Tag Holland
Fancy something spooky and symphonic for Halloween? Well this will do nicely. Dutch band Haliphron only rose from their graves in 2021 and have in their ranks various members past and present from Bleeding Gods, Isegrim, Sinister, Howitzer, Debauchery and… Continue Reading →
The immense God Dethroned are back and this time with their twelfth full length release, and it is a beast. ‘The Judas Paradox’ opens with its namesake and title track, the marathon of the album and a horde of melodies… Continue Reading →
Avant-garde black metal, dark atmospheres and themes …. let’s try Serotonin. “Motiv” is the band’s fourth album release. The band itself has been around for about 20 years. The album starts with the fast and hard “Climbing the Colossus”, the… Continue Reading →
Forgive me, my knowledge of Doom in general is somewhat lacking, which is really stupid because I like a lot of it. From Sabbath to Saint Vitus, Green Lung to Candlemass. My spectrum of Doom as a sound is broad… Continue Reading →
So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if Epica vocalist Simone Simons decided to team up with Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen for a whole album rather than just the odd guest vocal, then wonder no more, as… Continue Reading →
Like all other European nations, the Netherlands has given metal its share of noteworthy bands, both new and from ages past. One group who have emerged from the Utrecht region in the last few years is Defacement, one group shrouded… Continue Reading →
In 2020, I reviewed a split with three outstanding windswept and atmospheric pieces from Vuur & Zijde. Such, I guess, was the maturity of it that I had the mistaken idea that thought they’d released more than that. They hadn’t,… Continue Reading →
A band with underground praise and status Severe Torture are figureheads of the Dutch Death Metal scene. My first introduction to them was through their last record Slaughtered way back in 2010. Their first two full lengths are also often… Continue Reading →
Every so often, one of the many albums I get sent to review presents me with a challenge. Sometimes it’s an expected challenge, like how do I categorise this particular example of genre roulette accurately enough to review it, and… Continue Reading →
Sometimes, when you review albums, it seems to take forever to pick apart a release enough to get some idea of where its creators are coming from. After all, a big part of reviewing – especially in metal – is… Continue Reading →
Love it or loathe it but genre definition is one of those things us music writers seem unable to not dissect and in the case of Dutch band Dool it still makes me tut when I open go to site… Continue Reading →
Here’s a band who have carved out a niche for themselves in the world of death metal. Now it’s time for album number nine for the trio from the Netherlands. Theatrical is a word I could use to describe The… Continue Reading →