Suffocating. This is the first impression after listening to this demo, released on tape earlier this year by the Canadian Ekhidna Records. Everything on this demo is made to choke you, from the atmosphere, to the instruments and music. Not to speak of the cover, which is amazingly scarry, but does not disclose what happens... Continue Reading →
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 →
Earlier this year, the Serbian death metal Sacramental Blood released their 1st full length album, "Ternion Demonarchy". In order to find out more about this band and their latest release, ScrollsofDarmoth sat down with Milan Dobrosavljevic (guitars), who kindly provided in depth answers for this new episode of the interview series. I strongly recommend this... 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 →
This audio interview was made before the show Grá played in Bucharest as part of their "A Coin for Charon Tour 2016", which took them from Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria to Greece, where they brought Charon back home where he belongs, thus ending a chapter in the band's history. ScrollsofDarmoth sat down with Andreas Heljarmadr... 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 →
The Swedish black metal outfit Grá will start their European "A Coin for Charon Tour" tomorrow in Budapest, Hungary. The band is supporting their latest album, Ending, which has been released last year. On Wednesday, September 14th, Grá will perform in Bucharest in Quantic Club. Support band will be Romania's Akral Nekrosis. Since this will... Continue Reading →
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