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August 10, 2021
Interview – Esa Holopainen of Amorphis Talks Silver Lake
Finnish Metal Guitarist Esa Holopainen has forged a marvelous career as one of the founding members of Melodic Death Metal titans Amorphis. Since 1990, the Helsinki native has churned out album after album and song after song of high-quality, timeless music. Like everyone else in...
May 28, 2021
Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen (Album Review)
Being one half of the founding duo of Melodic Death Metal legends Amorphis, Esa Holopainen knows what it means to function within the creative unit of a band. The guitarist has been collaborating, writing, and touring with the Finnish troupe non-stop since 1990. When COVID-19...
April 20, 2020
Katatonia – City Burials (Album Review)
Sweden's Katatonia are one of those bands that has been around forever, yet perhaps do not get all the recognition they deserve. First begun nearly thirty years ago, initially as more of a Doom Death Metal act, they soon shifted toward a highly distinctive sound...
December 12, 2018
Interview – Fredrik Norrman of October Tide & THENIGHTTIMEPROJECT
The end of one path leads into the next, thus beginning a fresh, exciting new journey. Spending 16 years as guitarist in the popular Swedish Dark Metal acts Katatonia, in 2010, Fredrick Norrman decided to bid farewell to his longtime bandmates...
October 24, 2018
Bloodbath – The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn (Album Review)
With the times changing, so does the music. As a result, the normal progression veers off course into an entirely different entity, encompassing some of the best moments of different bands. In the case of Swedish Heavy Metal, Bloodbath was born in the late '90s...
