Reviews

A traveller’s place is on the road, but if the traveller is also interested in music, then going to concerts suits the wayfarer even better. And so, on 28 August 2026, I set off for Posada Rock Festival, held in Câmpulung Muscel, Romania, an event organised by Rock Culture...

From the cold realm of Finland comes a new voice prepared to join the depressive black metal scene. Even though it was formed in 2020, the band Musta Suru released their first album this year on May 29 via Downfall Records. Named “Viilmeinen Viilto”, the album delivers haunting soundscapes...

A road becomes considerably more interesting once one stops asking where it leads. Perhaps the destination matters less than what one encounters along the way, the unexpected turns, the places that were never marked on the map and the occasional realisation that the landscape has changed while one was...

Neither the heat nor fatigue could keep us away from Ghimbav on the fifth day of the festival. After all, how could they, with a line-up that still had plenty to offer and several names we were not about to miss? For me, Day V began with Feuerschwanz. German...

Day IV of Rockstadt Extreme Fest was another one of those days when the line-up left little room for sitting still. Tiredness? What’s that? With plenty to choose from across the event, I set out to see where the day would take me. I found myself at the Brașov...

After two days of moving between stages, Day III of Rockstadt Extreme Fest was waiting with another packed programme and plenty of reasons to keep doing the same. For me, it began with Immolation, the American death metal group. No strangers to our country and maintaining the same no-nonsense...

After seeing what Day I of Rockstadt Extreme Fest had to offer, with a handful of songs from it already making their way into my playlist, I set off for Ghimbav once again. The second day of the festival brought the members of Rotheads from Romania into the spotlight...

From 27 July to 1 August 2026, Rockstadt Extreme Fest took place. This edition brought together prominent names from the metal scene, alongside acts that have, over time, ventured into different musical horizons. Until this year, the Romanian festival had been held in Râșnov, but the 2026 edition brought...

There are moments when you turn to gothic/doom metal. And when that particular subgenre comes to mind, you inevitably think of Draconian. That is how you discover that the Swedes released a new album on 8 May 2026 through Napalm Records. What is called “In Somnolent Ruin” has behind...