Video premiere: Svartsot “Liden Kirsten”
Danish band Svartsot has reworked a traditional anthem into a fabulous folk metal tune.
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Album review: Astrophobos “Corpus”
Astrophobos gives us accessible Swedish black metal on its new album.
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Album review: Gåte “Nord”
Norwegian progressive folk-rock band Gåte offers us intense and mesmerising acoustic pagan folk music on its new album.
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Ozzy and the other nine singers: a ranking of Black Sabbath’s ten vocalists
Roppongi Rocks ranks Black Sabbath’s ten lead vocalists. Ian Gillan is at one end of the list and Ozzy Osbourne at the other end.
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Gig review: Marty Friedman at Cotton Club
Guitarist Marty Friedman performed two terrific instrumental club gigs in Tokyo.
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Video premiere: Tersivel “Weeping Iron Tears”
A monolithic dose of doom/death metal wrapped in post-metal atmospheres from this Argentinian/Swedish band.
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Video premiere: NervoChaos “Golden Goblet of Fornication”
Brazilian death metal band premieres new video.
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Knotfest Japan postponed until 2023
Slipknot’s Japan festival postponed from 2020 to 2021 to 2022…and now 2023.
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Album review: The Lurking Fear “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay”
The new album from Sweden’s The Lurking Fear’s is relentless and unapologetic. This is classy freight-train death metal with flair. It’s fast, furious and mental.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 81: Carl von Schewen
Carl “Calle” von Schewen is a cult legend in the Swedish music industry who has been involved in the careers of many Swedish and international artists.
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Video premiere: Stew “Keep on Praying”
Swedish rock trio Stew has today released a new live-in-studio version of “Keep on Praying”.
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Album review: Unleashed “No Sign of Life”
Sweden’s death metal Vikings are back on the battlefield with a new terrific album.
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Album review: Knights of the Realm “Knights of the Realm”
Tiamat and Eclipse members unite in a new band overflowing with excellent 1980s heavy metal.
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