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🌶️ Cave In (rock/post-hardcore/metal from the USA. FFO: Baroness, Quicksand, Mutoid Man)Seeing Brodsky and McGrath play their hearts to shreds at Roadburn 2018 in honour of their late bandmate Caleb Scofield, was something I'll never forget. I spoke to them a…
🌶️ Katharos (symphonic black from Sweden. FFO: Emperor)A bit like last week's I Am the Night, this is full on Emperor worship. Yes, yes, I really want another Emperor record, I admit. And yes, yes, Katharos fill that gap in my heart a little bit. But the song…
🌶️ Haunter (death/black from the USA. FFO: Suffering Hour, Blood Incantation, Convulsing)Haunter are fucking good. I know that's not a very professional review, but goddamnit I'm right. I've followed them since Thrinodía and it has been a pleasure seeing them…
🌶️ Al-Namrood (black/folk from Saudi-Arabia. FFO: Melechesh, Darkestrah)Behold the Biggest Balls of the music industry. This band makes anti-authority black metal from one of the most stringent regimes in the world, Saudi-Arabia. I can attest they are the rea…
There are new albums out from: Kirk Hammett (🌶️ cinematic wahwah pedalling from the USA - available tomorrow), Wardruna (Nordic folk from Norway), Corpsessed (death from Finland), Freja (atmoblack from the Netherlands), Sentient Horror (death from the USA), S…
🌶️ Anatomia & Undergang (death/doom from Japan & death from Denmark. FFO: Autopsy, Coffins & Bolt Thrower, Tomb Mold)Spring is here. And when the temperature goes up, my appetite for death metal rises too. Anatomia and Undergang team up for a seco…
🌶️ Terzij de Horde (black from the Netherlands. FFO: Ultha, Altar of Plagues, Bosse-de-nage)Terzij de Horde ('Aside the horde', named after a Hendrik Marsman poem) is one of my favourite bands, and the new album is one of my favourite new records. I love this…
🌶️ Meshuggah (tech/djent from Sweden. FFO: Gojira, Strapping Young Lad, Tesseract - all played at the same time)I've seen Meshuggah live just once, but I'll never forgot what a... complicated experience that was. I wanted to move, obviously. I mean it's such …
🌶️ Abbath (black from Norway) (FFO: Immortal, Mayhem)This dude was and is so important to remind us that black metal can be fun and brutal at the same time. I'm not sure yet if I think this record is on par with his first two, but at least it's fun and brutal…
There are new albums, splits, ep's and demo's out from: Slaegt (black/heavy from Denmark), Dark Funeral (dark fun from Sweden), Zwaard (black from The Netherlands), Aeviterne (experimental death from the USA), Haunted Shores (instrumental prog from the USA - …
There are new albums, splits, ep's and demo's out from: Ghost (🌶️ heavy/hardrock from Sweden), Konvent (death/doom from Denmark), Messa (🌶️ doom/ambient from Italy), Wombbath (death from Sweden - for Ukraine 🌻), Jesus Wept (melodeath from the USA), Cailleach …
Like probably most of you, I've been shocked by the horrible invasion of Ukraine by Putin last week. We're here for the heavy music, so to raise awareness to bands from and in the warzone, this newsletter is a little bit different than usual. Of course most o…
There are new albums, splits, ep's and demo's out from: Svrm (🌶️ atmoblack from Ukraine ♥), Shape of Despair (🌶️ atmospheric/funeral doom from Finland), Corpsegrinder (death from the USA), Hammerfall (power/heavy from Sweden), Abraham (atmospheric sludge/post…
🌶️ Immolation - Acts of God (death from the USAThere's a good chance that you, reader, are more familiar with this classic death metal band than I am. Why? I just never really got into them - even though I love a lot of bands that were influenced by Immolatio…
🌶️ Amorphis (progressive/melodic doom/death from Finland)A whole bunch of big names have new albums out today, which is cool. My favourite is the new Amorphis. A fun band, if anything. They discovered fun in 1994 with their landmark Tales From the Thousand La…
There are new albums, ep's, splits and demo's out from: Venom Prison (🌶️ death/hardcore from the UK), Saxon (heavy from the UK), Korn (🌶️ nu metal from the USA - yes, that's a pepper; yes, it's a fun record), Rolo Tomassi (🌶️ progressive hardcore from the UK)…
🌶️ Krallice - Crystalline Exhaustion (avantgarde black from the USA)It's not always easy being a Krallice fan. They don't tour much in Europe (I've never seen them) and when they release new music - no warning - it can be utterly compelling, but also... almos…
There are new albums, splits, demo's and ep's out from: 40 Watt Sun (🌶️ sadness from the UK - not very heavy, still relevant for lots of you I guess), Confess (groove/thrash from Iran/Norway - read my interview with Nikan Khosravi, in Dutch), Som (post/shoega…
There are new albums, splits, ep's and demo's out from: Mizmor (🌶️ black/drone/doom from the USA), Aethereus (tech death from the USA), Ereb Altor (🌶️ viking/black from Sweden), Dead Sun Rising (post/doom from the USA), Wiegedood (🌶️ black from Belgium), Desc…
ARCHSPIRE's Bleed The Future is the best album of 2021, according to *everyone*. They topped the list that came out of the analysis of almost 100 international end of the year lists with 119 points. Archspire follow up Oranssi Pazuzu (2020), Blood Incantation…