Articles by Michael Lueders

For a while I wondered whether I had put play on the right band, is this really Whitechapel? Yes, and indeed the deathcore band has turned into a mainstream generic pop band, with all it […]

The blackened death metal stalwarts of NOCTURNAL GRAVES are now unveiling the second new song ‘Death to Pigs‘, which is taken from the band’s upcoming album ‘An Outlaw’s Stand‘. The new offering is scheduled for world-wide release on January […]

Last Friday, the international powerhouse BEAST IN BLACK released their long awaited third album “Dark Connection”. But that´s not all, they have another surprise for their fans with the release of the striking new video […]

Norwegian progressive metal band Strange New Dawn presents the new video to their song Heartfull of Stranger – taken from their recent album Planet System, released via Death To Music earlier this year. The band […]

There is hardly a voice in metal that has enriched so many different albums in recent years as that of the US-born DAVID REECE. And that, although his legendary ACCEPT times were a while ago. […]

Killrazer is a thrash/death metal band from Sydney, Australia.  They have been active since 2005 and have a previously released EP and single in 2008 and 2014 respectively. This brings us to their latest release […]

Today, atmospheric black metallers GHOST BATH have released their fourth full-length album, Self Loather via Nuclear Blast Records. With this album, the band closes out their trilogy—tragedy, ecstasy, and dread/hatred—and hosts their most devastating and dark music to date. online pharmacy purchase […]

When you make your live debut at the prestigious Roadburn festival as Dust Mountain did this year, then your debut release carries a certain amount of expectation. Hymns for Wilderness not only delivers but establishes […]

Somnambulistic is Victorian Plum Greens’ third full-length release and sees her sombre, hymns reach new heights delivered simply yet beautifully. Plum Green defies normal description, her voice is alluring almost sensual in its subtlety. buy […]

Normally I review albums of my choosing however, in all honesty, I had not heard of Minus Life prior to being sent their second album ‘Contorted Reality’ so, as a result, I find myself coming […]

IRONSTONE release ‘Mr. Struggle’ today, the first new single since releasing their debut EP ‘Prophecy’ last year. The video had its world premiere yesterday at metal.de. Navigating through difficult emotions, ‘Mr. Struggle’ is the story […]

Duckwalk Chuck release a video for Shut Your Lights of the 2021 album “All fired up”, which was released on the 17th of September, to great reviews from the rock and metal community worldwide. The […]

Nothing beats a high-speed face-melting blast beat but comes to a point when speed becomes senseless, drumming becomes a matter of flexing muscles, and the songwriting becomes a competition of who’s the fastest. That point […]

Western Massachusetts Melodic Deathcore Band, An Unction In Braille release their Debut EP, The Wordless Whisper today October 29, 2021. Many years in the making, and then halted by a pandemic. An Unction In Braille’s […]

One more day till ASSAULT – A Quindecennial Chapter of ASSAULT Livestream event. The Livestream event will celebrate the band’s 15th year’s anniversary and the release of its sophomore album “In Aevum Et Illustrata”. The […]

In March 2021, Swedish heavy metal commando ENFORCER released its second live album, “Live By Fire II”, which included a truly triumphant show captured in Mexico City, 2019. But ENFORCER have not been revelling in […]

December 24th, 1914: Late On Christmas Eve, British Expeditionary Force heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing Christmas carols and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted […]

Image: Jon Pisani Following its premiere on triple j Drive yesterday, Thornhill return with their edgy and riff-laden single ‘Casanova’ today. Marking the band’s first taste of new music since their acclaimed 2019 debut album The Dark […]

In the two years that passed since NERVOCHAOS released their last album “Ablaze”, a lot has happened to the world. The Brazilian death metal mammoths, however, stood their ground, taking the rare time off the road to […]

Welcome to the sci-fi world of NEEDLESS. On “The Cosmic Cauldron”, the first digital single of the Hungarian young band taken from their upcoming sophomore album, their blend of melodic death/thrash metal, black metal atmospheres and […]

Red To Grey are a thrash metal band from Germany formed in 1998 releasing their debut album ‘Wrath Of The Weak’ in 2000 and their sophomore album ‘Admissions’ in 2008. Replacing their vocalist in 2012 […]

Witchbound is a melodic metal band from Germany formed in 2014 by guitarist Stefan Kauffmann and drummer Peter Langer after the two left Stormwitch following the death of the band’s founder Lee Tarot in 2013. […]

Rebellix is a thrash metal band from Finland formed in 2013 releasing their debut E.P. ‘Final Decay’ in 2018, and a second E.P. ‘Serpent’s Kiss’ in 2021. Featuring four songs and a parental advisory, ‘Serpent’s […]

This week I was lucky enough to do another review for Black-Roos Entertainment And the album that I am reviewing Is the 3rd Album from Parricide entitled (Crude). This Old school Blackened death metal/Grindcore Band […]