I first heard (and bought) "Povestiri din Gara" a long time ago. This album was released in 1992 by the now defunct Romanian record company Electrecord, responsible for the releases (on vinyl, mostly) of all the Romanian artists before and after the events from December 1989. Cargo is a band that was born somewhere in... Continue Reading →
It's mid-October and Akral Necrosis have just released several days ago their second full length, "Underlight", on the Romanian label Loud Rage Music. The follow up to "Pandemic Dominion", which saw the light of day as an independent release 4 years ago, "Underlight" represents the coming of age of this talented Romanian black metal band.... Continue Reading →
Over the years, many good bands have released fantastic albums everybody appreciated and many good bands have released albums that, even though were very good, became underrated and succumbed into oblivion. Everybody knows that in the middle of the 90's, black metal was sweeping across Scandinavia in particular and Europe in general like a black... Continue Reading →
France has been in the past years a fertile breeding ground for many good extreme metal bands. Sektarism, Malkhebre, Aosoth, Malekhamoves, Demonic Oath, Witchthroat Serpent, to name a few, have spawned from the catacombs and delivered some really good materials which attracted their share of supporters. One of these hidden gems is Venefixion, a relatively... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, September the 20th, Live Nation Promotions scheduled another concert in their series of events that were planned for this end of year. Svoid(Hungary) and Abysmal Grief(Italy) were to play in Quantic Pub, right after the 2 bands shared the stage together in Cluj a night before. Due to a sudden change of weather, the... Continue Reading →
You don't get that often a good Swedish black metal band to stop in Bucharest for a concert, during a festival or while on tour. Last night, Grá stopped in my hometown for the Romanian leg of the A Coin for Charon Tour, a 9 days tour that will take them through several countries of... Continue Reading →
After a well deserved rest, the second day, the non-metal day of the festival was about to begin. A terrible, heavy heat was suffocating the city and the festival area. I was hoping for a little rain, but what followed surpassed all my expectations. The first group to open Day 2 was Fjord, a post... Continue Reading →
Dark Bombastic Evening has become over the years a strong underground tradition, slowly transforming from a local event held in Bucharest into a 3 days festival taking place in the middle of Transylvania, inside the beautiful citadel in Alba Iulia. This year was no exception and the festival celebrated its 7th episode, with 3 days... Continue Reading →
First of all, I have to admit from the start that I'm not very familiar with the Serbian (extreme) metal scene. The only bands I know of and listened to/saw live are Terrorhammer (review for their album here), The Stone, Nadimac and Infest. The first time I heard about Sacramental Blood was a couple of... Continue Reading →
"Open the gates, Lord Far too long in the shadows we've dealt" This how "Necro Speed Megalomania", the first track from "Under the Unholy Command" opens. A message as sharp as a blade wielded by the Serbian Terrorhammer. Formed initially by Warbeast Holocausto (vocals) and Pentagramator The Helltyrant (guitars) in 2010, the band released a... Continue Reading →
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