Let’s get one thing straight from the gate: Norwegian pagan metallers Helheim are one of my favorite names to bring up when the discussions ‘’the most underrated bands in metal’’ arose, and rightfully so. Pushing the boundaries of Viking black metal for almost three decades, yet Enslaved got far bigger accolades for doing the similar…
German heretics Ketzer are back with their fourth album aptly titled Cloud Collider, which will mark somewhat return to form after very weird spot in their career. For those unaware, their 2016’s album Starless represented huge departure from black thrashing sound that got them a good name in the underground – mentioned album featured huge…
American true heavy metal heroes Twisted Tower Dire are hard as a steel and impossible to move away as it seems, as after all the tribulations they have faced in the past they are still standing proud as ever. Their 6th full length entitled Wars in the Unknown is well enough proof of these words,…
IRON FIRE is actually well-established power metal band. They hails from Denmark and they have just issued their 8th full-length so we took the chance to have one interview and do one chat about their biography and their brand new offering. Iron Fire is just about the release it;s 8th full-length Beyond the Void so…
Same as Exumer, here we have the band that has reunited after the initial short run and now they are on their 3rd full length after their second start but Antropomorphia is more vile and diabolical beast that those German old thrashers. These Dutch hate mongers have always been up to creating the most evil…
Here we have another hot signing for legendary Metal Blade, and for this time they have unearthed yet another purest metal jewel from the pits of the underground in order to get the recognition they rightfully deserve. Vulture are German thrashing speed metal troop who exploded on the scene already with their debut The Guillotine…
German cult thrashers Exumer have just shown to the world that they will not be removed from the scene so easily like they did in the 80s and their 5th full length aptly titled Hostile Defiance is a firm proof of that statement. The thing is, they have released just two albums in their first…
Here we have the 6th full length of unsung heroes of true American heavy metal Twisted Tower Dire, and even though they are not that well known on the larger scale every true metalhead absolutely knows their worth. This band has played tried and true heavy metal when it was less popular then being a…
Its always nice and welcome to present some new acts on Metal Sound’s pages. This time we are presenting you FOREVER STILL, the band that comes from Denmark. Forever Still are performing a sort of modern but very melodic metal. They are just about to release their upcoming offering fro Nuclear Blast Breathe in Colours…
HECATE ENTHRONED is one of my favorite bands when it comes to British style of black metal, or should I say British answer to black metal, their first four offerings are pure jewels in my CD collection especially when we talk about 2nd and the 3rd full-lengths, but anyway even ”King of Chaos” (1999) was…
Wacken Open Air his its own Internet radio station where several people have their own radio show. Dirk Warnecke is running his own radio show ”Franconian Metal-Time” at Radio Wacken already for some time so we took the chance to do a chat with him about hos working at Radio Wacken, his show and his view…
Orchestral album “Legacy Of The Dark Lands” to be released in November 2019 Promising to be one of the most ambitious projects in metal’s history, BLIND GUARDIAN’s upcoming release will be well worth the wait. The idea to record an orchestral album originally formed in the minds of the two leading lights of the BLIND GUARDIAN universe – guitarist André Olbrich and singer Hansi…
