Author Archives: Lefteris Kefalas

ONCE THEM EDENS – New playthrough video available

by Lefteris Kefalas

“On Par With I”, the new guitar playthrough video from Athens based, progressive death metallers ONCE THEM EDENS, can be seen below. The song is composed and performed by the band’s mastermind Ω, and the video was shot and edited by Athina Tousia.

 

”Omega’s riffing menace leads up to a relatively up-tempo instrumental section that follows and lets the progressive element of the album shine. This song is no other than ‘On Par With I’ and its perplexing rhythmic changes that occur without cessation, tied with an astounding bass guitar and a conclusion that features some

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SMOHALLA/ OMEGA CENTAURI – Tellur/ Epitome

by Lefteris Kefalas

Norway’s Duplicate Records interest in avant-garde metal releases is of course no news a9b90737-ab39-4915-b7fa-c25441eea42c_zps16f51070to any fan of the genre, reinforcing this extreme music with every album it puts out. But with their newest outcome, this very split album of two of the most promising up and coming black metal acts, our exprectations were set up high. Of course, I am talking about the collaboration of SMOHALLA with OMEGA CENTAURI in Tellur/ Epitome.

Hailing from France, SMOHALLA delivered once again some of the most unconventional, unpredictable and multifaceted metal, an equal continuation of their debut album Résilience. Featuring an amalgamation of … Read more

STILLA – Till Stilla Falla

by Lefteris Kefalas

Coldness and melancholy, solaceand pride. Such conditions and feelings are fully  combined  under the banner of Scandinavian underground music with the newly born STILLA. A Swedish entity that consists of  Pär Stille (BERGRAVEN) on guitar/keyboards, 483820_231115757034983_1785579003_nAndreas Johansson (DERANGED) on bass, Andreas Pettersson (DE ARMA, ARMAGEDDA, LONNDOM, WHIRLING) on vocals and Johan Marklund (DE ARMA, SORGELDOM, WHIRLING) on drums, who have just released their profound debut album ‘Till Stilla Falla’ through Nordvis produktions. An album of stargazing and transcendental musical landscapes with poignant riffing, bounded by some really striking bass lines, immense keyboards and ghastly utterings, elements that are surely … Read more

FIXIONS – Euphorion

by Lefteris Kefalas

ImageFIXIONS is an Electro project from Aix-en-Provence, France that have released their debut EP, entitled ‘Euphorion’ some months ago. This project, which is the brainchild of Slo (SMOHALLA), is more than a creative outlet, an additional way of expression it’s a small microcosm of its own, an abberation from the constant in search of an elation, of euphoria, although as uplifting as it can be the dark and atmospheric elements will always be a considerable and integral part of FIXIONS’ music.

The EP begins with the title track, ‘Euphorion’ which is heavily influenced by the 80s electro scene, with a … Read more

Garth Arum – Preview from the new album

by Lefteris Kefalas

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Spanish project GARTH ARUM re-emerges through time with its debut album, marking the dawn of a new passion, of a new fire. ‘The Dawn of New Creation’ is ispired by dreams and emotions, venturing further into the depths of the human mind. A demiurge that leads the path to a new universe, beyond the notion of existence. This is the album of a lifetime, a deliverance of body and soul of the album’s creator NIGHTMARER, which is finally complete more than ten years after its initial conception.

You can listen to an early preview of the album, entitled ‘ A … Read more