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RHYS' RE: vIEWZ VOL.20. - WEST EUROPE WARRIORS - Hymir, Defeat Lies Ahead, Fuck Your Shadow From Behind, Soulgate's Dawn, Anhedone, Outcast, Quaedt
By Rhys on Aug 29, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
HYMIR 'Nyctophobia' Dutch Blackened Death quintet Hymir scores their debut album 'Nyctophobia' with a blistering collection of darkness, sincerity and lustre within each track. Although they have symphonic influences as well, the vocals are not as we… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEW VOL.19. - TOUR DE BRITAIN - Fyrdsman, Seregon, Echovirus, Ravens Creed, Forchristsake, Wintersoul, Tormented Vision, Merciless Terror, Severenth, Shieldwall, Jack's Family, CB6
By Rhys on Aug 29, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
FYRDSMAN 'Forgotten Beneath The Soil' MYNYDD DU Signed to Welsh label Mynydd Du Records, Farnborough's one man project Fyrdsman (pseudonym of Tim Shaw of who many will recognize as Alestorm's former guitarist) has shed Black Metal (namely Melodic B… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.18. - EUROMETALVISION - North From Here, Vault Of Pain, Lost Dreams, Shear, Stribog, Heaven Grey, Horn Of The Rhino, Darchaic, Mordax, Rise To Fall
By Rhys on Aug 27, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
NORTH FROM HERE 'Demonic Token' German Melodic Death Metallers North From Here unleash their brutality in the form of their debut album 'Demonic Token'. Taking the general basis of Melodic Death Metal and adding synthetic melodies from the keyboard t… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.17. - BULLET FOR MY BRAIN - Corporal Jigsore, Sadoplague, Alice Through The Windshield Glass, Betsy Charge, De Natura Daemonium, Sorrow Of Batavia, Karl Sanders, Ground To Dust, Pathogen, Imperious Satan
By Rhys on Aug 26, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
CORPORAL JIGSORE 'Religious Genocide' METAL PRIEST Bolivian (yes Bolivian) Death Metal duo (once was quartet) return with their sophomore album 'Religious Genocide', fast obliterating Death Metal is exerted with some of the fastest blastbeats on th… more »
And now: something completely different.
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 26, 2010 | In Features | Send feedback »
A post about gender and metal. Or rather, yet another post out there on the Internet about gender and metal. We already know that metal is a male-dominated sphere, and that as with other genres of music there exists a degree of sexism and even miso… more »
DESULTORY MARK COMEBACK WITH NEW ALBUM
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 25, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News | Send feedback »
Fourteen years after their previous release, Swedish death metallers Desultory have returned to the metal world with a brand new LP to be released later this year. Although a release date has not yet been decided, the band has published the tracklistin… more »
BONDED BY BLOOD UNLEASH NEW VIDEO FOR 'EXILED TO EARTH'
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 25, 2010 | In News, News, News | Send feedback »
Californian thrash newcomers Bonded by Blood have lately finished shooting a new music video for a track from their recent release 'Exile to Earth'. Following the LP's conceptual narrative of a post-apocalyptic Earth overtaken by an evil alien race kno… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.16. - METAL MASSACRE - Debauchery, Morgue Orgy, Hell Darkness, Prophecy Within, Finnr's Cane, Hybris, Barbaros, Mechanical God Creation, Surrounded By Disgust, Obsidia
By Rhys on Aug 25, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
DEBAUCHERY 'Rockers & War' AFM German Death Metal heavyweights make it six with 'Rockers & War'. Released in 2009, the German quintet break the rules of Death Metal and string together their own style involving blood, gore, sexy women and o… more »
HAIL OF BULLETS POST NEW TRACK ONLINE
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 24, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News | Send feedback »
It has been revealed that the serious illness which befell Behemoth frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski has been diagnosed as leukemia. According to the Polish celebrity website TVP, the blood disorder has advanced to the stage where a bone marrow transplant… more »
NIGHTFALL RELEASE NEW VIDEO ONLINE
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 24, 2010 | In News | Send feedback »
Athenian black/gothic metallers Nightfal have recently posted a new music video for their new album, 'Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants'. Featuring the track 'Ambassador of Mass', the clip has shadow puppetry animation and according to frontman Efthi… more »
NERGAL OF BEHEMOTH DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKAEMIA
By Origami Kid on Aug 24, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News | 2 feedbacks »
News is filtering through today that Nergal, frontman of Black Metal titans BEHEMOTH has been diagnosed with Leukaemia. Last month Behemoth had to cancel all touring plans so Nergal, real name Adam Darski, could receive urgent treatment. While they wer… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.15. - METAL MILESTONE - Balance Interrvption, Deathsaint, Acephala, Scrambled Defuncts, Perversus Stigmata, Death Toll, In December, Posithrone, Tor Marrock, Empty Dreams
By Rhys on Aug 23, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
BALANCE INTERRVPTION 'Era I: Nuclear War For Rescue (2nd Edition) MORE HATE PRODS. Ukrainian Black Metallers retell the horrors humanity has caused themselves to be at fault for, right from the first track 'Chernobyl' to the end of their debut albu… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.14. - ALBUMS OF ARCHITECTURE- Oomph!, Black Messiah, Arcanum Sanctum, Raventhrone, Fitcage, Epping Forest, Hexxed, Ruthless Order, Ayera, A New Dawn
By Rhys on Aug 22, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
OOMPH! 'Truth Or Dare' GUN / SONY BMG Long standing German Industrial Goth Metallers Oomph! have made their discography bilingual with their latest compilation album 'Truth Or Dare' which features sixteen of their best ever singles remixed into the… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.13. - UNHOLY BLESSINGS - Pestilent Grave, Drephjard, Diabolicon, Harza, Svart, Nephrolith, Skogen, Drapsnatt, Infer.
