Heic Noenum Pax or Here's no Peace, as Marduk once put it so well. Starting with Wormwood, they got us used to releasing albums every three years, in a feverishly chronology. So, 3 years after the surprisingly good Frontschwein, Marduk will release on the 22nd of June their 14th full length album, Viktoria (Century Media... Continue Reading →
Ygfan – Hamvakbol review – Sun and Moon Records / Fekete Terror Productions – June 2018 AB
I started to come across the name Ygfan quite often these past months: whenever I was checking my social media profile, there was at least one mention of this name or of the band's soon to be released album, Hamvakból. Then, on June the 2nd, I remembered that Ygfan will play in Budapest, in a... Continue Reading →
Funeral Mist – Hekatomb album review – NoEvDia – June 2018 AB
"And all that is Holy, Holy shall be". He who listeneth to black metal should have heareth about Funeral Mist. At least once in his life time. After the MCD Devilry (1998) and 2 albums, Salvation (2003) and Maranatha (2009), the infamous Swedish black metal band is back (from the dead) with a spiteful vengeance.... Continue Reading →
Djevel – Blant Svarte Graner review – Aftermath Music – May 2018 AB
On the 23rd of March, the Norwegian band Djevel has released through the old trusty Aftermath Music its 5th opus titled Blant Svarte Graner (Among Black Grains). The whole concept of the album is based upon the Black Death which silently swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351, wiping out almost half if of its... Continue Reading →
Premiere: A.H.P – “Forakt, Hat og Død” EP full streaming – Avantgarde Music – May 2018 AB
After the release of their first full length album Against Human Plague in 2016, time has come for the Norwegian black metal band A.H.P. to release a new material, the 2 song EP "Forakt, Hat og Død". “Forakt Hat og Død” will be released by Avantgarde Music on June 18th, on a limited edition vinyl... Continue Reading →
Abysmal Grief – Chapter I Tour – Live in Budapest – May 2018 AB
In January the Italian horror doom metal masters Abysmal Grief have released their 5th full length album Blasphema Secta via Terror From Hell/Sun and Moon Records and now, 4 months later, they have embarked on an Eastern European tour to support this beautiful release. The tour was supposed to start in Germany on the 4th... Continue Reading →
March of Blood and Iron Tour: Marduk live in Budapest – May 2018 AB
The third leg of the March of Blood and Iron Tour 2018 stopped in Budapest Friday,the 4th of May. Having already seen the 3 bands present on the bill before - Infernal War, Ragnarok and Marduk - I decided to go to the venue (Supersonic Blue Hell) out of curiosity and why not, for a... Continue Reading →
Spite – Antimoshiach cd review – April 2018 AB
I made my first audio contact with Spite after I listened to the promo I got for the release of their first full length, "Antimoshiach", which came out a couple of months ago on the Irish label Invictus Productions. I am usually quite reluctant when it comes to black metal made in USA (I hate... Continue Reading →
Tormentor – The Return – Anno Domini XXX – Live in Budapest, 21st of April 2018 AB
During the 80's, the extreme music scene was not so popular in the Central/Eastern part of Europe, compared to what happened in the democratic West. But somewhere around 1985 a young band named Tormentor popped its ugly little head from the Hungarian underground and without knowing it, they became in a couple of years a... Continue Reading →
Sleeping with the Devil’s Son – An Interview with DOOL – March 2018 AB
Exactly one week ago, I managed to see DOOL love in Budapest. Their performance that night was extremely powerful and it definitely exceeded all my expectations. Like all things great, this interview was not planned, but came into being after that show, when I managed to talk a couple of minutes with a tired but... Continue Reading →
