Mock was essentially the predecessor to the longstanding Norse black metallers Kampfar , active through the early to mid 90s and releasin...

Labyrinth Entrance is a solo project from a member of Poland's Stillborn , and for a one-man act it's got a high level of polish ...

Kraków is often branded as 'stoner metal', but they don't really have all that much in common with the sound typical of that n...

Armenia has had such a rough, tragic time of it throughout history that it makes for a potential hotbed for heavy metal of all varieties. ...

Jurassic Jade has always been one of those fringe Japanese thrash bands that I'd place alongside a Doom, Gargoyle , or an Aion , so c...

Long one of the more dependable second tier acts on the Polish death metal circuit, Deivos have now been in existence for over 20 years w...

A one-man French act with four full-lengths under his belt, this latest, Enlightened by Darkness being the first released through Redefin...

The Faroe Islands fascinate me not only as a little nook of the world that I hadn't heard of growing up, but also as a place where a s...

Despite over a decade of existence, five full-length albums and a number of appearances on splits and other recordings, I have not actuall...

It's a complete surprise to me that such a new band can come up with such a consistent and compelling vision for its music in such a s...