Tag: review
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...
GALLERY: 16.10.2020 Amorphis: The 1st Decade -show, 1990-1999 @ Tavastia, Helsinki
Finnish progressive metal act AMORPHIS celebrated their 30th anniversary by organizing special decade shows. Each show was dedicated to a specific decade of the...
16.10.2020 Amorphis: The 1st Decade -show, 1990-1999 @ Tavastia, Helsinki
Originally planned around Easter, Finnish progressive metal act AMORPHIS had planned a celebration for their 30th anniversary year. The band was set to perform...
REVIEW: Enslaved – Utgard (Musicalypse Archive)
In Norse mythology, there is an esoteric place called Utgard, the land of the giants, where not even the gods of Asgard have control....
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: Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment (Musicalypse Archive)
Violence, brutality, and a complete lack of compromise - just some of the terms that can be used to describe ANAAL NATHRAKH, a British...
REVIEW: Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine
OBSIDIAN KINGDOM is a progressive metal outfit hailing from Barcelona, Spain. Their previous release, “A Year With No Summer” (were they predicting 2020?), dates...
REVIEW: Hulkoff – Pansarfolk (Musicalypse Archive)
Better known as the singer of RAUBTIER, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Pär Hulkoff has also been working on his solo project HULKOFF since 2017. The...
REVIEW: Kataklysm – Unconquered (Musicalypse Archive)
Death metal as a musical subgenre has now existed for almost 40 years and it’s hard to neglect KATAKLYSM when talking about the greats...
REVIEW: Memoira – Carnival of Creation (Musicalypse Archive)
Creativity is the hellish gift of conjuring dreams into reality. It's a battle with demons, but luckily we survive in reasonable condition... most of...
REVIEW: Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine (Musicalypse Archive)
OBSIDIAN KINGDOM is a band hailing from Barcelona, which defines their sound as “hard-to-classify heavy with plenty of contrasts.” These kinds of bands tend...
REVIEW: Varg – Zeichen
VARG is a band that I saw as one of the next most popular bands of the melodic death/black metal scene 10 years ago,...
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: Napalm Death: Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism...
British grindcore pioneers, NAPALM DEATH, return with their new album, "Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism," The band haven’t released any material...
REVIEW: Joe Below – EP: By the Rules (Musicalypse Archive)
Let me introduce you to a four-piece Finnish melodic progressive/hard rock band, known as JO BELOW. This new band from Helsinki have released a...
REVIEW: 10 Years – Violent Allies (Musicalypse Archive)
There's no doubt that this year is a period of sweeping change. While the most cynical of minds might be tempted to think that...
REVIEW: Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix (Musicalypse Archive)
Derek Sherinian is a prolific American keyboard wizard, whose name might not instantly ring a bell, but you're certainly prone to have a vague...
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...