Returning to the music video for their recently released single “When Stars Collide” which features a guest vocal appearance from Björn Strid of Soilwork and was once again produced by director Mirko Witzki, German Progressive Technical Death Metallers Obscura have gone behind the scenes for the latest entry in their making of series for new
A lot of bands make around three albums and then disappear into the night with few having the longevity and the love of what they do to be able to sustain a career out of Metal over the longer duration. Swedish Melodic Death Metallers Soilwork are one of those scene mainstays, an ever present since
It seems hard to believe but February this year saw the 20th Anniversary of “A Predators Portrait” from Swedish Melodic Death Metallers Soilwork. It was the first album where Björn “Speed” Strid used clean vocals, their first with Nuclear Blast and one which showcases just how good guitarist Peter Wichers was when he was in
Following the success of their 2019 album “Renaissance Noire“ Belgian female fronted Groove Metallers Spoil Engine were invited to play 2020’s incarnation of 70,000 Tonnes of Metal. Oh how the World turned from there. Returning with a new single in tribute to the late The Prodigy frontman Keith Flint and the Punks that make the
Adorned by artwork by Indonesian artist Adi Dechristianize (Embalmer, Disgorge) and mixed and mastered at Hertz Studio in Poland by Wojciech Wieslawski and Slawomir Wieslawski (Decapitated, Hour Of Penance, Vader, Behemoth), the new EP “And This Too Shall Pass” by Demonstealer is an absolute hidden treasure. The project is the work of multi instrumentalist Sahil Makhija, whose previous
If you thought that the resurgence of The Night Flight Orchestra would mean the end of Melodic Death Metal veterans Soilwork, guess again. They’ve announced a new EP for 4th December 2020 via Nuclear Blast, recorded by Thomas “Plec” Johansson at Nordic Sound Lab in Skara and co-produced by him and the band, it goes
Part American part Belgian Alternative Metal duo Hitherside, a partnership between vocalist Jennifer Summer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Oerlemans have returned with “Eighteen of Six“. It comes a year after their impressive “Blue Lotus” record which sees former Soilwork and current Megadeth and Cadaver drummer Dirk Verbeuren make a guest appearance on “Get It Back” and is
It’s kind of funny how some musicians become names in their own right while others simply remain members of a band. Dirk Verbeuren is one who during his time is Swedish Melodic Death Metallers Soilwork was firmly in the latter, a relative unknown, despite 12 years and four albums with them. But since replacing Chris
The last album from Swedish Melodic Death Metallers At The Gates before an 11 year hiatus was “Slaughter of the Soul“. A landmark album, it is considered alongside works by In Flames and Dark Tranquillity as one of the cornerstones of the Gothenburg sound. Produced by Fredrik Nordström (Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Opeth) in 1995 and
This past weekend saw the arrival of the second of potentially a trio of releases from Hilltops Are For Dreamers in 2020. Following their self titled debut EP, which saw the partnership between Vas P. (Guitars, Vocals) and Dionysus M. (Bass, Vocals, Drums) joined by clean vocalist Mike B of XYears fame, they’ve teamed up
