News: Something goes right for Mad Essence


Russian metalrtronic band Mad Essence will soon release their next full-length album Rehumanization which is said to be the greatest of them all.

If we are to judge the future album by the present single, this would not be far from the truth. Something Goes Right definitely gets something right. It’s not surprising for an experienced listener, but it kind of reminds me of nu-metal, the not-so-bad ones. And this is cool.

I’ll wait for the album release for the final judgement.… Read more

List: 2014’s latecomers and stuff we missed

Hey, back in early December I made my most best of the year’s list, but I knew some albums were still to come, and that I’ll become aware of other great records that were released this year but weren’t featured there.

So here we go!

Zorbas Crisol – Criollo EP
Gabriel wrote a review on the Chilean band, and I’ve fallen in love myself! Zorbas Crisol are unpredictable, talented, and varied. I have to say that saxophone-imbued math rock/metal is not found everywhere, and it’s really great to have that somewhere! I can’t wait for them to release … Read more

2014 – A Personal Top 10

As 2014 is not-so-slowly coming to an end, I decided to take some time and put together a list of my favorite 2014 releases.  As the title states ,  this is mostly a personal list of the music I listened/ enjoyed the most and that was released in 2014, rather than my top 10 of this year’s best releases, although I believe the first five albums on my list can easily compete for that title as well. Granted that I didn’t listen to every extreme metal album that was unleashed this year, I think the first five really made an … Read more

Review: Matheus Manente – Illusions Dimension


Brazilian meteorologist and musician Matheus Manente released his first solo album, Illusions Dimension, a musical journey that will take you to many ends of the progressive rock and metal realms!

First off, the musicianship is flawless. There is a lot of technicality involved, although it is far from being the center point of the album. Solos after solos, we can enjoy the musicality of the meteorologist’s mind. There is quite a good amount of djent influences in the rhythmic department, although it doesn’t sound djent very much.

Every song has its own personality but … Read more