Articles by Michael Lueders

Municipal Waste are a thrash metal band from the USA formed in 2001, renowned for their uncompromisingly fast and ferocious style. The band has released seven albums to date – ‘Waste ‘Em All’ (2003), ‘Hazardous […]

What a time to be a metal head hey? Each day I’m privileged to expose my eardrums to incredible metal. The depth and quality that’s being produced are mind-boggling and it’s impossible to keep up. […]

I have never heard of the Ukrainian band SPACE OF VARIATIONS before, but given I do enjoy some Metalcore I decided to give it a go. As a designer and graphic communicator, I can’t help […]

Eufobia is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Bulgaria formed in 2003, releasing four albums to date – ‘Insemination’ (2010), ‘Cup Of Mud’ (2011), ‘Eufobia’ (2016), and ‘Madness’ released in 2022. The band has toured […]

Illucia is a heavy metal band from Bangalore, India, formed in 2014 by Nitin Charles Martin (guitars), Srivatsa Balaji (drums), and Vishal Vineesh (vocals) – the band (currently) completed by bass player Imli Suneo Jamir. […]

Ironflame is a heavy metal band from the USA formed in 2016 by multi-instrumentalist Andrew D’Cagna, releasing four albums to date – ‘Lightning Strikes The Crown’ (2017), ‘Tales Of Splender And Sorrow’ (2018), ‘Blood Red […]

SINSID is a heavy metal band from Norway formed in 2012, releasing their debut album ‘Mission From Hell’ in 2018. The band’s sophomore album ‘Enter The Gates’ emerged two years later in 2020, with the […]

Civil War is a Swedish heavy/power metal band formed in 2012.  Consisting of past members of Sabaton, they joined forces with vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson and bassist Stefan Eriksson and released a self-titled EP in […]

Melodic gothic industrial metal is not a genre that is brimming with household names. But this is not to say that it is a cold and desolate place to wander. It is in fact a […]

Horrifying the masses with barbarism, darkness, and vitriolic hate. Melbourne’s Denouncement Pyre unleash Forever Burning their fourth release of contempt to the masses. Forever Burning is furious, muscular, and foregoes a lot of the atmosphere […]

The American Purveyors of darkness and surrealism Tombs are back with their follow-up to 2020s Under Sullen Skies, Ex Oblivion, an EP of various styles but still unique and easily identifiable as Tombs. Their Post-metal […]

Czechia’s After Evolution delivered their second full-length album. War Of the Worlds, is not an HG Wells Homage but their own dystopian interpretation delivered with symphonic gothic power. buy synthroid online https://haveagreatsmile.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/png/synthroid.html no prescription pharmacy […]

Finland’s Thromdarr was there at the beginning of the Black Metal phenomenon that swept Europe in the early 1990s. A band that released only 2 full-length albums in their career (so far) this exhaustive release […]

Today we’re reviewing the recent release of Heroine by Melbourne outfit Thornhill. This is their second full-length studio album and a follow-up to the superbly rich The Dark Pool. Formed in 2015, Thornhill is Jacob […]

Dawn Of Destiny is a power metal band from Germany formed in 2005, releasing eight albums during their career to date – with 2022’s ‘Of Silence’, the band’s eighth… …featuring a colossal thirteen songs over […]

Kiss The Vyper are a hard rock band from Australia founded in 2014 by multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, engineer, and producer Bobby Miller. The band’s debut album ‘Keep The Fire Burning’ was released in 2016. with […]

Sole Syndicate is a hard rock band from Sweden formed in 2015. releasing their debut album ‘Garden Of Eden’ in 2016. The band’s sophomore album ‘Last Days Of Eden’, was released in 2020, with the […]

Evergrey is a band that truly doesn’t need an introduction anymore. With more than 25 years of career and a solid discography of 13 albums, they have cemented their name as a Powerhouse in the […]

German Gothic/Industrial metallers Lord of the Lost recently released “Judas”, one of the most ambitious and polished albums in their career. A massive 24-track double album full of the best the band has to offer. […]

I am a big fan of Gothic Rock and Gothic Metal. Musically growing up during the 2000’s I always enjoyed the doomy and melancholic sounds that bands like Charon or The 69 Eyes played. Outshine […]

“Liminal Rite” is the much anticipated & latest offering from Kardashev which comes not long after their 2020 release “The Baring of Shadows” The album is bookended with two spoken word pieces, ‘The Approaching of […]

in this spring a full album from the formation of Australia Burn The Highway – “Weapon X” was released. I will be frank with you if I say that I tried hard to listen to […]

Venus 5 is a European melodic metal band featuring five of the most amazing and beautiful singers from across Europe – Herma Sick (Sick N’ Beautiful), Karmen Klinc, Jelena Milovanovic, Tezzi Persson (Infinite & Divine), […]

Heart Attack is a thrash metal band from France formed in 2006 releasing three albums to date – ‘Stop Pretending’ (2013), ‘The Resilience’ (2017), and ‘Negative Sun’, released in 2022… …featuring nine ferociously aggressive thrash […]