By Rhys on Aug 22, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
PESTILENT GRAVE 'Esoteric Blasphemy' SVARTGALGH Chester-based Black Metal project Pestilent Grave sought 2009 as the unholy year and at it's most apt point to release his first EP 'Esoteric Blasphemy'. Recently he has moved to The Netherlands, home… more »
STRYDEGOR SEARCH FOR NEW GUITARIST
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 21, 2010 | In News | Send feedback »
Due to unavoidable circumstances, German Viking metallers Strydegor have posted a bi-lingual advert on their Myspace for a new guitar player to replace bandmate Julian Dierkes. In the light of Dierkes' imminent departure to commit to his studies in Ber… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.12. - AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 SONGS - Serenity Dies, Myraeth, The Cleaner, Cause Of Death, Wound Upon Wound, Xerión, Aperion, Bast.
By Rhys on Aug 21, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
SERENITY DIES 'Hacksawcracy' Maldives, a place where most folk associate it with sandy beaches, rich blue seas, peaceful tranquility and exotic landscapes, however tuning your ears towards Malé and you will find Serenity Dies shredding Thrash Metal a… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.11. - BULLDOZING THE BENELUX - Bodyfarm, Posthuman, Retrace My Fragments, Black September, Huldrefolk, Prejudice,
By Rhys on Aug 20, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
BODYFARM 'Bodyfarm' Walking through a battlefield is like walking into the deepest depths of hell, listening to Bodyfarm is like raiding a sweet shop, exhilarating. Dutch Death Metallers Bodyfarm take the military and death approach to their music fr… more »
UK THRASHERS SAVAGE MESSIAH SIGN TO EARACHE RECORDS
By Origami Kid on Aug 20, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News | Send feedback »
Savage Messiah - one of the brightest and fastest rising bands from the thrashing UK, have just signed to EARACHE RECORDS. For any fans of thrash this is only good news. Having inked a worldwide, multi-album deal, this is what bassist Sasha Cron had to… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.10. - SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMER ASSAULT - Drakher, Perpetuum, Nova Orbis, Dying, Infection, Abrekadaver, Kaoscentrica
By Rhys on Aug 19, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
DRAKHER 'Rejector' AUSTRALIS Chilean Heavy Metal ensemble Drakher took Iron Maiden and Latinized them, by performing screeching and down-tone guitars along with ever-changing beats and differentiating vocals do Drakher cause a stir along the Pacifi… more »
ANN S. REVIEWS - KING OF ASGARD AND VOID OF SILENCE!
