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Scene Report: Greece

Seven Balkan bands that deserve your attention

Those who carp about Ulver‘s post-black metal output should note that the “Black Metal Trilogie” (Bergtatt, Kveldssanger, Nattens Madrigal) represent but the first three years of Ulver’s existence. Since then, the band has spent over a decade growing, experimenting, and striving for more individuality than 99% of black metal bands ever will. VigilFunebre Admittedly, the […]

Scene Dive 3: Utrecht's Black Metal Scene Blends Arcane and Cosmopolitan

Our Scene Dive column returns, this time peering into the Dutch city of Utrecht – home to bands like Grey Aura, Terzij de Horde, Laster, Wesenwille, and more.

Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin

Some time ago on her MySpace blog, Angela Gossow wrote, “I personally believe the last two Arch Enemy albums were too harmless. We got to get the grit, bite, speed and danger back into our music. Less controlled, more riffs, melodies, solos, different parts, breaks, sudden changes.” I couldn’t agree more. What frustrated me about […]

Sign them already: Stonecutters

Here’s another band that strangely remains unsigned: Stonecutters. They’re sludgy yet technical, like early versions of Kylesa, Baroness, and Mastodon. But Stonecutters are thrashier and more shredtastic. The Louisville, KY band includes guitarist/vocalist Brian Omer, who was in a ’90s hardcore band on Century Media called My Own Victim. Christhammer Their second full-length, Christhammer, is […]

Saligia - The 7 Deadly Sins

by Cosmo Lee And last in this mini-series of writers as musicians (or vice versa) – me. Late last year I endeavored to set the 7 deadly sins to music, using only piano sounds. The project took about a month and a half to execute. I am a mediocre composer, a lousy pianist, and an […]