Tag Sweden
You wait months for a Swedish take on American crossover and then two ….yadda yadda. It seems only moments since I was getting all excited about Dr. Living Dead’s “Crush The Sublime Gods” album and now here is Negative Self… Continue Reading →
Despite jamming together for over ten years, Vholdghast have only just got around to showcasing their sound on record, which is fair enough when you consider how many projects this four piece juggle between them (six for vocalist Jonny alone)…. Continue Reading →
Formed in 2013, Heavydeath was created with one refreshingly unpretentious objective: to create no frills “heavy death” music. And so far the Swedish trio – who boast a wealth of experience in more frantic bands including Runemagick, Sacrementum and Necrocurse… Continue Reading →
Safe in the knowledge that Enforcer are a kick ass band and the quality of their releases seems to get better with each one recorded, I had very high hopes for their fourth effort ‘From Beyond’. It’s even better than… Continue Reading →
Sweden’s fashion of going back to the early 80’s in both musical style and dress code couldn’t be more suited to this band. Night went back to the future to reinvent their self-proclaimed 80’s heavy metal before ’81 attitude as… Continue Reading →
This 6 track EP is the third offering from the Swedish trio comprising of Rogga Johansson on bass, guitars and vocals; Grave guitarist Mika Lagrén and drummer Jocke Ringdahl from Sinners Burn. The project is a rather brash black, death,… Continue Reading →
Whilst it is a band new to me, Finland’s Abbot apparently have the best part of a shared twenty year history that encompasses stints as a covers band, punk, hardcore, metal, and acoustic folk before it all came together in… Continue Reading →
A debut full length release for this Swedish quintet who have a couple of demos and an EP available to date with the demos free to download if you choose to. Melodic death metal is a difficult genre to break… Continue Reading →
Trident was formed in 2007 by a few of Swedish black/death metal’s luminaries including Johan Norman (Dissection, Sacramentum), Tobias Sidgård (Necrophobic, jail) and Jonas Blum (Runemagick). Their 2010 debut album ‘World Destruction’ was definitely one that I was looking forward… Continue Reading →
Crossover. It’s not new. It’s not big. It’s not clever. But…….it’s fucking good fun. These Swedes play bandana wearin’, skateboard ridin’, nuclear waste huffin’, acid green thrashcore. These guys play in Skull masks with ST style bandanas. You can call… Continue Reading →
It’s album number 2 for these Swedish occultists, and they are keen to point out that their second full-length journey to the dark side will not be compromised by mere gimmicks such as hoods, blood or pentagrams. This is mind-expanding occult… Continue Reading →
Right, let’s get one thing straight… Motorhead are the best band there ever was or will be. That’s just my opinion of course but if you disagree then you’re simply wrong. I reckon the Swedish rockers in Iron Lamb might… Continue Reading →