Robot Black Metal with Satyra Tricky is a word to describe what it’s like to write, record, and build robots to play a music release when you as a human have minimal hand use. It took me nearly 2 years to build the robots you hear on the album. All of the electronics are DIY,…
Patterns of Light with Craig Rossi Three years after departing from his former band of 18 years, Craig Rossi decided to spawn Drift into Black in 2017. A solo act that was supposed to be a project with Craig on vocals, guitars, and keyboards eventually turned serious after his debut EP Shadow People. That was…
Ancient Breath of Forgotten Misanthropy with Leszek Makowiecki The limitations are always there, not so much in the production and recording of the album, but more in writing and constructing songs for the album. I think that for my most hated there are moments so-called creative impotence because to come up with the right riff,…
Inheritance with Depths of Hatred The album was already written and recorded before the restrictions, so it was not a problem, but we had to work via zoom with Christian Donaldson to finish it at the mixing stages. As far as conspiracy theories, flat earthers takes the whole cake. Humans and life inspired us in…
Part.1 with Trippy Death of a Legend is a massive rock’n’roll turmoil born in 2020 from Milano hardcore punk scene members. The lineup consists of Trippy on vocals, Mark on guitars, Zane on bass and Don Malasorte on drums. The band’s style mixes iconic groovy vibes of blues rocker Danko Jones with the rough edge…
Dead Star with Joe Mills DayGlo Mourning began with Joe Mills, Ray Miner, and our first bassist Matt Rayborn. We all meet through Craigslist ads for musicians wanting to play something in the doom genre. Matt was with us for the 1st year and recorded the first album with us. He eventually decided to move…
The Cult with Marta Gabriel It’s the first time in the history of Crystal Viper, when we recorded the album without seeing each other, without working together in the studio. I mean, we were in constant contact, we exchanged thousands of emails, messages and calls, then we were sending all the tracks between each other,…
WWII: Memories for the Future by Maria Diese Rampart is a female-fronted heavy metal band founded in 2006 and led by the singer Maria Diese. After touring numerous countries in Europe, Rampart has won the position of one of the most hard-working bands in the genre, distinguished for the classic songwriting and the impressive style…
Soul Diminished with Thomas Cronin We’re not a band that gets in a room to jam songs together anyway, so the whole writing and recording process was the same for us regardless of the pandemic. I mean, being out of work for months made it come together a lot quicker, and I got the time…
Share if you disagree’ by Vulgarithm Vulgarithm is a one-man outfit whose main aim is to create a unique visual show after needing a fresh start and sound. Unfortunately, it was born two months before the Covid pandemic and has adapted to the virtual gig less world. In an already crowded Internet, Vulgarithm is standing…
Deathwish by Josh, Kenny Dig Two Graves is a progressive metalcore outfit from New Jersey. Combining an eclectic mix of progressive metal, djent, and atmospheric dream pop, the group has garnered acclaim from a wide variety of music listeners, in and out of their genre. The band just released their critically-acclaimed debut EP, ‘Deathwish’. Since…
Thaumaturgical Rites Of The Damned by G. Deadlight Sanctuary is not a band but a solo project, so I didn’t have such a problem. I had a plan to realise, and I did it the best I could. With ‘Thaumaturgical Rites Of The Damned’, I looked for a title that will fit the music and…
Death Cult by Lucas Gadke With a name derived from “völva,” a seeress in Norse folklore, Völur is not the kind of band to fulfil faux-pagan longings, neither thematically nor musically. The Toronto-based trio comprises bassist Lucas Gadke, drummer Justin Ruppel, and experimental electric violinist Laura C. Bates. Together they weave folk melodies, heavy riffs,…
Bestia Immundis by Jürgen “Scholli” Scholz In 1973 I bought my first single, Alice Cooper ‘No more Mr Nice Guy’ and in 1976, my first LP, Kiss ‘Destroyer’. For me, the beginning of the 80s was the best time of real Heavy Metal. It was the time when NWOBHM was born, and the best albums…
Revelation of The Pure by Alexander Welzel Bait was founded in 2013 in Wuerzburg, Germany. After the release of its first EP, “Cursed among Saints”, in 2014, the band performed three tours covering 11 different countries. Bait released its second EP, ‘Sunburst’ in 2016 with labels such as WOOAAARGH and Sell Your Soul Records. The…
Chaosophy by Danielle Evans, Serge Streltsov Serge: I started playing the guitar when I was 13 and drums at 16. I’ve been into heavy metal music since I was 8 years old. I’ve played in many bands since I was 15. The most notable bands that I played for were Haxxan and Necrophagia. Danielle: I’ve…
By Vulture Lord Vulture Lord was formed in 1995 by Northgrove, Diabolus and Nefas, and after two demos, Uruz joined them on drums. Due to several line-ups and label changes, the debut album ‘Profane Prayer’ was recorded in 2001 (released 2003). Endekrist joined on bass, and the four-track EP ‘Blasphemy’ was recorded in 2004 (released…
Riivin by Tuomas Keskimäki Hiidenhauta is a folkish black metal band from Satakunta, Finland, founded in 2012. Between 2013-2018 the band released two EPs and two full-length albums. Winter 2019 saw the beginning of the recording sessions for the third full-length “Riivin”. Album was released in September 2020, and its theme is: ”The Devil in…
In Death by Jason McIntyre Voracious Scourge is an old school death metal project founded in 2017 by Jason McIntyre of Louisiana Death metal act Suture. Joining him are vocalist Adrie Kloosterwaard of Dutch death metal legends Sinister. On Drums, Mike Smith ex-member of the mighty NYBDM band Suffocation, On Bass, Tony Choy, ex-member of…
Cult Burial by Simon Cult Burial is a blackened death metal band from London. Formed in early 2020, the self-titled debut album ‘Cult Burial’ was released later the same year. Cult Burial’s album debuted via Decibel magazine and featured in many year-end best-of lists. The band is a studio project and something I’d wanted to…