Reviews

Mokoma – Hengen pitimet
For Finnish audience Mokoma needs no introductions. They have been in the core of the Finnish metal industry for 2 decades and their latest release “Hengen pitimet” is their 10th
May 30, 2018 by Tero Tolkki

Dimmu Borgir – Eonian
After a gap of around eight years, one of the most famous black metal bands makes their return: The norwegian band Dimmu Borgir has released their tenth full-lenght studio album entitled
May 27, 2018 by Daniel Ramos

At The Gates: To Drink From The Night Itself
It feels like we’ve been down this road before. It feels familiar, nostalgic. As soon as you hear the opening riff to the title track, “To Drink From The Night
May 21, 2018 by Nikki Katsi

The 69 Eyes @ Lunario del Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City – April 21, 2018
Lunario is a small stage next to the Auditorio Nacional, where the most important artists perform in Mexico City. Located in the west of the city, surrounded of important and
May 19, 2018 by Ilye Keiju

Amorphis – ‘Queen Of Time’
Just when you thought AMORPHIS couldn’t get any more progressive after their previous album ‘Under The Red Cloud’, the ‘QUEEN OF TIME’ comes out to sting you in the face!
May 16, 2018 by Slayanys Maniax

DEMILICH-Millcreek Tavern, Philadelphia, PA: May 9, 2018
Finland’s Demilich has lots of letters, lots of words in their song titles. Hopefully this review will do this justice. On Wednesday, May 9th, Demilich landed at Philadelphia’s Millcreek Tavern.
May 14, 2018 by Nikki Katsi

GHOST – The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA: May 4, 2018
The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood is one of the coolest venues in the strip! It is especially the perfect venue when a band that normally plays large venues, wants
May 14, 2018 by Slayanys Maniax

Ihsahn – Ámr
I am not very familiar with progressive music in general, but with this being Ihsahn, I had to give it a try. One fact clearly arises by listening to this
May 10, 2018 by Riffvader

Follow The Cipher – Follow The Cipher
It has been a while that I have seen a band releasing an album saying it’s power metal. But at the same time power metal as a genre is something
May 9, 2018 by Tero Tolkki

Cavus – The New Era
What an interesting and fresh take on Black Metal this is. Cavus surely made me hungry for more of their dark and soulful music. This album starts of with probably
May 8, 2018 by Riffvader

Kalmah + Shade Empire + Mors Subita – Nosturi, Helsinki – April 28, 2018
Finnish melodic death metal band KALMAH has recently been on a 4 dates tour across Finland (Oulu, Vaasa, Tampere and Helsinki) to promote the release of their latest album “Palo“: we
May 7, 2018 by steelrain

Taake + Hexhammer + Väki @ Korjaamo, Helsinki – April 27, 2018
True Norwegian black metal veterans TAAKE unleashed their supreme “Helnorsk Svartmetall” at Korjaamo in Helsinki after 3 years absence from Finnish live scenes. They were supported by 2 local acts: Hexhammer
May 3, 2018 by steelrain

Wrathrone – Reflections of Torment
Once again we get assaulted by Finnish brutality – and this time Wrathrone made sure that I feel it into my core. Reflections of Torment will make you realise that
May 2, 2018 by Riffvader

Wintersun + Wolfheart @ Nosturi, Helsinki – April 26, 2018
WINTERSUN and WOLFHEART at Nosturi, Helsinki: it was an epic night of enchanting atmospheres, echoes from the forest and heaviness which blasts the ears: that is how I´d personally define the
April 30, 2018 by steelrain

APOCALYPTICA – Teatro de la Laboral, Gijón (Spain) April 7, 2018
Let me tell you a story about a miracle. At least, that’s how it felt back in November when APOCALYPTICA announced a Spanish tour with six dates, including Asturias for
April 27, 2018 by Kris Murias

Cauldron of Hate – Sickness
It’s high time that we get a band like Cauldron of Hate, feeding us with something so vile and dark. Sickness surely is an album to rival even the greatest
April 19, 2018 by Riffvader

Magenta Harvest + Cavus + Nighon @ Lepakkomies, Helsinki – April 12, 2018
Here we are at Lepakkomies in Helsinki once again to witness a Thursday night of heaviness with MAGENTA HARVEST, CAVUS and NIGHON. MAGENTA HARVEST is currently on a headlining spring tour
April 17, 2018 by steelrain

Gluttony – Cult of the Unborn
Usually when I hear a band call themselves Old School Death Metal, I kind of feel like I should just avoid it, because it will probably end up not being
April 16, 2018 by Riffvader

Kalmah – Palo
In all honesty, my first playthrough of Kalmah‘s new album, Palo, did not grab my attention much. Luckily I decided to listen to it some more, and it grew on
April 9, 2018 by Riffvader

At The Gates-Metal And Beer Fest Philadelphia
10 Years. That’s how long it’s been since At The Gates reunited. I remember it fondly. The middle of the summer, July 11, 2008, to be exact. It was a
April 8, 2018 by Nikki Katsi