News: 15 seconds of the new Frontierer album

The good chaps at Frontierer released a 15 second teaser on their facebook page, and it sounds as interesting as ever. For those who aren’t familiar with the band, Padram Valiani of Sectioned started out Frontierer with another singer. The music is similar in style, but maybe pushes the ideas further than Sectioned did.

We can officially say we are excited for this album that is … Read more

News: Alkaloid – Cthulu

New supergroup Alkaloid released a new song, Cthulu, today.

If you want our point of view, it’s a pretty interesting piece of music! Great leads with lots of dissonance and a sweet solo section. However, the rest of the song maybe sounds too much general, in terms of riffs, drum beats and vocal rendition.

We persist in thinking that The Malkuth Grimoire will be a decent to great album, but the hopes of it being absolutely amazing are falling with each release. So, I think we should expect a good album, but not an earth-shattering masterpiece.… Read more

News: New song from Der Weg Einen Freiheit

[Stream the track here]

The German post-metal bands with various influences such as black metal and hardcore Der Weg Einer Freihet premieres their new track Requiem on Metal-Hammer.de. This track makes us even more avid of listening to their upcoming album Stellar.

You can listen to their previous album teaser here.… Read more

Rant: Pre-Orders in music

periphery-alpha-largeBack in the 90s and early 00s, when an album came out, you went to the closest music store to get it the day it comes out. And, while you were there, you could browse what other music they had in stock and, if you found the cover art interesting enough, buy another CD or cassette, and take a chance in listening to a new artist. This was kind of a bet however, as there was no way the store would allow you to listen to the music before you bought it, and there wasn’t much available on the Internet … Read more