dimmu borgir

(6/10) In a time when first Dutch tulips start to spread their joyful colors all over Holland, it's the darkness from the North that enters Europe via the backdoor. Norwegian black metal pioneers Dimmu Borgir started a new mission to shade the brightness...

(9/10) There were many attempts of combining classic music and metal to something exciting and breath-taking. Sometimes things ended in a failure while rock history also shows some true wins. Fortunately this longplayer belongs to the latter, showcasing...

(8/10) Already the fact that this album was written and recorded demands respect. Playing black metal in Egypt doesn't seem to be the easiest thing. I could imagine that it asks for a lot of willpower and dedication for metal music which makes you realizing...

(5/10) OK. That Paul Allender left the British death metal band Cradle Of Filth is known and nothing new. That he started his own band/project called White Empress is also known. What is new is the fact that we know since a few days how the band sounds...

(8/10) North America isn't the area for black metal bands. Those are more coming from Europe. But there are moments when a pitch black surprise comes across the ocean. This time it is named Nightbringer. Already the name of the quintet from Green Mountain...

(9/10) That death metal does't need to be reduced to growls and simple blastbeats is something which is proven by Septicflesh. What re-started again after the reunion and followed by "The great mass" in 2011 finds its next step in the latest release of...