FFO: Melechesh, Dark Funeral, Mayhem… … More Album Review: Desert Shadows Rise As Folk-Black Metallers Arallu [Israel] Make One Hell of a Comeback on ‘Death Covenant’
FFO: Tesseract, Erra, Chevelle… … More Album Review: Massface [Russia] Ascend Deeper Into the Growing Haven of Ambient Metalcore Within ‘Inequable’
We recently interviewed Kaliningrad-based Russian act Ape on the Rocket. Read the full article on their new anti-authoritarian single, negative impacts and censorship from the Russian Ukraine invasion, secret concept of Deacon the Hornet, writing lyrics in English vs. their native language, the regional metal scene, and plenty of upcoming plans for the rest of … More Love Thy Neighbor Feature: Ape on the Rocket [Russia] Reviews Other Metal Bands from Nearby Countries: “You are Getting a Dose of Pure Metal in Your Brain; Try to Not $#%! Your Pants”
Mongolian Folk Metal, Indian Folk / Djent, Israeli Death / Thrash, Turkish Folk / Heavy Metal, and more… … More Best Metal Around the World: September 2022 [Mongolia, India, Israel, Turkey…]
Kaliningrad Oblast is a “semi-exclave” territory currently owned by Russia, but geographically situated between Lithuania and Poland. On the heels of the Ukrainian invasion, one must wonder how a separated-from-the-motherland Russian territory must be feeling the effects. We recently spoke with Kaliningrad-based metal act Ape on the Rocket about their new anti-authoritarian single, negative impacts … More Interview: Ape on the Rocket [Russia] Indulges in the Vicious Conditions & Fear Created From the Ukrainian Invasion, Status of Kaliningrad Music Scene, and Writing English Lyrics Vs. Their Native Language in Upcoming Album
FFO: Lamb of God, Slayer, Power Trip … More Album Review: Sinnery [Israel] Proves Thrash is NOT Dead in Groove-Oozing Cesspit of ‘Black Bile’
Maltese metalcore act speaks about Mushroomhead, Shredhead, Myrath, and their new record ‘Hollow’ … More Interview: Align the Tide [Malta] Reviews Mediterranean Metal Bands, Translates “Get the #$&% Up” in Maltese, and Expands on Mental Health Themes of New Album
Japanese Experimental Black / Doom, Cypriot Djent / Deathcore, Mexican Melodic Death, Japanese Experimental Thrash / Doom, and more… … More Best Metal Around the World: August 2022
The metalcore four-piece recently filmed their new music video illegally in Iran … More Interview: One Missing Link [Iran] Elaborates on the Anti-Musician Laws in Their Country and Upcoming Jekyll & Hyde Themed EP
