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?? ? ??? ????? Established in San Diego, California (USA), As I Lay Dying owes its name to the self-titled novel published by Willian Faulkner in 1930. The idea of this project belongs to Tim Lambesis (vocalist), who decided in 2000 to leave the band he was...

Sunday, and the second day of the third incarnation of Metal Gates Festival in Bucharest. After yesterday’s fantastic sets from Dark Tranquillity, Hamferd and Molybaron, today promises much with highly anticipated sets from Antimatter and Officium Triste. The second day of the Metal Gates festival starts with the doom/death tunes by...

On December 6, Quantic Club host a new underground ritual. Ordinul Negru is a project made by Fulmineos in 2004. Ordinul Negru is one of the longest-running and hardest working extreme metal bands hailing from Romania. “Faustian Nights” is the eighth full-length within a time frame of twelve years...

After a short break I decided to come back just in time to see one of the best bands from the Sludge/doom genre: Dopethrone. Tuesday night in Quantic was an unforgettable one. Three bands, one night and a lot of headbanging. The first band on stage was Tragic from...

Avulsed Official, the legendary Death Metal squadron will return to Bucharest on six March 2020, in Quantic Club, after their highly acclaimed appearance on the stage of November to Dismember Metal Fest five years ago! Horns up for Dave Rotten & co! AVULSED is without any doubt the most...

When you sell your soul to the underground, you do it for life. Dutch band Sammath has released albums, through the inspiration and hard work of Jan Kruitwagen, at the cover of subteranean darkness since 1994 carefully building up a tiranical persona, crafting a more and more devastating arsenal....

Unleashed is a musical project founded by Johnny Hedlund in 1989 in Stockholm. The band was noted since the demos times, which brought them a contract with Century Media Records, a known German label, and the possibility of releasing a debut record, “Where No Life Dwells” (1991), followed immediately...

Amenra, one of the most important doom-sludge band of the moment, plays on November 8 at Quantic Club. Amenra is a Belgian band from Kortrijk. It was formed in 1999 by vocalist Colin H. van Eeckhout and guitarist Mathieu Vandekerckhove, who now perform alongside drummer Bjorn Lebon, guitarist Lennart Bossu and...

The rock-festival calendar is largely defined by two elements: the lazy summer months and the long-awaited fall-festivals such as Old Grave Festival. But Bucharest’s Metal Gates is putting in the work to maintain a thriving rock music festival scene in Romania even as the seasons’ change and the skies...