Canadian progressive thrash and beyond-genre band Voïvod has just ended an impressive European tour through which they presented the fourteenth studio album, “The Wake”. The trip lasted about two months, enough time for these gifted musicians to go and show some sci-fi magic in almost each possible corner given that they performed in more than 20 countries…
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Kraków’s “minus”, a pronounced improvement of the sludge aesthetics through progressive means
Everything is really well-condensed on “minus” and one can tell that only by looking at the playing time. It’s less than 40 minutes of music which focuses on the best the band could give at this moment. Production-wise, everything works perfectly in my opinion, especially since I can discover all sorts of “mysterious” sounds in the mix, from reverberations to fuzzy soundscapes. That being said, “minus” is a just-discovered planet worthy of continuous exploration…
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Steffen Johansen • Halcyon Days • What’s In My Shopping Cart?
Since my old bloodthirsty pal Tim is back in the game again with As I Lay Dying…
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Dana Schechter (Insect Ark) on Bee and Flower, current endeavours, creative roots, advertising and the Roadburn festival
During the latest edition of the Roadburn festival in Tilburg we had the honour to meet Dana Schechter of Insect Ark, among great shows and beautiful, easy moments. Schechter was kind enough to tell us a few words about her work, which is really vast and besides her main projects involves past collaborations with Michael Gira’s Angels of Light, Gnaw, Zeal & Ardor and many others. We talked about her former wonderful band Bee and Flower and…
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Night In Gales, Swedish melodic death from another world
Night in Gales reached the greatest improvement with this new release, which sums up the catchiest aspects in the band’s history. The vocalist Christian Müller took charge again and this line-up change lets the group appear as it if it had continued what was left after the “Sylphlike”…
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Davide Tiso • Howling Sycamore • What’s In My Shopping Cart?
This is a masterpiece of empowering melancholy which I grew up with…
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Howling Sycamore, an impressive form of rhythm and loudness
Davide Tiso, the mastermind of the project Howling Sycamore, made already clear the fact that his music is guided by otherworldly threads. The last album by Ephel Duath is a sheer instance of this direction, not to mention the debut of the beloved Karyn Crisis, the Gospel of the Witches…
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Jaymz Lennfield • Beatallica • Top 10
A Top 10 is so tough. Especially when you consider how heavy metal has changed over the decades. I mean, hell, The Cream was one of the heaviest bands around in the 60’s. So, I disregarded the “rock” and went straight to the heavier stuff. My apologies to AC/DC, Kiss, and many others…
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ICS Vortex talks inspiration, solo album, touring South America and beyond talks inspiration, solo album, touring South America and beyond
Last summer, Blood & Fire met ICS Vortex of Arcturus at Rockstadt Extrem Fest in Râşnov, Romania, where the Norwegian avant-garde group performed a hypnotic show…
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Annihilator’s “For The Demented”, a glorious way of blending the old and the new
Precisely as the dementia relates to various types of symptoms, the 16th studio album by Annihilator deals with a wide range of musical manifestations…