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 18, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
KING OF ASGARD - 'FI'MBULVINTR'METAL BLADE; 2010From the name alone and with the added knowledge that they seem to fall under the now ubiquitous "viking metal" label; one would be forgiven for assuming that King of Asgard are a run-of-the-mill band, ridi… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.9. - DIGITAL AGE - Psycho Choke, Cerekloth, Deiphago, Demonic Resurrection, Far West Battlefront, Krisis, Muerte Por Mil Cortes, Trustno1
By Rhys on Aug 17, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | 1 feedback »
PSYCHO CHOKE 'Unraveling Chaos' 7Hard Greek Groove Thrash/Metalcore outfit Psycho Choke fire up the ballistic assaults with their latest release 'Unraveling Chaos', taking style of music like Bleeding Through and adding Cavalera Conspiracy style mu… more »
HEVY FEST 2010 - THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARBER
By Amanda on Aug 17, 2010 | In Background, Features, Features, Features | Send feedback »
The first weekend of August saw Hevy Fest, a somewhat baby festival take place at Port Lympne Animal Park. A pretty mixed line-up with local bands playing during the set up of main stage bands like Gallows and Fucked Up and metal veterans Sepultura playi… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.666. - GLOBAL METAL - Destiny In Chains, Arthimoth, Crackdust, Scarab, Bohema, Terrordrome, Melechesh, Storm, Sakadoya, Black Warrant, Murder The Frail, Nazca, Necropollis
By Rhys on Aug 17, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | 1 feedback »
DESTINY IN CHAINS 'DemoniZed' Surging underneath the underground Metal scene is Egypt's Destiny In Chain, a five-piece Metalcore assembly. Fusing screamo with Heavy Metal and the dubious genre Hardcore, Destiny In Chains resurrected the brutality of… more »
NEW ARTWORK PUBLISHED FOR NEGLIGENCE ALBUM
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 17, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News | Send feedback »
The album cover art for the next release from Slovenian thrashers Negligence was posted yesterday; along with its tracklisting. Created by Michael 'Xaay' Loranc, the artwork features a post-apocalyptic city emmersed in serial digits and all-seeing eyes;… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.8. - ASIAN ARMAGEDDON - Aras, Arallu, Humiliation, DCA, Evil Days, Ngu Cung, Ston'd, Dark Fount
By Rhys on Aug 17, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | 1 feedback »
ARAS 'Hemaseye Andooh' RAGNAROK Persian (Iranian) Black Metal is probably one of the most controversial genres in the Muslim world, and in a country such as Iran where no CD's are sold, American label Ragnarok Records took the reigns of this one ma… more »
INSOMNIUM SIGN TO CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 16, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News | Send feedback »
Finnish melodic death metal outfit Insomnium have just announced that they have moved over from Candlelight Records to label giants Century Media. In a press statement on their official website, the band have expressed their joy at such a major step in… more »
VULTURE INDUSTRIES UNVEIL NEW ALBUM DETAILS
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 16, 2010 | In News, News, News | Send feedback »
Bergen avant-garde black metallers Vulture Industries have recently posted details of their incoming LP 'The Malefactor's Bloody Register'; along with one track online for free streaming from their MySpace page. Currently pegged for a release date of S… more »
MUNICIPAL WASTE ANNOUNCE NEW EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 15, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News, Features | 1 feedback »
Virginian cross-over thrashers Municipal Waste have recently informed the public that they finally going to commence with a European tour this winter; after having been unable to do so during the initial summer dates due to family emergencies. Accordin… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.7. - EUROPEAN EXPEDITION - Verjnuarmu, Twenty-Six Other-Worlds, Týr, Laments Of Silence, Last Act Of Defiance, Magica, The Year Zero, Alassë, Sweet Sorrow, Necro Strike
By Rhys on Aug 14, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
VERJNUARMU 'Ruatokansan Uamunkoetto' DYNAMIC ARTS Hailing from the icy lands of Finland, this Melodic Death Metal quintet are unlike any other, applying their own character persona within the band as seen in the photo, they sing in the Savo dialect… more »
MADDER MORTEM ANNOUNCE REPLACEMENT OF FORMER GUITARIST
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 13, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News | 2 feedbacks »
Norwegian progressive metal act Madder Mortem have recently annoounced the departure of their former guitarist Odd Elvind Ebbesen; as well as the man who is to replace him in their current line-up. From their official website the band have expressed th… more »
IN TWILIGHT'S EMBRACE POST NEW SONG AND ALBUM TITLE ONLINE
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 12, 2010 | In News | Send feedback »
Polish melodic death/metalcore outfit In Twilight's Embrace have posted a song to their official Myspace; which is in turn also the title track of the forthcoming new album 'Slaves to Martyrdom', due out later this year. Via the band's MySpace blog, th… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL..6. - ASIAN ASSAULT - State of Emergency, Ancient Horns, Sigh, Temple Of The Maggot, Chaotic Aeon, Halun, Zuriaake
