Rating: 8.9/10 Release: 18 January 2019 Label: Independent Over the past 15 years or so, the Finish Tolkien symphonic Black-metallers, Avathar have released morsels of material at a time, publishing only demos following the introduction of two full lengths in 2004, remaining silent since 2010. Comprised of 6 remastered, 2 … Continue reading →
By: AssiaDate: 21 April 2019DNA Lunge, San Fransisco, USA Last month, I had the very honorable privilege to attend Kalmah’s first ever North American tour titled Heroes to us. Although this review is a bit overdue, it’s also right on time with their release of a live filmed ditty in … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.6/10 Release: 1 April 2019 Label: Stygian Crypt Productions My instincts tend to drive many of my decisions, mostly because it’s time conscious and I know I can trust them. Ever the eternal optimist, I caught on to Last Wail at first listen as a straightforward Viking Battle metal … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.1/10 Release: 15 February 2019 Label: Vision of God Records Traveling a lot for my day job recently has made me think of one thing… the narratives of a perspective storyteller and their audience. How much does a message really change when viewed from the two sides, or what … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.9/10 Release: 19 April 2019 Label: Scarlet Records As an amateur writer, this marks my first ever exclusive pre-release, listen and review; moving up in the world folks… So where do I start? Atlas Pain is a novice quartet out of Italy with a self-proclaimed Epic-Folk metal global sail … Continue reading →
Rating: 9.2/10 Release: 18 January 2019 Label: NoiseArt Records If it was a secret before, it certainly shouldn’t be now, TrollfesT deeply embodies my alter ego #trollpy. So of course, I leaped at the opportunity to review their latest homage onto our lot. Norwegian Fairytales is their (holy crap) eighth … Continue reading →
Rating: 7.7/10 Release: 30 March 2018 Label: Massacre Records Where do I start? Initially, I was super excited to review this album seeing as how the first listen left me optimistic for a newly yet to be discovered band. Based out of Switzerland, Abinchova released Weltenwandered as their third full … Continue reading →
20 January 2019 Metro Operahouse Oakland Rating: 8.9 To be honest, I recently kinda fell out of love with Ensiferum. Perhaps to my detriment, because Two Paths just screams OG Ensiferum in many aspects once you really listen to it. The albums prior, which I shall not mention, left more … Continue reading →
Rating: 8.2/10 Release: 13 July 2018 Label: Art of Propaganda Let’s start by getting the obvious out of the way German, Firtan is not what we would typically think of as Folk Metal, rather pagan black metal with a progressive death twist. However, I am particularly keen on them due … Continue reading →
Rating: 7/10 Release: 1 September 2018 Label: Soundage Productions This is yet another first for me with Smuta “Vremja Bedy” (Troubled Times or The Time of Troubles depending on whom you ask). Side note, that album title is just another saying for the word ‘Smuta’. How clever, and even though … Continue reading →
