Dutch metal band The Unslain creates an amalgam of sounds that connects classic heavy metal with more modern metal and metalcore sounds. With a broad range of influences that go from Metallica, Megadeth and Iron Maiden to newer sounds like Architects, Trivium and Lamb of God, their eclecticism provides a…
Swedish hard rock band The Mörkret combines the instantly recognizable sound of classic acts like Mustasch and Ghost with unpretentious simplicity. There’s comfort and familiarity in their darkness, with strong melodic ingredients to welcome broader audiences. One of the band members draws a parallel to listening to music in their…
The third studio album of Iranian metal band Confess is their first long-play released in freedom after political persecution and exile. “Revenge at All Costs” is a crude story of oppression and catharsis, but above all, the determination to prevail. Eleven tracks introducing us to the band’s recent sonic experiments,…
Iranian groove metal/hardcore band Confess describe themselves as a “five-piece street protest”. It's not a figure of speech: Nikan Khosravi (vocals/guitar) and Arash Ilkhani (DJ / Sampler) have experienced political persecution first-hand. The band's upcoming album “Revenge at All Costs” is a cry of outrage in the form of chunky…
Recreated pays tribute to a decades-long lineage of Gothenburg melodeath in their new album “Evila”. Following the breakthrough release of “Væringr”, the Swedish band now presents us with a selection of brutal sounds with the modern production approach of Robert Kukla (former Studio Fredman, Hammerfall, The Unguided). “Evila” marks the…
Melodic death metal band Recreated introduces us to their new sound through the release of "Væringr", the first single of their upcoming album. The song was given its final form by Robert Kukla, who has worked with Fredrik Nordström at the legendary Studio Fredman and produced bands like Hammerfall or…
wAt the core of Gothenburg-based Recreated is the resurrection of new beginnings, experienced throughout more than a decade of musical evolution. The band’s interpretation of local melodic death metal with a few external influences (The Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth) has been recently given its final form by Robert Kukla, who…
The album "A Natural Retaliation" by As They Arrive (progressive metalcore, Sweden) portrays a surreal set of reflections merging humanity's omens of extinction and nostalgia for a lost paradise. ATA’s eclectic sound reminiscent of Veil of Maya, Betraying the Martyrs and certain off-metal references has attracted the attention of Spotify…