Tag Amon Amarth
Finland’s Antipope have never been afraid to explore multiple metal genres. Having formed in 2004, “Doors Of The Dead” represents the bands’ seventh full length release and finds them continuing to meld black, death and progressive metal sounds whilst keeping… Continue Reading →
Roman’s, Greeks, biblical tales, World Wars, big battles; there’s plenty going on here just in the lyrics and narrative themes on this second album from this Toulouse based band. I was looking at the titles and the likes of ‘The… Continue Reading →
This German act may well have been forgotten as the sands of time passed. After releasing third album ‘The Crossfire’ way back in 2007 there was a long period of silence until they somewhat ironically broke it with 2023 single… Continue Reading →
Hand of Kalliach are a husband and wife duo from Edinburgh who mix melodic death metal and Scottish folk music to great effect. That is the bare basics now onto the wicked mix that Corryvreckan contains in its bubbling pot. The… Continue Reading →
When is a supergroup not a supergroup? I would say when it has anything to do with extreme metal. Those guys just not keep it in their pants when it comes to musical monogamy. They leap into bands like the… Continue Reading →
It was a Wednesday and after a long road trip from the northern part of Greece I arrived at Release Athens Festival around 16:30, quite early so the gates hadn’t opened yet. Release fest is a very diverse one, hosting… Continue Reading →
The six piece outfit that is All For Metal hail from Germany and Italy. Spearheaded by Tom “Tetzel” Schmidt of Asenblut and Antonio Calanna of the hard rock band DeVicious, they came together with a single vision of championing the… Continue Reading →
Extermination Order, it would seem, are a five piece from all over the place (California, Germany, Iceland). They cite influences such as early Amon Amarth, Edge of Sanity, and crucially, Bolt Thrower. I have always been puzzled why Bolt Thrower,… Continue Reading →
Up front about this: I have what might be described as a ‘difficult’ relationship with melodic death metal. Some styles I adore (Countless Skies, Amon Amarth, Aephanemer, Valafar). Others not so much. So bear that in mind. This here Italian… Continue Reading →
I’m accustomed to reading ridiculous hyperbole as albums are presented for our attention and hopefully enjoyment, but to suggest that the concurrence of choosing the name Written in Blood and the coronavirus pandemic kicking off is some sort of coincidence… Continue Reading →
Very much an album of two halves here from this Texan quintet. On the one hand we have 5 songs including an instrumental closer and on the other a set of four covers. The reason why they chose the second… Continue Reading →
Ah, another ‘band I’ve been aware of but not really engaged with’ time. Fear and Trembling (so says Google) and apparently pagan black metal. My experience of Trollzorn bands is that they dont tend to sign yer actual bestial bm… Continue Reading →