We reached a lot of milestone markers in the success of Metal Noise in 2021 and while we weren’t able to bring you anywhere near as many live reviews as we’d hoped for or any summer Festival coverage (for obvious reasons), there were some real bucket list moments chalked off, including our fly on the
Expanding on the concept behind the “Verge In” sessions that took place at the beginning of 2004 and saw Boston Metalcore heroes Converge collaborate with Cave In on some new material 2009’s “Axe To Fall” saw the band bring in members of Himsa, Neurosis and The Red Chord to name but a few and push
Helsinki, Finland based Blackened Hardcore quintet Vainoa shattered every single pane of glass in a 20 mile radius when they unleashed “Pelon Varjo” (or Shadow Of Fear) last month. A punishing, ruthless and unforgiving five track affair, it demonstrates that there isn’t smoke without fire and that it is perfectly possible to blend Black Metal ferocity
Recorded in September 2020, during the year of the Great Plague with Felipe Hauri who also mixed at Obscura Recording Studios before being mastered by Will Killingsworth at Deadair Studios, “Pelon Varjo” is a raised middle finger to those who said it couldn’t be done from Helsinki, Finland based Blackened Hardcore quintet Vainoa. Their name
