Tag Holland
Anyone who has experienced the joys of this Dutch bands grindcore will know that all their albums have a play on the titles of well established releases such as their debut “Clit ‘Em All”or the last full length “Cliteaten Back… Continue Reading →
Dutch groove laden thrashers The Hangman’s Lament are an interesting bunch. Inspired by Norse mythology, in particular the tale of Odin hanging himself from a tree for a period of days to gain enlightenment, and using their time in previous… Continue Reading →
This review is brought to you via Internet translation tools, headache tablets and a severe amount of patience. Folteraar have sat on our reviews list for a while and when this happens choosing to download and cover it is a… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2011, Pander are a four piece Dutch group who have mastered the art of delivering gut-busting stoner metal fuelled riffery. “Fierce Self” reflects a band who appear to be on a single-minded mission to rumble mercilessly through your… Continue Reading →
Having released ‘The Human contradiction” in 2014, and toured the globe seemingly non-stop since, selling out their own shows and supporting the likes of Sabaton, Within Temptation and Nightwish along the way, Delain have gone from strength to strength and… Continue Reading →
I’m new to this band, but after giving their second full-length a few listens, I fully intend to keep on top of their progress. Villainy (not to be confused with an Alternative Rock band from New Zealand), are a band… Continue Reading →
Formed in Utrecht back in 2008, Dutch melodic thrash metal five piece Disquiet have caused quite a stir. With their debut album “Scars Of Undying Grief”, they had a fairly successful 2013 with regards to touring, sharing the stage with… Continue Reading →
Dutch melodic metalcore four piece Undawn have been kicking about since 2007 when they initially formed under the name ‘Symphony Of Destruction’. Three years later, changing their name to Undawn, the band began work on what would be their debut… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I come across a release which feels like any lingering positivity and joy for life has been sucked out. The increasingly abundant crop of post-rock, post black metal bands such as Harakiri For The Sky, Fall of Efrafa and… Continue Reading →
I caught this Dutch lot previously known as Liar Liar Cross On fire when they supported The Great Old Ones at the Unicorn at the beginning of 2013. At the time I found them a pretty hefty brew of black… Continue Reading →
Dutch old school death metallers Bodyfarm are back with their third album ‘Battle Breed’. Their previous one – 2013’s ‘The Coming Scourge – was an impressive introduction for this listener, displaying a range of moods and punishing compositions to revel… Continue Reading →
Four years after their very well received debut ‘The Human Repellent’ I Chaos are back with ‘Masterbleeder’. Ten tracks of furious thrashing death metal featuring new vocalist, Tobias Borra (ex-Cypher) replacing Harry Van Breda (now in Body Farm). Bearing in… Continue Reading →