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Legendary Swedish progressive folk-fusion-rock band KAIPA share lyric video for the title track from the upcoming album Urksog

Legendary Swedish progressive folk-fusion-rockband KAIPA are set to return with their 14th studio album titled Urksog. The new album is due out on April 29th, 2022 on InsideOutMusic. The album also features new drummer Darby Todd. The band are pleased to share the lyric video for the album’s first single, the title track ‘Urksog’. Check it out HERE Hans Lundin comments as follows “The song ‘Urskog’ takes us straight into the heart of the Swedish primeval forest, evoking images of old folklore with its Swedish lyrics. Both the music and the lyrics came to me in a most natural way. […]

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Album Review: HALLUX VALGUS – Reflections Of Distant Dreams

Okay, so the cat got me. I mean, look. On the cover. It’s a cat. And it looks like my cat, for fuck’s sake. I’ve been going through a late ‘60s-early ‘70s psych/folk phase for the past year or two such as INCREDIBLE STRING BAND blended with monster ‘70s guitar rock ala CROW and RAM JAM, and the art of this first widely-available edition left me unsure what to expect, but intrigued enough to press Play. A hard-charging riff sets Reflections Of Distant Dreams off at a gallop, ‘Ghastly Reflections’ harking back to the days when thrash/speed was beginning its […]

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I KLATUS: Decibel Magazine Premieres ‘Solstice Of Wind’ From Chicago Sludge Trio With Members Of Yakuza, Indian, Lair Of The Minotaur, And More; Targeted Sees Release Via Dead Sage

Decibel Magazine is hosting an exclusive premiere for Chicago-based esoteric sludge/doom metal trio I KLATUS, formed by members of Yakuza, Indian, Lair Of The Minotaur, and more. Featuring guest vocals from Valentina Levchenko and cello from Alison Chesley (Helen Money), ‘Solstice Of Wind’ is the opening song to the band’s impending fourth album, Targeted, nearing April release through their own Dead Sage label. I KLATUS’ Tom Denney offers with the ‘Solstice Of Wind’ single, “Air as an element is often associated with breath, life, communication, and the holy spirit connection. The solstice is when a star reaches its solar maximum. […]

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Album Review: Mirror – The Day Bastard Leaders Die

Look deep into this MIRROR and you’ll see the spirit of true heavy metal staring back at you. I thought the debut from this Greek band was fantastic and The Day Bastard Leaders Die is a more than worthy follow-up. The creation of SATAN’S WRATH bassist Taz, this band is 100% dedicated to the sounds of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and the darkest ’70s hard rock. MIRROR play a rather elegant, almost baroque style of true metal that has a strong flavor of ANGELWITCH, CANDLEMASS and MERCYFUL FATE. Singer Jimmy Mavrommatis has a great clear voice that’s […]

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP Announces US Dates For The 50th Anniversary Universal – World Tour 2022

Few rock guitarists on this planet have had such a lasting influence on so many renowned musicians as MICHAEL SCHENKER. With his outstandingly fluid style, inexhaustible wealth of ideas, and instinctive feel for hooks and melodies, MICHAEL SCHENKER is a living legend who, despite his longstanding and distinguished history, still impresses with his unflagging energy and drive. The blond stringsman from Sarstedt, Germany (near Hanover) began his international career in the early 1970s with the Scorpions, achieved worldwide fame after joining British rock group U.F.O., and then seamlessly continued his exceptional global success story under his own name, as well […]

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Album Review: Vaamatar – Medievalgeist

And so it was that, after suffering through the utter dreck comprising HELL MILITIA’s newest half-assery, I needed the black metal version of a palate cleanse. Having no experience with VAAMATAR prior, but armed with the assurance that Iron Bonehead Productions is usually reliable for at least quality if not preference, we venture forth into Medievalgeist. The title track arrives, synth, screams and sacrifice giving way to equally orgiastic glee, and the first thing that stands out is the surprisingly robust production. No ‘Several Species Of Small Armored Pandas Together In A Cave A Mile Away And Grooving With A […]

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LEFT HAND PATH – new extreme metal bar in Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, and the largest city in Scandinavia with a population of 1.5 million people. It is therefore something of a mystery that this fantastic metropolis, which was established 855 years ago, and often mentioned as the capital of the Nordic countries, does not have a truly pure metal bar that focuses exclusively on the extreme metal genres. This has changed now, since the new LEFT HAND PATH bar opened on March 11th. The idea for LEFT HAND PATH was created by love for extreme metal, and as an old dream of music company director, metal […]

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Album Review: Eight Bells – Legacy Of Ruin

Released parallel to the compiling of its prior works, the aptly-titled Histories 2010-2016, EIGHT BELLS delivers its third long-player, Legacy Of Ruin on some expectant ears. Well, these, at least. Sonically I’ve always found Melynda Jackson & co. not-so-distant cousins to the now-defunct SUBROSA, albeit more diverse in their palette. Where the former came from the dark heart of folk, EIGHT BELLS treads more in the realms of doom, all the while tossing shovelfuls of hard prog ala POPOL VUH, the devilish dirge of JACULA and orbit-twisting YOB… All evidenced splendidly on opener ‘Destroyer’, which had me reaching for my […]

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Progressive Trad-Metal Trio SLEEPLESS Releasing Host Desecration in April on Metal Warrior Records

Portland (OR) – Progressive/Traditional Metal trio SLEEPLESS – featuring former members of Dead Conspiracy – have signed with the Netherlands’ Metal Warrior Records and will release full-length debut album Host Desecration on CD format April 15. A limited edition (500 copies) vinyl LP version will be released on June 21. A lyric video for the album’s first single, ‘The King Who’s Not There’ is available now at THIS LOCATION After the enthusiastic response to the Blood Libel EP, the Netherlands’ Metal Warrior Records approached the band about fleshing out the EP into a nine-song full length! “We never stop writing, […]

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Album Review: Buňuel – Killers Like Us

Luis Buňuel was a film-maker who liked to shock and surprise. This is the guy we have to thank for images of eyeballs being slashed by razor blades and dead donkeys lying on top of pianos. It seems fitting that he lend his name to this noise rock project full of uneasy screams, mutters and groans, both human and instrumental. Noise rock is something I’ve found myself gradually getting into in recent years, but boy, BUÑUEL push things to limits even I find hard to take. It’s an international combo featuring Eugene Robinson of OXBOW fame on lead vocals. Never […]

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