Canadian extreme metal outfit Unbowed unleashed another single from the upcoming album ‘Colour The Soul’ with the track ‘The Holy Momentum’!
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News Posts
Iberian black/death metal misfits Noctem have officially joined MNRK Heavy to spread their filth throughout the world!
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Finland’s Tomb Of Finland unleash a dose of signature gloomy Finnish metal with the single ‘Wretched Bliss’!
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Norwegian black metal institution Kampfar releases a 3rd single from their upcoming new album! Dance with the devil!
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Scottish folk/black metal outfit Saor finally unveiled some new music with the title track for the upcoming new album ‘Origins’!
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Newly emerged Finnish black metal outfit Pestilent Hex announced their debut album ‘The Ashen Abhorrence’ to be released via Debemur Morti Productions!
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French black metal entity Blut Aus Nord unleashes yet another epic track from their upcoming album with ‘Tales Of The Old Dreamer’!
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German black metal band Stiriah unleashed another single and video with ‘Companion Of Light’, another track from their upcoming self-released album ‘…Of Light’!
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Finnish metal outfit Where’s My Bible shares yet another single from their experimental epos ‘Circle’ with the video for ‘Nest’!
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Australian black/death outfit Denouncement Pyre premiered the video single ‘Hung Like Swine’ from the upcoming new album ‘Forever Burning’, to be released via Agonia Records!
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Photo Reports
Batushka and Diabolical visit Asgaard. Batushka for their 2022 black liturgy pilgrimage tour, Diabolical for their 25th anniversary tour!
Celeste plays 30 shows on their European tour from which 2 in Belgium. We attended their show in Antwerp.
The pictures of a night with the Norwegian misfits of Kvelertak at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland!
A selection of the finest work our concert photographers have gathered in 2021!
Igorrr is on tour in Europe and the USA. We were there on their show in Lille, France.
The pics of the very first Black Box event in Mikkeli with headliner Bloodred Hourglass, Wolfheart, Sara and Balance Breach!
Pictures of the second day of underground music at the SteelHordes event in Hyvinkää, Finland!
Pictures of the 1st day of a summer gathering of the wolves of the underground at SteelHordes 2021 in Hyvinkää, Finland!
Pictures of the first day of Finland’s SaariHelvetti festival held in Tampere in 2021! With a whole slab of quality Finnish metal bands from start to finish!
Pics of the second day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020. Check it out!
Previews
Tuska is finally back again! The Helsinki center metal and rock festival is shaping up to be quite the epic and glorious return!
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Sonic Rites 2022 delivers an eclectic mix of underground and intriguing acts from hardcore to post-metal to pagan folk and more!
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After 2 years of delays, Steelfest is taking out all the stops with 4 days of underground metal madness in a celebration of their 10th anniversary!
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The organization behind SteelFest couldn’t wait any longer and decided to call a one-off Summer edition “SteelHordes” into life, and this is why you should go.
It’s Winter but it’s not dark enough to your liking? The Finnish underground fest SteelChaos might be the place to be for you…
Tuska 2019 promises to be exciting with a very solid line-up and a couple of major changes!
Soon it’s that time of the year again we’ve been looking forward to: Steelfest Open Air opens its doors and starts the Finnish festival season. The second edition of SteelChaos satisfied our needs somewhat (for our report go here) and we recently got the little Easter treat from the organisation under the form of Watain […]
The winds are turning to winter and so the time of Eindhoven Metal Meeting is coming close again!
Yet another promising edition of SteelChaos is quickly approaching, ready to envelope us in darkness…
Brutal Assault 2018 promises to bring together all the great features of the metal subculture. Not only the best music each genre has to offer, but also our visual culture, respect for nature and love for decent beer and food.
Album Reviews
‘The Great Below’ provides real thrills, bringing off the passion of intersecting different genres with exuberant riffs and technical prowess. Like a burning furnace the songs are molded by an aggressive form of modern black metal that blends catchy choruses, melodies, and energetic tempos.
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“Devil, Stone & Man” is a worthy album in the band’s discography as on the whole the eight tracks are overwhelmingly heavy outlined by the performance of these German lads.
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I Am The Night has mastered its craft on the first full-length album “While The Gods Are Sleeping” what we have here is a supreme embodiment of the Swedish and Norwegian trademarks.
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“The Long Defeat” opens a new chapter in Deathspell Omega’s creative oeuvres that seems to conjoin the modern aesthetics with the unorthodox style of avant-garde black metal.
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Italy’s oldest black metal outfit Frostmoon Eclipse released a lovely little gem that serves as a perfect introduction to their work.
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