I remember how excited I was when I first heard Leviathan's "Far Beyond the Light" CD in 2002. Back in the day this record was one of those true underground gems which I appreciated a lot. Even today, after so many years, when I go back to that album, I am still amazed how good... Continue Reading →
Tusenårseken – “Svält” album review – September 2020 AB
"There will always be a road of eternal struggles and famine ahead." Until recently, Tusenårseken (or Thousand Year Oak in English), was a name completely unknown to me. This is actually a very new one man band hailing from...Sweden, of course. The simple fact that all the articles posted lately on this page involve Swedish bands... Continue Reading →
Mistcavern – Winds of Misery EP – December 2019 AB
End of 2019 is fast approaching, so what better way to celebrate this dying year than by reviewing another brilliant piece of metal of death ? In this short review I am going to talk about a very recent discovery which has rapidly become one of my favorite releases of 2019. I am pretty sure... Continue Reading →
Mephorash – Shem Ha Mephorash Album review – Shadow Records – April 2019 AB
Imagine yourself on a warm and sunny day, entering an empty little gothic church in the countryside. The coldness of the place and the silence of the statues are pierced by the rays of the sun which enter through the beautiful stained glass. As you glance in awe at this beautiful sight, the dust particles... Continue Reading →
Siculicidium – A halál és az iránytű 7″ EP review – Sun and Moon Records – March 2019
Hailing from the mythical land beyond the forest, better known as Transylvania, this mysterious group which is Siculicidium strikes back, 3 years after the release of their outstanding EP Land Beyond the Forest, with another material simply called "A halál és az iránytű" (The Death and the Compass). This EP will see the light of... Continue Reading →
Sun of the Sleepless – To the Elements album review – August 2017 AB
"Hunter of silence Awakened... Wary thine eye In the dark". Who would have thought that in 2017 Ulf Theodor Schwadorf will bring Sun of the Sleepless back from the dark slumber in which it fell in 2004 and will return with their first full length in 18 years of bizarre existence? I was more than... Continue Reading →
