Tag: Interview
Novembers Doom – A Bright Spot In The Darkness
Chicago-based death/doom maestros Novembers Doom released their eighth full-length record on May 10 — the beautifully crushing Aphotic. The album continues down the band’s path of top-tier dark metal, with some of their best and …
Everygrey Is Nevergrey: Optimism With Mr. Englund
Originally written by Sasha Horn Tom S. Englund emailed me about three months ago, out of the blue. Could this be a belated rockstar-hate-mail response to a couple of jabs I took in my review …
Moloken – A Brotherhood Of Gloominess
originally written by Juho Mikkonen; band photos by Daniel Falk There’s a peculiar inborn dichotomy between volume and marginality in underground metal. On the other hand, the pint-sized flame that was ignited already forty years …
Ufomammut – Music As A Religion
Originally written by Juho Mikkonen Although the plate of underground metal is full of impassioned zealots who seem to do nothing but harness all their energy to bring new pieces of art into being, only …
Demilich – Excerpts From A 17-Year Swansong
originally written by Juho Mikkonen It’s rather unfortunate that the term “cult” (let’s just pretend that the other transcription doesn’t even exist) has gone through a process of depreciation through inflation of Weimarian proportions and …
Ikuinen Kaamos – Not Yet At Closure
originally written by Juho Mikkonen If someone was to write a book about metal bands and their bad experiences with record labels, that someone would have to be prepared to compile a whole anthology. Almost …
Deströyer 666 – An Interrogation
originally written by Juho Mikkonen ”So, what do you wanna know?” a giant asks, waking me up from my crapulous haze with a voice from below. I spend a fifth of a second to gain …
Leng Tch’e – Hypomanic Discussion
Belgian grinders Leng Tch’e are set to release their fifth full-length in June, the blistering Hypomanic. Even with a new vocalist, a new drummer and a new record label, Hypomanic is happily just bashing and blasting business-as-usual for these self-proclaimed “razorgrinders.” Metal Review had the quick opportunity …