Well, well, well, what do we have here? Let's see...Finland, mid '90s, melodic black metal, bombastic keyboards, female vocals, corpsepaint. Still following me? Good, because if you don't, you will miss a very good and interesting album, which will be released tomorrow, on Valenti....hmph hmph, on the 14th of February, via the Finnish label Werewolf... Continue Reading →
Black Beast – Nocturnal Bloodlust album review – February 2020 AB
After 13 years of lying in wait, the Finnish band Black Beast has finally released its long awaited first full length album, "Nocturnal Bloodlust". The record came out on the 8th of November 2019 via Primitive Reaction Records and is the band's first release after the split CD with their country mates Bloodhammer in 2003,... Continue Reading →
A talk with Strangers – An interview with Of Blood and Mercury – December 2019 AB
After a very interesting interview with a non metal band (Varsovie), it is time for another out of the box encounter, with the Belgian band Of Blood and Mercury. The two members, Michelle Nocon (vocals/guitar) and Olivier Lomer (guitar/effects) are not new to the metal scene as both have (or still are) playing in several... Continue Reading →
Passio Christi Part I and II review – November 2019 AB
Friday the 29th of November is the date when 2 two very interesting split releases will be unleashed via 2 different labels. Passio Christi Part I and Part II will see the light of day via Invictus Productions and Iron Bonehead respectively. Passio Christi / Beyond the Witch's Spell contains a split between Belgium's fierce... Continue Reading →
UNLEASHED ON THE EAST – WITCHCRAFT, WARLOCKS AND WEREWOLVES TOUR 2019 AB
Last Saturday, on the 23rd of November, 14 metalheads from 4 bands in league with Satan attacked and desecrated the little Supersonic Blue Hell Club in Budapest's 3rd district. No bodies were discovered at the venue, but those who managed to get home on their feet are still marked by what happened that night. But... Continue Reading →
Mayhem – Daemon album review – November 2019 AB
The name Mayhem does not need any kind of introduction when it comes to black metal and extreme music. Rivers of ink and blood have run describing the true or false events which happened in or around the band since its inception more than 30 years ago. Controversy is its middle name and the band... Continue Reading →
Le Sang et la Croix – Interview avec Varsovie – Novembre 2019 AB
I once said that this online blog/zine will only be dedicated to the music I like, since I have no time to waste on other things. Regardless of genres, music always surprises and beauty can appear around an unexpected corner. For me that was the case with the French group Varsovie, whose 3 albums released... Continue Reading →
Kringa – “Feast Upon the Gleam” album review – September 2019 AB
"The Darkness is churning - I watch the beneath" 21st of August A.B. is the day when Kringa released the very first full-length album of its rather short but interesting career. After a couple of well received demo tapes and EP’s released during the previous years, it was about time for the 4 Austrians to... Continue Reading →
Hagzissa – They Ride Along on the Howling Winds album review – Iron Bonehead Productions – 23.08.2019 AB
"In the far dark corners of every human’s soul there lurks a black crouching spectre. The ghost-like shadow that waits. A shrouded thing that pulsates with malignant evil. The name of that ghost, is…Hagzissa". But who is this Hagzissa, you might ask, and why am I talking about this band? Well, to begin with, they... Continue Reading →
Svoid Video Interview @ Robot Club, Budapest – 18.05.2019 AB
Recently I sat down S and D from Svoid, just before their leg of Under the Ashes mini tour which took place in Budapest's Robot Club. 3 years have passed since our last encounter, so now we caught up with what went on with the band during this period. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N77cpLMOCyM Hope you will enjoy this... Continue Reading →
