the spirit of the band. Like their previous albums “The Blind Leading the Blind” and “Where Fear and Weapons Meet”, 1914’s effective artillery returns with the fourth studio album “Viribus Unitis” offers a furious war soundscape combat.
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Lycania are a young symphonic metal band from Maintal, Germany. Their music is inspired by bands like Nightwish, Delain and Serenity. They were founded in 2015 and so far released one full length album.
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Chris Maragoth has just released his new EP called 'Depths of Despair'. 2 songs we already know: 'History on Repeat' and 'Hidden Signs of Sadness'. Let's hear what the other 3 songs on this EP have to offer us!
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