Review: Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis into the Abaton / Abstieg in die Traumkammer (Full album, 2023) | Epic metal

The long-awaited debut full-length album from Grendel’s Sÿster is finally here and we’re beyond proud to present it to you. After two fantastic EPs that build up anticipation in the epic heavy metal scene, the three-member band from Stuttgart reminded us to “love metal and hate fascism” (a statement that needs to be heard strongly […]

Review: ‘Stigmergy’ by There Is No Light Here & Tachanka (Full split, 2024) | Raw black metal

With a hammering tone of angst and wrath in a 4-track split, two of the most promising emerging projects in the antifascist scenes around the world join forces in a conceptual work bringing us Stigmergy, a blend of styles and topics from the two sides involved highlighting a convergence into a socio-political dive to a […]

Review: Lowen – Najang Bah Divhayeh Mazandaran (Single, 2024) | Progressive

Time and time again Fortune shows itself to be a fickle and harsh mistress, but also a very sarcastic one. When we contacted the incredible Lowen a few weeks ago for permission to upload their amazing new single, “Najang Bah Divhayeh Mazandaran“, we never expected that the day of the upload would be precisely the […]

Wandering Oak – Resilience (Full album, 2024) | Progressive, folk

Sometimes as a fan of metal, we may find ourselves in an indecisive mood about the kind of metal we want to listen to. Should we throw on some folk metal? Maybe some classic heavy metal? Nah, maybe some black metal? The indecisiveness can be incredibly frustrating. Well, if you’re in that kind of mood, […]