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How much can come from the simple desire to play? For BLYND, the answer is: a lot. They started in a rehearsal room in Cyprus, driven by the simple thought of playing “as loudly as possible”. More than twenty years later, we find them four albums deep into their...
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Greece gave Acid Death a beginning in 1989. The years that followed brought records, a reunion and enough questions to fill eight albums. Yet one piece of the map has remained untouched: Romania. In November, that changes. From their early death/thrash metal foundations to the progressive and technical directions...
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Two decades have passed since the members of Akral Necrosis first set their ideas into motion, yet the sense of momentum surrounding the Romanian black metal band seems stronger than ever. A new visual identity, a fourth album nearing completion and fresh collaborations all point towards a chapter concerned...
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Almost 35 years of Moonspell means almost 35 years of change. From “Wolfheart” and “Irreligious” to “The Butterfly Effect” and everything that followed, the Portuguese members of the group have continued to explore different directions within gothic metal, creating a catalogue marked by constant evolution. Now, Fernando Ribeiro, vocalist...
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Composing both music and lyrics since 1995, Heljarmadr has become a recognised name in the black metal scene. Grá began in 2010 as a mind exercise intended to widen horizons while composing an album for his other band, Cursed 13, but the project soon developed into something of its...
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“Metal is death. Death is metal. Nunslaughter, death metal”. In just a few words, that is how the attitude of the members of Nunslaughter could be summed up. With an extensive discography behind them, with nearly four decades devoted to the same death metal spirit, the Americans finally arrived...
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When you thought of Green Carnation, you thought of “Journey to the End of the Night” and “Light of Day, Day of Darkness”. Naturally, you also thought of Norway and those passages of progressive metal that stayed with you. Now, years after the formation of the band in 1990,...
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P.G. has devoted the greater part of his life to music. After spending his early years in other bands, the German artist went on to establish Groza, a project that would become the vessel for his creative vision. Alongside the black metal band Groza, P.G. had already crossed the threshold...
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Sometime around 2019, things were stirring in the Romanian post-black metal sphere. Everything that was moving at the time would come to bear the name Mauna Sol. The effort largely belongs to Marius Licu, also known from The Thirteenth Sun, to whom other passionate artists were added: George Costan,...
How much can come from the simple desire to play? For BLYND, the answer is: a lot. They started in a rehearsal room in Cyprus, driven by the simple thought of playing “as loudly as possible”. More than twenty years later, we find them four albums deep into their...
Greece gave Acid Death a beginning in 1989. The years that followed brought records, a reunion and enough questions to fill eight albums. Yet one piece of the map has remained untouched: Romania. In November, that changes. From their early death/thrash metal foundations to the progressive and technical directions...