By Rhys on Aug 11, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
STATE OF EMERGENCY'State Of Emergency' + 'State Of Emergency EP'HIMALAYAIn 2010, heading for the Far East is an adventure, listening to Taiwan's State of Emergency is an expedition of epic proportions, with lyrics based on politics you can safely say the… more »
ANN S. PRESENTS - AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD THOMSON (XERATH)
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 11, 2010 | In Features | Send feedback »
It’s funny how small the metal community seems to be in the UK – minutes after I told people that I was checking out Xerath’s debut album, this lovely lady (and now really good friend) was amused since they were mates of hers. As a result, I was m… more »
METAL BLADE TEAMS UP WITH ALAN AVERILL'S LABEL POISON TONGUE RECORDS FOR DISTRIBUTION
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 10, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News, Features | Send feedback »
It has been announced today, that records giant Metal Blade have agreed to distribute the North American releases from bands signed to Alan Averill 'Nemthanga's label Poison Tongue Records. Already gathering more attention in the European underground,… more »
NERGAL ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 10, 2010 | In News, Background, News, News | Send feedback »
Adam Darski otherwise known as Nergal, the frontman and guitarist of Polish black metallers Behemoth; was yesterday admitted into hospital for a serious illness. As a result the band has had to cancel several summer tours and festivals, including Bloodst… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.5. - GOTHIC MASQUERADES - Elferya, V for Violence, Skyward, Winter In Eden, Saints Of Ruin, Aeon Noctis, Lumine Criptica
By Rhys on Aug 10, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
ELFERYA 'Afterlife' Amongst the majestic valleys of the Swiss Alps, a Gothic Metal sextet was born under the name Elferya. Weaving Gothic melodies with metal, whilst sticking to soft melodic female vocals, this sextet are one band from Switzerland th… more »
RHYS' RE: VIEWZ VOL.4. - EUROPEAN DARKNESS (warning!! Extreme content present) - Wintergewitter, Jewish Juice, Rafflesia, Beansidhe, Atheos, True, Mass Hypnosis, Hilderog, Mor, Project Massacre.
By Rhys on Aug 8, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
WINTERGEWITTER 'Operation Wintergewitter' FORGOTTEN WISDOM Of all metal genres, this is probably the most controversial to date, National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM), but for all time sake refer it as Black Metal with World War Two lyrics to avoid… more »
ANN S. REVIEW SECTION - NOX AUREA AND THE GLITTERATI! HEAVENS!
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 6, 2010 | In Reviews, Features | Send feedback »
NOX AUREA - 'ASCENDING IN TRIUMPH 'NAPALM RECORDS; 2010Not long after the initial success of their debut LP have Nox Aurea returned from the studio, with their follow-up 'Ascending In Triumph'. And if the title alone is anything to go by, then it seems t… more »
TARJA TURNUNEN'S NEW VIDEO IS NOW ONLINE
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 6, 2010 | In News | Send feedback »
'I Feel Immortal', the new music video from acclaimed ex-Nightwish frontwoman Tarja Turunen is now available for loyal fans to view online. The clip features a song from the singer's upcoming solo LP 'What Lies Beneath', and was filmed in Iceland; which… more »
PANTHEON I SEARCH FOR NEW VOCALIST
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 4, 2010 | In News | Send feedback »
Norwegian death/black metallers Pantheon I have parted ways with previous frontman André "Tjalve" Kvebek and are currently advertising for a new singer to join their line-up. From the band's official MySpace blog, they have specified that they are look… more »
ATHEIST OFFICIALLY PART WAYS WITH BASSIST
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 3, 2010 | In News, Features | Send feedback »
From a press release via their label Season of Mist, it has been confirmed that American prog-metal maestros Atheist have officially parted ways with bassist Tony Choy. Following his departure prior to the recording of their much-anticipated album 'Jup… more »
LIV KRISTINE RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR SOLO ALBUM
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 3, 2010 | In News | Send feedback »
Leaves Eyes' graceful frontwoman has today uploaded the new video for her third solo album, 'Skintight'. The video features the title track of the LP, which shall be soon available as a digital-download single from Napalm Records on August 6th, 2010 wo… more »
ANNIHILATOR CONFIRM DATES FOR EUROPEAN TOUR
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 2, 2010 | In News | Send feedback »
Canadian thrash legends Annihilator have today announced plans to tour Europe during Autumn 2010, due to popular demand from their fans across the pond. The news comes after the band's return from playing at various festivals over the European continent… more »
SONIC SYNDICATE BASSIST SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING VIDEO SHOOT
By Ann Sulaiman on Aug 2, 2010 | In News, Features | Send feedback »
Nuclear Blast have just issued out a press statement, that Sonic Syndicate bassist Karin Axelsson has been seriously injured when the band were filming a video clip for a song from their new album. 'We Rule the Night'. According to the statement, Axels… more »
