Release: 20/05/2022 If you want to put together a doom festival at the moment that features the most exciting newcomer bands of today, you have to look towards Croatia: Thanks to Elusive God, this Balkan gem is playing in the top league of this genre. If you don’t know the band yet, you should read […]
Today we start the 38th round of our Manilla Road Special with Brandon Corsair, guitarist for Serpent Rider, among others. We hope you enjoy reading his very interesting answers. André: When did you first come across Manilla Road in your life? Brandon: As a young teenager, I was not particularly into anything other than extreme […]
It’s time again to share a new playlist with you. Today, everything revolves around the topic of “death“. The following 11 songs prove how beautiful this can be. Have fun listening! Solitude Aeturnus – Scent of Death DoomSword – Deathbringer – Blood on my Hands Omen – Die by the Blade Cirith Ungol – King of […]
One memory that still hasn’t loosened its breathtaking grip on me is the performance of the German Epic Doom band Wheel on this year’s Keep it True Rising festival. After already having enthralled me at the Stormcrusher Festival in September I expected to know what was awaiting me, but I was dead wrong! Writing this […]
Since the Keep it True Rising! is coming up in a few days, we have a playlist for you today in which we present the bands we are especially looking forward to. (Well, Nestor polarizes a bit among the editorial staff…) Have fun listening!
Wenn in einigen Monaten der Newcomer des Jahres gewählt wird, dürften Flame, Dear Flame Top-Positionen einnehmen. Mit Aegis hat das Quartett aus Braunschweig nämlich ein fantastisches Debütalbum veröffentlicht, das mit einem hohen Grad an Eigenständigkeit und tiefer Emotionalität überzeugt (lest euch dazu doch einfach mal unseren Review durch). Vor diesem Hintergrund freuen wir uns sehr, […]
Release: 23.07.2021 English version below We are born in twilight, all forlorn, only rumbling from a heartbeat long ago. Es kommt nicht oft vor, dass mich ein Album bereits während des ersten Durchlaufes verzaubert. Flame, Dear Flame ist dieses Kunststück gelungen: Das Quartett aus Braunschweig schenkt der (Epic) Doom Metal-Welt mit Aegis ein hochemotionales Meisterwerk, […]
During our interview with Gordon Overkill from Atom Smasher we also talked about his favourite albums. Here is his selection: 1. Manowar – Into Glory Ride 2. Bathory – Blood on Ice 3. Cirith Ungol – King of the Dead 4. Slough Feg – Traveller 5. Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Atom Smasher zählt zu den Bands, die Aidan und ich ohne jegliche Einschränkung großartig und zu 100% Epic Metal Blog-kompatibel finden, nachzulesen auch in meinem Review der Debüt-EP The Age of Ice (2020) sowie auf unseren Newcomer– und EP-Bestenlisten aus dem zurückliegenden Jahr. So war es nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis wir das Duo […]
These albums are the most important ones. They influenced my taste, my attitude and my life! (Chris Blackwood) Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath This is were it all began. I love everything of the Birmingham Boys. They have not one weak album (No, not even Forbidden is bad at all). Their influence for our beloved music […]
