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Bavarian progressive death metal trio Odetosun have been one of our favourite constellations in the underground of recent years. The trio – Luke Stuchly (vocals), Benny Stuchly (guitars, bass guitar, keyboards) and Gunther Rehmer (drums) - formed as Oden’s Raven in 2008 as a typical melodic death metal band with
Alessandro Muscio
In an illustrious career spanning three decades and as much distinct phases Piedmont, Italy-based pagan dark metal maestros Opera IX have experienced some of the highest peaks and grimmest lows. In their prime they were masters in combining occult death/black metal with ethnic Italian folk music like no other.
Alessio Lex Mauro
Italian singer-songwriter Federica Lenore Catalano writes music that simply transcends genres. Her 2014 debut “Inner Tales” was a record we slept on and it used gothic rock as a basis for what actually was a diary-like confessional of a record of then 15-year old Catalano. “All Things Lost On Earth”
Andreas Karayiannis
Sickening Horror was formed in Athens, Greece in 2002 by guitarist George Antipatis, Ilias Daras and George Kollias. The band’s history can be traced back to 1999 with an earlier Hellenic formation dubbed Serial Killer. These days Sickening Horror is mostly remembered for introducing a drummer by the name
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“Gods Forgotten Orbit”, the debut of German atmospheric metal combo Odetosun, is a fresh take on a subgenre that was last popular in the 1990s. Featuring prominent bass guitar licks, and floating melodies “Gods Forgotten Orbit” is part of a minor resurgence of a sound that the likes of Alastis
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“Still the Sun” is the debut release of Satinoxide, a band made up of Dutch atmospheric – and progressive metal veterans. Atmospheric and technical in equal measure it is a breath of fresh air in a genre saturated in bombast, excess and overblown pompousness. Setting itself apart from its peers “Still
Antonio Conti
“Theories Of Light”, the debut of Italian combo Nümph, presents an interesting variation on a sound prevalent during the second half of the 1990s. In essence “Theories Of Light” is a contemporary variation of the atmospheric dark metal sound cultivated by the likes of Alastis, and Tiamat during the 90s.
Alex Kurtagić
In the two year layoff in between records Norwegian outfit Dimmu Borgir switched a few people around, and kept practicing their instruments. Often dubbed the band’s finest moment “Stormblåst” is a slightly better paced, but still entirely confused folk-tinged dark metal album that is high on atmospherics but low
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That Dimmu Borgir reached its creative zenith (and its songwriting limit) by the time they released “For All Tid” speaks for itself. In order to prepare audiences for its second album “Stormblåst” Norwegian would-be black metal combo Dimmu Borgir released this little EP. Recorded during the “For All Tid” sessions
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Dimmu Borgir, taking its name from the Mývatn volcanic formations in Iceland, was founded in Oslo, Norway by guitarist and occasional bassist Sven Atle Kopperud (Silenoz) plus multi-instrumentalist Stian Tomt Thoresen (Shagrath) and Ian Kenneth Åkesson (Tjodalv), a drummer who also occasionally played guitar. The band’s early line-up was