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When talking about the music, Watain have always played it darker and sinister. Many bands have created concept albums founded around their own ideas, but few bands will dedicate the entire album to an existing piece of philosophy, enwrap it in a dark and obscure atmosphere and convince you...
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If you think Abigor is a kind of “green humanist harm-not-one-branch black metal band“ or some sort of abracadabra pseudo occult band, you are completely mistaken. After four long years, Abigor released their tenth studio album named “Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition)”. The name of the album was inspired by...
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As another year is coming to an end, we’ve thought that it might be a good opportunity to talk a little bit about the records that impressed us in 2017. Acherontas– Amarta (Formulas of Reptilian Unification Part II) Hellenic black metallers Acherontas made this great album as a sequel...
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We meet again…this time on my short trip to Cluj. I witnessed some grindcore-death metal festival (the second one after Grindcore Picnic which took place in Bucharest this spring) again. As I already said, this is not really my type of music but I had fun. Had the pleasure...
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It is very interesting that in a short period of time Iceland has produced a significant number of amazing Black Metal bands and what is even more fascinating is that most of them come from Reykjavík. Auðn was formed in 2010 in the small town of Hveragerði, just a...
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After the majestic album “Codex Obscura Nomina”, Blut aus Nord (France) comes back with dissonant sounds in the same avant-garde and complex fashion. The first track released from the album was “Apostasis”. The track manages to sum up the musical features of this innovative work. The album includes one...
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I finally got courage to write my 3rd concert review, but this time it’s more personal and special to me. The evening of the 21st of October started nicely in the company of a local band from Bucharest named “Am Fost La Munte Si Mi-a Placut” (Post Rock, Tripcore)....
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Ashtar is a Black Sludge Doom Metal duo formed in 2012 in Basel, Switzerland by members of the doom bands Phased (Lehtinen) and shEver (Witch N.). The band released their debut album “Ilmasaari” on June 8th 2015 via Czar of Crickets Productions label. The album was recorded between December 2013 and...
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After 7 years Cenotaph, the Brutal Death Metal band from Turkey, released their 6th full length – Perverse Dehumanized Dysfunctions, this summer on June 8th on CD. The artwork made by Toshihiro Egawa, supports the central lyrical theme – parasitic infestation. Now prepare for 30:46 minutes of pure slaughter....