Entrails equals Swedish death metal, no second thoughts about that. The band was created to celebrate the glory days of Swedeath and that is the course that the main man Jimmy Lundqvist and various members have stood up defiantly for decades now, so if you search for originality and progression in your death metal go…
A collection of selected photos from Summer Breeze Festival 2019 by Jurgen Frickinger. The latest Summer Breeze went indeed great, we had a lot of fun out there, seen a lots of bands and their shows, so we hope that we could transfer the energy of what we saw and enjoy on our last summer…
Swedish true heavy metal overlords RAM are back with their 6th full length entitled The Throne Within and as always, they have delivered another pure dose of molten metal. We are yet to be disappointed by this warriors, so it is time to once again have some nice chat with them… Greetings Ram and welcome…
I have a confession to make, and it is maybe a bit blasphemic but here it is: for my money Swedish sextet Cult of Luna is the absolute pinnacle of post metal (or whatever you want to call it) scene. Neurosis are way past their prime, Isis are long gone but this band has stayed…
Atlantean Kodex has just issued their 3rd full-length, definitely one of the best offerings in 2019. They have already appeared on front pages of some German magazines and their latest offering The Course of Empire has already received some indeed great comments. Anyway, since the band presents the finest crafted traditional doom/heavy metal it was…
After five years of silence Enthroned has finally unleashed their brand new offering ”Cold Black Suns” and the album already turned out to be well-received in black metal community. Never the less, I do remember the band from their early career when they started they journey with the debut ”Towards the Skullthrone of Satan” and…
Twenty years have passed since happy metallers Freedom Call have stepped on then bludgeoning power metal scene with their classic debut album Stairway to Fairyland and many things have changed since then, but Chris Bay and his cohort haven’t moved one iota from their initial belief. This year marks the nice jubilee since that mentioned…
We all know the role of Sweden in metal world, of course. For this time we will concentrate on HM2 pedal driven sound of death metal and era when Sunlight studio was the law and bands such as early Entombed, Grave and Dismember dominated the worldwide death metal scene. Albums such as Left Hand Path,…
Swedish heavy metal overlords Ram show no signs of stopping their well-oiled killing machine (pun absolutely intended, as I will explain further): this year marks the 20th anniversary of the band, and there is no better way to celebrate it than to release the new album which shows that the band is in great shape.…
First thing that I have to mention that this was my 5th time at Summer Breeze and SB has become my favorite festival! The main stage turned out to be the best one not only with the great bands, but also with the massive and perfect sound. Also, we spent this year much more time…
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