Articles by Michael Lueders

Photo credit Jay Collier Dan talked to Dan McDougall from Australian metallers Frankenbok about 25 years of the band and more…   Metal-Roos: Dan is awesome to have you here for a chat with Metal-Roos. Wow, […]

𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. Get ready to unleash the fury as the iconic punk rock pioneers, Black Flag, are set to storm Australia for their first tour […]

In early December Plini released the ‘Mirage’ EP. A five-song serving of their signature europhic sounds. Making it their biggest release of new music since they dropped the Impulse Voices album back in 2020. ‘Mirage’ […]

The first thing that is striking about this album is the artwork. A boab tree grows inside a human style head, while the volcanic scene below spews fire and ash. The next surprise for me […]

Only a few bands get to celebrate their 5 decades of legacy and Blue Öyster Cult decided to record a concert releasing the album “50th Anniversary Live – First Night”. “Here they come, the amazing Blue Öyster Cult”, is the proper intro […]

This was my first introduction to the Bristol band, named for the Norwegian Arctic territory known for its darkness. Their fourth album has been picked up by Nuclear Blast. There are elements of the Gothenburg […]

Cruel Force is a thrash metal band from Germany formed in 2008, releasing their debut album ‘The Rise Of Satanic Might’ in 2010, and sophomore album ‘Under The Sign Of The Moon’ in 2011. The […]

Christmas is the time of year when shopping malls insist on playing those horribly annoying carols…. sometimes more than a month before the big day. Hearing Mariah Careys’s, All I Want for Christmas repeatedly is […]

After the news that they’ll be releasing their next studio album “Mycelium” in January 2024 via Mighty Music, Danish prog/heavy metallers MANTICORA are now back with the second digital single and lyric video from the […]

Kerrigan is a heavy metal band from Germany formed in 2019 releasing their debut album ‘Bloodmoon’ in 2023… …featuring eight songs across a barnstorming forty-one minutes! The band – formed by Bruno Schotton (guitars, bass) […]

This EP from Perth’s Pincer+ is the follow-up to the previous volume “Violence”. There’s six tracks mainly of metalcore akin to labelmates Alpha Wolf or Make Them Suffer. There is some variety along the six […]

The creation of Nicke Olsson (PUTRID VISION, ex-LEPROSY & ex-CENTINEX) during the pandemic, One Day in Pain has released several albums in quick succession. In Pain We Trust is their third in as many years […]

From Its origins in 1998 and demise in 2001 without any recorded material, Pako Deimler (Guitars, Vocals) resurrected Spain’s Deimler in 2018 with the intent to create pure death metal of the highest calibre. After […]

Triple Kill is a heavy metal band from Australia formed in 2016 releasing their debut E.P. ‘The First Kill’ in 2017. The band’s debut full length album ‘Age Of Rebellion’ followed in 2018, with sophomore […]

Primal Fear is a power metal band from Germany formed in 1997, maintaining Germany’s incredible legacy for producing great power (thrash and heavy) metal bands – bands such as Accept, Grave Digger, Kreator, Helloween and […]

The brazenly original Litosth is the creation of Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Maicon Ristow and bassist Wendel Siota. Founded in 2016, they have been able to combine their experience within the subterranean of Extreme black metal into […]

From their beginnings in 2017 in Auckland New Zealand, Demons of Noon have finally presented their debut full-length album on the unsuspecting. Death Machine is not just a debut but a fully realized creation, that […]

Ferocious and uncompromising in their execution, CARCASS’s ability to intricately dissect the innards of death metal, and display them for us to sonically understand has been their point of excellence for well over three decades. […]

Danish melodic black/death metal duo Sort Sind follow up from their EP Forkullet & Forbrændt with their first full-length release. The unforgiving and majesty that is the fury of I Skyggen af Lvet. Featuring intense […]

Engraved With Pain is the latest statement from Morne. formed in 2005, they are a heavy, atmospheric outfit based in Boston, Massachusetts. Their fifth full-length release Engraved With Pain further delves into the darkness and […]

Photo credit: MM Photography. James McBain of HELLRIPPER talks latest album, Scottish Folklore & touring Europe. Our Berlin correspondent Liam Anthony chats with James McBain, of Scotland’s one-man blackened thrash outfit HELLRIPPER! The two chat […]

Described as extreme Avant Garde art Bathory Legion began as a solo project in 2005 through the prolific creations of its creator and namesake Bathory Legion. He has taken the notions of extreme music and […]

Resurrected from the recesses of inactivity Exitium Sui returns. The creation of Chris Gebauer (Deadspace) captures a different reflection of its creator dripping in wretchedness and hardship. ‘’Endless” is the never-ending cycle of despair where […]

Good Things Festival returned to Sydney in 2023, and it was nothing short of spectacular. With Good Things Sydney marking this reviewer’s fourth festival for this year, attending this year’s event was an absolute treat […]