Articles by Asa Septikemi

GROMTH is a new acquaintance to the world of symphonic metal, now releasing their first full-length The Immortal, but some members ought to be well-known to most of us: Grimd (KHOLD) are in charge of […]

Lund: A southern Swedish city incubating in the shadows of the monolithic Lund University, and that from time to time implode into a pseudo-intellectual melting pot. Sometimes, entities make their way out of this porridge. […]

Behind a very different (yet still somewhat unreadable) logo that plays with both clean Greek letters and musical symbolism, lies ESSENZ. This three-piece German group came together in 2006, and after being picked up by […]

There is music that is made with a dull commercial purpose, and then there is music like ENTHRAL. In other words, music that is made for explorations, deviations, and for grasping the essence of the dark. The […]

Despite a German-sounding name, Italian WARNUNGSTRAUM (which sort of means “a dream of warning”) honor their mother country by having solely endemic lyrics. These are written by Barlett Green, who also master the music, drum […]

France is a country that lately has become somewhat of a quality pool for those of us who cherish black metal at the avantgardistic frontier. Mention DEATHSPELL OMEGA , BLUT AUS NORD, PESTE NOIRE, or […]

Have you ever been experienced? In Finland they probably have, because this where DARK BUDDHA RISING have been fostered and where their psychedelic doom/drone metal has emerged from. Since 2007, the band has released three […]

Even though we live in a globally connected world with email lists and blog feeds to keep you busy ad absurdum, it is not easy to be fully updated on the good and the bad […]