Reviews

I find it hard to talk about avant-garde music; the more difficult to talk, the more enjoyable is to listen to. Bold, atmospheric and assertive, eclectic UK metal band Lychgate long awaited new studio album “The Contagion In Nine Steps” is a hybrid of genres and influences with a...

Kroda was originally a studio project, but they started to make live performances with live musicians from the band Ruina since 2007. Selbstwelt (The Land of Selbst) is Kroda’s seventh full-length studio album and joins a discography that also includes EPs, live recordings, and compilations. The lyrics  speak of veins pulsing with the black flame...

For a band formed in 2015 Kyterion has a powerful past album, Inferno I, leaving the fans with nothing but high expectations for the second album. They are from Italy and are a new delight for the black metal community. After 2 years from the debut album, comes the...

Autarcie  are  a  duo  from  France  that  play  a  melodic  and  old  school  form  of  black  metal. Despite their name (“Autarchy”), written in runic-like characters and a discography that does not leave much doubt on the political and philosophical orientation of the band, it must be said that this...

Ever since the release of Maranatha in 2008, I was really interested in the style that Funeral Mist adopted, from the lyrical themes of divinity all the way to the fast paced progression and sinister, atmospheric riffing. After 10 years they still got it with Hekatomb. When you think...

To change our style or not to change it…this is the question. This is the best way to describe the new album of Aura Noir. For a band that has been around since 1993, this may be an important question. The metal fans have a habit of over-reacting over...

This Saturday was the right time for some sludge and punk riffs. The noisy summer evenings are back in Quantic and there are filled with good music. The main act was the Greek band called Last Rizla who visited the Romanian stage for the second time. The opening acts...

Last Saturday was about old feelings and great people. In the opposite part of the town, there was a gig that aimed to throw me back in time. The gig was set up by the venerable Titus Constantinescu, one of the veterans of the Romanian metal scene, under the label...

Controversial and having a mysterious story, the americans from GHOSTBATH are back with a new album entitled “Starmourner” which is a fusion of black metal and post rock. I would call it a perfect atmospheric blackgaze. Starmourner tells the story of someone in an infinite dream where they can’t...