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10/2026INDEPENDENT METAL & ROCK EDITORIAL
Independent editorial stories with a close view of metal and rock culture.
Spectral Voice again after 7 years. The most important difference of the band, which includes 75% of Blood Incantation, is that Wendler is at the helm alongside Riedl. Blood Incantation, taking old school death metal out of the generally accepted patterns have been beating our ea
Music is a kind of inner journey. Human beings love to go on adventurous journeys and see brand new places that will surprise and impress them. Probably for this reason, for years, many metal bands have been trying to take us to other worlds with their songs, to take us away from
Domination Campaign, which we can mention as a Psycroptic spin off, says hello with their second album. Haley brothers are the two remaining founding members of Psycroptic. While David plays drums, Joe plays guitar. However, guitarist Joe leaves his guitar in Domination Campaign
Let me write for those who have just heard of the band and are wondering what the name means. Sudestada (Southeast blow) is the Argentinian name for a climatic phenomenon common to the Río de la Plata (an estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River
Black metal doesn’t have any boundaries. While it is performed with different musical attitudes in different geographies, it also shows serious differences lyrics-wise. There are musical formations that deal with very different subjects within the genre, which we can generally th
Volbeat's main man, Michael Poulsen, returned to Death Metal after many years and while doing this, he took Marc Grewe of Morgoth fame and Morten Toft Hansen from Raunchy with him. Poulsen, who has always expressed his interest in heavy music throughout the years, taken a break f
Totenmesse released this album in November 2023 and immediately managed to reserve a solid place for themselves among the candidates for the albums of the year. The musical structure which can be told to bear the characteristics of the Polish Black metal scene in general, manages
The Steel family has two sons; Jonathan and Michael. The family, proud of Michael, hates Jonathan. Jonathan, who is treated as a disgrace to the family, goes through a troubled adolescence. One day, a drunk driver causes Michael's death, and the family is devastated. Having lost
Founded in Helsinki in 1984 by members of the current lineup, Stratovarius was an ordinary band that not many people had known about until the album Episode, released in 1996 with a brand new lineup. With this album, guitarist Timo Tolkki who handed over the vocals to Timo Kotipe
In their first band (year 1984), Matt Olivo and Scott Carlson were doing what many American newcomer metal musicians were doing in those years: Slayer and Metallica covers. Their music changed under the influence of drummer Phil Hines, whom they exported from a hardcore punk band
Phil Anselmo is a man who lives for music. He has not lost his passion for music for years, and despite struggling with drug and alcohol problems and being hospitalized many times, he clings to his work with all his heart. As the vocalist of Pantera fame, he won’t have trouble th
I don't care about trends. Personally, I prefer well-made electronic music albums by bands like Röyksopp, to some of the recent metal bands. There is no need to rediscover America for the music to be good. If you value the spirit and uncompromising attitude, you are in the right