Tag At The Gates
One of the ‘Three pillars’ of the famed Gothenburg sound, standing alongside At The Gates and In Flames, Dark Tranquillity are one of the most influential and important bands in metal. Pioneering the Melodic Death Metal sound with the aforementioned… Continue Reading →
Newsflash, Death Metal is cool again guys! Bands like 200 Stab Wounds, Frozen Soul, Fuming Mouth and Celestial Sanctuary appear to be paving some sort of new way. Towing a line between the modern and extremely popular Hardcore scene and… Continue Reading →
Apparently this label is “responsible for underground alternative releases” although they appear to be few and far between. Judging by the presentation of this EP which turned up with a release date of the 22nd December, Tunnelgeur Records put a… Continue Reading →
Dyssebeia in Greek Mythology was the spirit and personification of Impiety, the term which defines sacrilege. Notably, it was called upon by the Olympian goddess Hera to punish Heracles when she was rather pissed off at Zeus because he was… Continue Reading →
It seems a bit daft stating that you can sometimes actually hear nostalgia but anyone who cut teeth on the emerging melodic death metal scene of Sweden in the mid 90’s will definitely do so on giving Majesties debut album… Continue Reading →
A second album from German chainsaw death metallers Nightbearer following on very nicely from their excellent debut full length ‘Tales Of Sorcery And Death’ released in 2019. Whether you would say there is a progression on their sophomore is down… Continue Reading →
Sometimes it is nice to simply press play on an album and get exactly what you expected, no gimmicks, no trends, just a good old energetic thrashing from start to finish. Nightrage led through thick and thin by Marios Iliopoulos… Continue Reading →
Last time Lock Up released an album (2017) it was one of my highly rated and recommended releases of that year. A devastatingly intense delivery of high quality grindcore which had everything required to guarantee chaos and carnage in any… Continue Reading →
In his ongoing quest to be featured in one in every three heavy metal bands, Tomas Lindberg is – aside from his main stint as vocalist for a little-known band called “At The Gates” – also the vocalist for The… Continue Reading →
Upon my first encounter with this album, I can’t believe it’s not Swedish; more specifically I can’t believe it’s not the October release from a Rogga Johanson project (though in truth he’s possibly even more prolific than just monthly) [editor’s… Continue Reading →
At The Gates are back. The melodic death behemoths from Gothenburg return with a new full length release and what a beast it is. Its 3 years since ‘To Drink From The Night Itself’ and the Swedish Overlords, are back… Continue Reading →
Even though I’m a huge Death Metal fanatic I’m not actually all the mad on OSDM. I mean I like it for sure but it isn’t often my first choice. A lot of early Death Metal bands just bore me… Continue Reading →