Some things just take time to materialize, and in a world of multi-album deals and consumer expectation, its easy to forget that the true pulse of creativity is often difficult to pin down. For Sinisthra, who went fifteen years between releases, the wait was not...
Fans of the dark and intense artistry of Chelsea Wolfe are about to be treated to another facet of the singer’s repertoire, coming in the form of the antagonistically titled project Mrs. Piss. Featuring both Wolfe and her solo band’s Percussionist Jess Gowrie, Self-Surgery is...
Keeping an underground Metal band going strong for thirty years is not an easy task. Doing so without compromising the artistic vision one bit is an even bigger challenge. For Guitarist Andreas Nilsson of Naglfar, however, following the heart was the only path he could...
Tomi Joutsen has made quite a name for himself as the vocalist of elite Finnish Metal institution Amorphis, but prior to his commitment to the Helsinki based unit, he sang for a band called Sinisthra. Having released just one album in 2005, the band remained...
The Extreme Metal underground experiences its share of trends amidst the ebbs and flows of what is popular. In an effort to be profitable, many record labels take great pains to sign the acts that they feel will best serve them at that moment. This...
The Swedish Blackened Death Metal scene was just one facet of the nation’s fertile treasure trove of extreme sounds to develop back in the early 1990s. Many of those bands either faded away, morphed into more melodic territory, or came to violent ends. There are...
For many artists, stagnation is death. For every five or six reliable bands out there who stay in their lane, there is bound to be a Secrets of the Moon running around somewhere. The Osnabruck, Germany collective has been lurking in the shadows since forming...
Those who were raised with Extreme Metal music all tend to have one thing in common. They never truly leave the fold. Out of the billions of humans infesting our planet, this form of expression most certainly appeals to only a finite number of them....
The country of Norway has been known for some of the heaviest and most Extreme Metal bands this side of a burning church. Out of that movement, however, has emerged some truly progressive and unpredictable strains of music. Embodying this creative boldness, Green Carnation is...
Returning with their eighth studio album since forming back in 1994, Bavarian Black Metal veterans Dark Fortress look to solidify their position as the kings of the German scene with Spectres From The Old World, out February 28th, 2020 via the ever-reliable Century Media Records...
