Festival Reports

Steelfest XI was the first time to be a full 3-day event, and the first day was killer with bands like Coraxul, Azazel, Nattverd, Utuk Xul, Hail Conjurer, Nocturnal Sorcery, Sacrilegious Impalement, Loits, The Committee, Pest, Horna, Deströyer 666 and Marduk!

2 days of celebrating darkness, pagan spirits, satan and underground music… Check out the full report of Steelfest 2018 here.

The little Winter brother of the impressive Steelfest Open Air took place for the first time and we were there to get engulfed by pure hatred and evil!

Photo Reports

The first day of Steelfest XI also brought a series of explosive and high energy performances to the outdoor stage with Azazel, Utuk Xul, Nocturnal Sorcery, Loits, Pest and Deströyer 666!

Steelfest 2018 was again a weekend filled with underground music celebrating black mass and pagan rituals. Check out the pictures we took at the event!

The little Winter brother of the impressive Steelfest Open Air took place for the first time and we were there to get the pure hatred and evil immortalized on pictures!

Previews

In about 3 weeks, the eleventh edition of Steelfest will take place in Hyvinkää, Finland and they have yet again a very impressive line-up at this 3-day celebration of the underground!

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!

Find out what Eindhoven Metal Meeting, the Netherlands’ darkest and heaviest festival, has to offer this year!

Lists

As usual, Mazen’s top albums are a mix of death metal, black metal and a touch of doom metal, heralding everything that is underground and extreme with bands like Phobophilic, Autopsy, Stormruler, Watain, Shape of Despair, Ars Hmu, Sedimentum, Chaotian, Trolldom and Immolation!

Finnish festival Steelfest is a true celebration of the underground, but it you’re not convinced yet, here are some reasons why you should go

A bit of everything, but all high quality stuff!

Album Reviews

“Never Surrender” is much of a continuation to its predecessor but the quartet stampedes into a wildfire like tempos, the songs are fast, relentlessly aggressive, and infectious. Deströyer 666 has returned with impressive work that conveys the classic hallmarks of heavy/speed and blackened thrash metal, released via Season of Mist.

Mongrel’s Cross sophomore album makes a larger and heavier approach towards blackened thrash metal and shows a good achievement.

It’s all about quality of aggressiveness and memorable riffs, fast solos lie tornados and fierce drumming which makes them sound evil.