Tag: music review
(2011) Ajattara – Murhat: Anniversary Special
AJATTARA, founded in the mid '90s in Helsinki is, in my opinion, one of the most innovative bands in the Finnish black metal scene:...
REVIEW: MSG (Michael Schenker Group) – Immortal
Whenever we mention bands like UFO or SCORPIONS, we think of one person who made his mark. After more than 10 years of silence, the...
REVIEW: Accept – Too Mean To Die
If 2017's "The Rise of Chaos" or the hit song "Pandemic" (2010) had become your perfect soundtrack to the apocalyptic nature of what was...
REVIEW: Tribulation – Where the Gloom Becomes Sound
Starting out as yet another death metal band from Sweden, in recent years, TRIBULATION have truly become a sensation, infusing Gothic, black, and death...
REVIEW: External – EP: Stillness
Publishing new music in December is certainly a venture - unfortunately, these releases tend to be overlooked because of all the end-of-year activities. Finnish...
REVIEW: Havukruunu – Uinuos Syömein Sota
Finnish paganism will remind you of a lot of things: the local animistic protector deity Haltija, the god of thunder Ukko, and the belief...
REVIEW: Halo One – Fragile Hearts Awake
For years, I thought metalcore was a somewhat dissident faction from the established metal brotherhood. It seemed like a threat that I declined to...
FEATURED SINGLE: Shereign – Against the Odds
In 2020, SHEREIGN surprised us with their powerful debut single, "Losing Sight." I admit that based on that track, I had made certain assumptions...
REVIEW: Suad – Waves
Every now and then, an artist comes along who can outperform the volume of the distorted guitars of a stereotypical metal platoon with a...
REVIEW: Orbiter – EP: The Deluge
ORBITER is a five-piece stoner doom band formed in Helsinki in late 2014, of which first EP, “The Deluge,” was released independently on January,...
REVIEW: Jason Bieler & The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra – Songs...
The somewhat odd coupling of an album's overarching, apocalyptic theme and the 1980s-tinted, feel-good hard rock wasn't exactly an option on my bingo card...
REVIEW: Nervosa – Perpetual Chaos
A few months after we saw Brazilian thrash metal act NERVOSA live in Helsinki, the band announced that two members, vocalist/bass player Fernanda Lira...
REVIEW: Veil of Secrets – Dead Poetry
VEIL OF SECRETS is a new doom-flavored metal endeavor hailing from Norway. It marks the long-awaited return of former TRISTANIA-singer Vibeke Stene, alongside Asgeir...
REVIEW: Our Oceans – While Time Disappears
One of the most celebrated literary classics is the multi-volume novel, In Search of Lost Time, written by the French author, Marcel Proust, during...
REVIEW: Polymoon – Caterpillars of Creation
Maybe I have been hanging around with a rather dubious musical companion during this strange pandemic, but somehow it's starting to feel as though...
REVIEW: Onsegén Ensemble – Fear
It is not an everyday occurrence that a genuinely unique prog-oddity from the far north of Finland manages to challenge the weirdness factor of...
REVIEW: Dark Buddha Rising – Mathreyata
Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in the Western world, which is pretty odd, considering it occurs whenever a month begins on...
REVIEW: Shores of Null – Beyond the Shores (On Death and...
SHORES OF NULL is an Italian doom metal band founded in 2013. After releasing two acclaimed albums via Candlelight Records - “Quiescence” in 2014...
REVIEW: Majestica – A Christmas Carol
It surely seems like an eternity has passed since the beginning of 2020 and we're already almost at the end of what has been...
REVIEW: Scour – EP: Black
Even without the live music scene, the world of heavy metal has an oversaturation of bands releasing albums on a weekly basis. As such,...