Back in 2014, the foundations of Deathing were paved from the ruins of band Ruindom when former bass player Marko Mäkinen dug up his guitar and started bombarding drummer Mikko Kivimäki with Death Metal riff ideas. He took the bait. Rami Vartiainen soon joined the fold to fill up the bass frequencies and with the
Progressive DJentlemen Vildhjarta formed in Hudiksvall Sweden in 2005 and are known for employing Meshuggah influenced jarring staccato riffs, harmonic minor chord progressions and when “Masstaden” was written back in 2011, a dual lead vocal attack. Recorded with Jens Bogren (Sepultura, At The Gates, Arch Enemy) handling mastering and guitarist Daniel Bergström handling production, the
Portuguese Death Metal purveyors Sacred Sin are preparing to release a full length album later this year and have advanced an EP worth of songs to give us a glimpse into what blood and thunder that might contain in the form of “Born Suffer Die“. Recorded at Rock n’ Raw studios in Lisbon in December
When Azusa released the critically acclaimed 2018 album “Heavy Yoke“, they declared themselves as creating “Avant-Thrash for the discerning listener“. A collective of players who you might have known better for their prior works formed the band in 2014 and with Eleni Zafiriadou of Sea & Air fame on vocals, Liam Wilson of The Dillinger
August 2005 saw Swedish Progressive Death Metallers Opeth make their major label debut with Roadrunner Records. They did so with their eighth studio album “Ghost Reveries“, produced by Jens Bogren (Sepultura, God Forbid, At The Gates) and saw just one promotional single in “The Grand Conjuration“. For the music video for the track saw it cut
“‘The Birth of Hate’ is our first creation and is the beginning of our adventure. It’s a journey through the facets of the anger and motivations that feed it. This album talks about strong emotions and the breaking point from which you cannot go back. We mix different elements of metal for this release, you
For those who are unfamiliar, Dark Tranquillity are a six piece Swedish Melodic Death Metal act originally formed as Septic Broiler in 1989 in the city of Gothenburg and widely considered one of the creators of the Gothenburg scene sound along with In Flames and At The Gates. They made their major label debut “Skydancer”
A five member Melodic Death Metal band from the Hertogenbosch and Apeldoorn regions of the Netherlands, Nephylim have taken influences including Insomnium, At The Gates and Omnium Gatherum and looked to create their own sound following their 2015 debut EP “Torn“. The time between now and then has seen them replace vocalist Lisa van Dijk (ex-Solemnus)
Given the quality and success of “Machine Messiah“, it’s no surprise that Sepultura returned to Jens Bogren (Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Opeth) to handle the production of their now very much on the horizon new album “Quadra“. Dropping on 7th February via Nuclear Blast it’s one that promises much, where a few years ago
7th February will see the new Jens Bogren (Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Opeth) produced album from Brazilian Thrash Masters Sepultura. Vocalist Derrick Green and guitarist Andreas Kisser discuss working with the producer once more to follow up the critically acclaimed “Machine Messiah” with “Quadra” in this interview for label Nuclear Blast.
