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This colourful platter has been released by the Australian label Bro Fidelity Records and it features three bands from three continents. I think this...

WO FAT IS back in order to show the world how to create a massive wall of blues-tinged metallic fuzz. Each muscular riff drops like a bomb while the...

Wolfshead is a new band from Finland, but features veterans of the heavy scene in the grim North: Guitarist Ari Rajaniemi from Deliverance as well as...

After the successful release of the debut album 'Wight Weedy Wight' (review here), Germany's WIGHT come up with their second full-length 'Through The...

Rise Above Records brings us the second album of Witchsorrow. Absolutely fitting, if we consider that both the label and the band coming from England....

Due to the fact that I have a great liking for sHeavy, I was very interested in the first self-titled album of WIZARDS OF KAOS, because that is the...

After the live recorded 'Distressed' EP and the single 'June' in 2011, California' Whirr now released their first full-length with 'Pipe Dreams'. Like...

I enjoyed Conny Ochs' debut 'Raw Love Songs', which has been released in 2011 and I love Scott 'Wino' Weinrich's acoustic record 'Adrift'. Hence so...

Because of the cover artwork, it's obvious that Germany's WIGHT make no secret of the fact that they have a fondness for the heavy groups of the...

Sometimes I take the new CD's that arrive here and listen to them on my way to the rehearsal room. In this way, my bandmate Markus gets to know new...

What do you do if you need to sign in a band but it might seem like you are not the next Ronnie James Dio? You need to find other vocalists to...

I can still recall people's reaction to 'Into Darkness' when it was originally released in 1990 on Future Shock Records. You either loved it or hated...

Due to the band name and cover artwork, I expected some sort of generic occult-inspired doom, but instead WIZARD'S BEARD is more orientated to the...

Texas is one of those places that has written music history. Some of the greatest bands were founded there as, for example, The 13th Floor Elevators...

Berlin's WHITE RABBIT DYNAMITE are attracted to the heavy blues-tinged rock of the late 60's/70's and they revive this genre with a lot of verve and...

Brooklyn's WHOOPING CRANE are an amazing power trio which deliver finest classic rock of the highest caliber. Their first self-released EP 'Riffin'...

I had heard the name Witche's Brew before. Certain people in certain forums where tossing it around. And that normally should have been enough for me,...

When I read that Gábor Holdampf had left Wall Of Sleep, I was a little concerned about the future of the band. What would happen next? They, after...

Up until now I did not have the opportunity, for whatever reason, to listen to one of WARCHETYPE's previous albums even though the Spanish band has...

After the end of The Hidden Hand, Scott 'Wino' Weinrich did not take a long break, but instead started to work on his first solo album named...

Today there are only a few rock singers out there whose voice is so intense and charismatic that they will leave a lasting impression. For me...

It is no secret that I'm a huge fan of the Maryland heavy rock/doom scene. The creative potential of that scene is amazing, because there are no...

My first encounter with WHEEL was at last year's Days of Doom show in Dortmund. I'm sorry to say, but my enthusiasm remained limited. The reason for...

The NWOBHM movement is like a huge treasure chest. Apart from all the well-known and successful bands, there have been hundreds of unknown and obscure...

Unfortunately, Maryland's WRETCHED belongs to the Hellhound bands that, so far, are paid less attention by a wider circle. The reason for this is...

After unpacking the latest promo package of Black Widow Records, I noticed immediately this album due to the band name. The fact is that I'm quite...

Just like Kelly Carmichael, guitarist of Internal Void/ex-Pentagram, Scott 'Wino' Weinrich is the next musician from the Maryland, DC heavy rock scene...

If you think that everything has been said and done in the world of rock, than you don't know WILDILDLIFE from San Francisco, USA. Maybe their mothers...

Hailing from Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany, WALLKEEPER's 'Authistic Cults' is one single instrumental track with a total running time of almost fourteen...

It doesn't happen very often, that an album isn't available anymore shortly after its release, but in the case of WARNING this is exactly what...

Finitely everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, who had no chance to buy the first album from WARNING until now, 'cause Cyclone Empire reissued this...

Since the release of their debut MCD 'Overlook The All', which saw the light of day in 2003, Hungary's WALL OF SLEEP worked hard and relentless on...

Due to the name and cover-artwork, I expected some sort of heavy blues rock from this Dutch band, that was founded back in 1999. And, yes: it's heavy...

Apart of the heavy scene, Hungary is still a blind spot on my musical map. But some months ago Holosonic Music had sent me this promo to expand my...

A few years ago, when my good friend Opolus gave me the debut 7" from WITCHCRAFT as a gift, I immediately start to like their vintage cross of 70's...

Here's the first official self-released MCD of this German Power Epic Doom band, and although it's not really the style I dig, "Grenzgänger" is a...

I've mentioned this band before in the Super Natural review, because this is the next band, which emerged out of the ashes of Hungarian Doom band...

This the first four song demo from the German band WYTCHCRAFT. The songs were recorded in May 1999 and all instruments were played by Patrice Kestner...

A lot has changed for German prog doomsters WYTCHCRAFT since the release of their self-titled demo CD-R in 1999. At that time, the band was only a...

During the last year WOOLY MAMMOTH have shared the stage with Place Of Skulls, Internal Void or Black Manta to name a few. They have received a good...

Here we have a split-EP on vinyl in the 10" cult format, featuring WORSHIP and STABAT MATER, both contributing one long song to each side. After...

This is the solo project from Norrsken's songwriter and guitarplayer Magnus Pelander. Together with some other musicians he recorded this dedication...

Two unreleased cuts from one of the heaviest US bands, released in the Southern Lord singles club. I won't lose any words about this mighty and...

Yezz, this is the dagger, that slits all hippie stoner rock faggots' silly smiling faces! Never since the early days of ESOTERIC has there been a...

A very interesting and promising debut album of Portland's heavy progressive doomsters, that offers not only the typical doom stereotype. WITCH...

Any faithful Doom-monger must've come across the name WHILE HEAVEN WEPT in one way or another, be it their diverse cherished underground releases, or...

One of the trademarks about Doom is it's minimalistic concept, and Wilmington's WEEDEATER are living and breathing Doom out of every pore with the new...

The album has been released back in 2000, but it's still worth to write about this debut. At the beginning of the 90's this atmospheric masterpiece...

Here is the latest album from this Italian band, released in 1998. The roots lie in metal-influenced hardcore punk and extend as far back as 1982....