Wow, 2021! Ce mai an! Sincer, nu are sens să fac o retrospectivă personală a anului. Cea mai importantă modificare pentru mine, este că de acum am primul an monitorizat 100% pe LastFM. Pe de alta parte, de acum înainte am ocazia să compar lista "critică" versus ceea ce ascult eu în viața reală. Așa... Continue Reading →

Disclaimer: I started writing this list on Dec 31, but even though a few weeks have passed I still highly resonate with the intro below. That's why I've decided not to rewrite it. What better way to spend the last hours of the shittiest year in recent memory than to ponder the awesome music that... Continue Reading →

In every metalhead's life there is a point where you run against music that changes the way you view extreme metal. The study subject for today is black metal vocals. While exploring the genre many many years ago, I came across Marduk's Nightwing album. This one changed my definition of evil at that time, mostly because... Continue Reading →

There are certain bands out there that take regular elements and somehow concoct greatness. Oceans of Slumber, hailing from Texas, is one of them. I came across them in 2015 when they released the excellent single from their then upcoming album Winter (really... click that link, I dare you). I also got the unexpected chance to... Continue Reading →

I don't normally listen to deathcore... But when I do it's Rivers of Nihil. I'll let you imagine the appropriate meme. The five piece from Pennsylvania have returned with an awesome single from their upcoming album Where Owls Know My Name to be released on March 16, a song named A Home. While this band... Continue Reading →

This one was brought to my attention by a colleague with exquisite taste in black metal. Another good friend of mine would put it into the "journey" metal category, essentially entrancing music to get completely lost in. Der Weg einer Freiheit, loosely translated to The Way of Freedom, is a Bavarian Black Metal band started... Continue Reading →

Now this is news! Ihsahn just released a song off his upcoming album ÀMR to be released May 4. If you are following him you most likely are aware of this one, but I will torture you with my opinion nonetheless. First of all there is a big dynamic shift going on, as the keyboards... Continue Reading →

UK band Conjurer have gotten a lot hype on-line recently, as their debut is nearing it's launch on March 9 (delayed from the original date of Feb 23). Here is the first and only advance track from the album, and if the whole thing sounds even 60% as good as this, it will be one of... Continue Reading →

While I'm working on a band retrospective for In Vain, I thought I'd give you a taste from they latest album Currents. So let's discuss the first one, Seekers of the Truth. This was their first advance track of the album, and it shows a good portion of what In Vain do best: progressive melodeath with big guitar hooks,... Continue Reading →