Review: Vanessa Funke – Void (Full album, 2024) | Progressive, rock/metal

We are proud to present to you today the last album in a long list of works well done by the prolific German mostly-solo multi-instrumentalist, Vanessa Funke. Since its inception, her solo project quickly started to shape into a melancholic effective mix of styles where you could see her development crystal clear, even in collabs […]

Review: Human Abyss – Death Obsessed (Full album, 2024) | Blackened death

Today we have a lot to cut through with the most recent addition to the channel: Berlin-based Human Abyss, and its newest album Death Obsessed. Although this quintet only goes back to 2020, it is almost entirely formed by experienced musicians who have played in bands like Spawn (death metal) or currently active No On […]

Review: Traktat – “Subdue the Filthy Pride of History” (Video clip, 2024) | Black metal

The full album of the Bremen-based project Traktat will come out in October, and it’s definitely something worth noting. The band has released a stunning rehearsal demo, and now we present the video from their new single “Subdue The Filthy Pride of History.” Musically, it’s great black metal with mostly blasting but sometimes more laid-back […]

Review: Telltales and Rituals by Chained Arcana & Knights of Rain (split, 2024) | Black metal

Right now, rain is a terrifying idea for the inhabitants of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost Brazilian state, has been ravaged by storms and floods that have lasted for weeks and literally destroyed a large part of it, leaving hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands homeless, in the worst catastrophe in the history […]

Review: Cinerea – Cinerea (Full EP, 2023) | Atmospheric post-sludge

Today we bring a Berlin-based quartet making á la Belgique/’USesque’ atmospheric post-sludge with lyrics and titles in Portuguese, Italian, and English. Oh, and they are called Cinerea. The quartet presented its debut EP at the end of 2023, and there is so much thought and effort put into it we could be making an essay […]