Greek Symphonic, Armenian Experimental, Saudi Progcore, Israeli Stoner … More The Best Metal Around the World: February 2023 [Greek Symphonic, Armenian Experimental, Saudi Prog, Israeli Stoner]
Bahraini Progressive Death, Mexican Melodic Metalcore, Israeli Heavy Folk Metal, Greek Deathgroove … More Best Metal Around the World: December 2022 [Bahrain, Mexico, Israel, Greece…]
Russian Alt-Metalcore, Vietnamese Progcore, Latvian Melodic Metalcore … More Best Metalcore Album Around the World of 2022 [Russia, Vietnam, Latvia]
Puerto Rican Prog, Japanese Experimental Metal, Israeli Black-Folk, South African Post-Metal … More Best Metal Around the World: November 2022 [Puerto Rico, Japan, Israel, South Africa…]
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Greek Prog-Death, Czechian Symphonicore, Russian Post-Metal, Belarusian Melo-Black, and more … More Best Metal Around the World: October 2022 [Greece, Czech Republic, Russia, Belarus…]
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
