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REVIEW: Mors Subita – Extinction Era

MORS SUBITA's "Into the Pitch Black" was one of the first albums I ever reviewed for Tuonela Magazine and blew me away with its...

REVIEW: Memoremains – The Cost of Greatness

Metal has never been so diverse as it is nowadays. With new subgenres emerging continuously, it's not a big surprise that mainstream pop music...

REVIEW: I Am Your God – The Resurrection

Rovaniemi doesn't only house the official home of Santa Claus but also has a rich scene of melodic death metal acts. One of the...

FEATURED SINGLE: Ember Falls – The World is Burning

"The perfect place to die." What a description for the world in which we live right now. When EMBER FALLS released "The World is...

REVIEW: Oenos – Musta III

Nebuchadnezzar was the longest-reigning monarch of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, presented in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco as a brutal, hawkish, and despotic ruler. The Bible...

(2000) Nevermore – Dead Heart in a Dead World: Anniversary Special

With their roots in Seattle, the city of grunge, NEVERMORE was founded when the thrash/power metal act SANCTUARY was pressured by its record label...

REVIEW: Crippled Black Phoenix – Ellengæst

First, there is the lamenting trumpet, reminiscent of certain unforgettable soundtrack moments composed by Ennio Morricone, almost as if you'd just entered the spaghetti...

REVIEW: myGRAIN – V

When Finnish melodic death metal act MYGRAIN decided to call it quits in 2015, who would have ever thought of them resurrecting the band...

REVIEW: Eskimo Callboy – MMXX

The dashed hopes of continuing the steady conquest of the world by touring were crushed in mid-air by the global lockdown measures for most...

(2000) Radiohead – Kid A: Anniversary Special

In 1997, the angst-riddled bunch, RADIOHEAD, released ”OK Computer,” the first in a series of landmark albums, which has later been tagged as the...

REVIEW: The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic

In 2018, the multi-national collective of post-metal eccentrics, THE OCEAN, released the first half of a sprawling palaeontology concept album, ”Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic.” It...

REVIEW: Vous Autres – Sel de Pierre

The famous Swiss psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung, once said, ”knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other...

REVIEW: Napalm Death – Throes of Joy in the Jaws of...

The English grindcore veterans NAPALM DEATH have had a long and fruitful career behind them, creating some of the most sonically punishing and extreme...

REVIEW: Neal Morse – Sola Gratia

The progressive rock of the 1970s is notorious for its indulgence in fantasy themes – knights in shining armor and such. Some of the...

REVIEW: Kataklysm – Unconquered

A band that never seems to disappoint their fans, in terms of releasing their blend of death metal music, are the Canadian juggernauts of...

REVIEW: Ayreon – Transitus

Arjen Anthony Lucassen has been very busy in the last couple of years: the "Ayreon Universe" shows and a festival appearance, the anniversary shows...

REVIEW: Altamullan Road – Altamullan Road

Do you know the feeling you're listening to music and it manages to take you someplace else when you close your eyes? To fields...

REVIEW: En Minor – When the Cold Truth has Worn...

Phil Anselmo does not need any introduction, as his status is well known to pretty much anyone who’s into metal music. His reputation as...

(1990) Judas Priest – Painkiller: Anniversary special

In September 1990, legendary heavy metal singer Rob Halford took "going out with a bang" seriously by releasing "Painkiller" with JUDAS PRIEST. The album...

REVIEW: Finntroll – Vredesvävd

I say Finland, you say FINNTROLL, a metal act that is perhaps one of the most iconic folk metal bands the land of a...