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 →
What is this, that stands before me?? Well, this is KILL's latest album, "Great Death", released on the 5th of July by the German label Amor Fati Productions. The 5th chapter in the band's history, "Great Death" is definitely their best (and longest) work so far. The CD version (the vinyl will follow later on)... Continue Reading →
"I close my eyes and think of home, Another city goes by in the night..." And on Saturday night, the 30th of July, that city was Bucharest. Iron Maiden stopped in Piata Constitutiei for one of the last legs of The Book of Souls World Tour that began in February. 4 years after the Maiden... Continue Reading →
Greece is the land of ancient traditions, powerful gods and unstoppable heroes. But besides history and mythology, Greece is also well known for its extreme metal music scene, having created the so called “Greek sound”in black metal, which started with Rotting Christ, Necromantia, Varathron and Thou Art Lord. Since then, the Hellenic scene has... Continue Reading →
Cadmium: Cadmium is a lustrous, silver-white, ductile, very malleable metal. Its surface has a bluish tinge and the metal is soft enough to be cut with a knife, but it tarnishes in air. It is soluble in acids but not in alcalis. It is similar in many respects to zinc but it forms more complex... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, on March the 25th, the Toronto based Blood Ceremony have released their 4th full length on Rise Above Records. Entitled “Lord of Misrule”, the album is the follow up to “The Eldritch Dark”, released by the same label 3 years ago. Since then, the band released a nice 2 song 7” EP,... Continue Reading →
I am alone in the room. It is dark. And hot, extremely hot. From the speakers comes a wailing music and its sinister melodies pour out one by one like the slithering of a giant snake. The felling is really scary, and the music is crushing. This is not the horror you experienced when you... Continue Reading →
Te pretext for last night's concert in Fabrica was the official release of Din Umbra's second album, "Soul of a Galaxy". The special guest for this event were Eternal Fire and the (now) veterans Sincarnate, who have not played in Bucharest for quite some time. I didn't know what Eternal Fire sounded like, I didn't... Continue Reading →
