Tag Sweden
MDXX are a mysterious quartet spearheaded by the mastermind behind them who is known simply as V, the other members being A, C and T. Influenced by recent years filled with death and despair, V created a world which mirrored… Continue Reading →
This is a project I have been following via an online music platform, thankfully those “you might also like” tags work well; David Nilsson, who is the vocalist of Swedish death metal band Feral, forms it. He handled all music,… Continue Reading →
Formed 33 years ago, this shall be the Swedish quartet’s 8th album, 4 years since their last release. Their brand of melodic doom with a touch of death has plenty of clean vocals by guitarists Daniel Brynste and Crister Olsson,… Continue Reading →
Sweden’s Bastard Grave know exactly how to cave your skull in, you’ve only to listen to the bands previous two full lengths to realise this as their third grotesque monstrosity continues that path with more unadulterated filth. Bands like this… Continue Reading →
On the surface the port city of Halmstad Sweden looks like a nice place to visit and if you were to type it into an image search there are nice scenes of waterways, bustling streets with stalls and bars, gothic… Continue Reading →
These Swedes have been top drawer all the way through their career, after a 4-year break in releases; ‘Fatal Encounter’ is ready for the world. It’s a striking album, and the infused logo returns after an albums break. The cover… Continue Reading →
No Cillit Bang is gonna purify this utter filth! Meditations of Filth is the debut album by Stockholm Death Grinders CHILD. I am slightly worried by the PR blurb which purports these 17 tracks as the Black album of Grindcore. Hmmm – what… Continue Reading →
In Flames, pioneers of the Gothenburg Sound style of melodic death metal have had a long career. Several line up shuffles over the years have seen the band distilled to two long standing (but not founding) members, Anders (vocals) and… Continue Reading →
Doing a search on members of this Dark Nordic folk sextet along with the fact that no real info is provided about them largely drew a blank. However, the name Alex Hellid was an obvious one being founding member of… Continue Reading →
Swedish Melodic Heavy Metal band Rexoria are actually no strangers to the scene. With a consistent line-up since their inception back in 2016 “Imperial Dawn” is their third release on three different record labels. Each album has seen the band… Continue Reading →
The word “Goth” conjures up certain images for the rock community. Mopey, white faced corner dwellers. Glow stick wielding tubular hair arm dancers or Hot Topic adorned emo kids. What happened to the tongue in cheek, chicken dancing, dusty dancefloor hoofers? We are still… Continue Reading →
Swedish melodic death metal band Ablaze My Sorrow seem to have a rather odd history, releasing a string of albums in the late 90’s and early 2000’s then disbanding in 2006. They then reformed and released another album in 2016… Continue Reading →