When Synestesia’s Feeniks dropped earlier this year I hadn’t so much as heard of this band--let alone have been able to predict how much I would enjoy this album. Though the lyrics of this album are in Finnish, I am told it is a concept record about...

 Nastrandir From: Germany Discography: “Zwischen Horizonten” (2007) “Prayer to Earth” (2009)   Formed in 2006 Nastrandir is a six-piece, pagan-metal band currently signed to Twilight Vetrleb.  Nastrandir’s lyrics typically revolve around...

Haunted Shores From: USA Discography: “Maelstrom” (2007), “Following Ivy” (2009)   Formed in 2005, Haunted Shores is a thrashin’ metalcore act with one LP and two full lengths under their belt. Currently unsigned HS is: Mark Holcomb-...

Metal Call-Out is as much about our discovery of music as it is about helping you, the reader discover a gem. Therefore it is to be expected that some of the material may be a bit dated, but relevant all the same. Such is the case of the following...

Everyone needs a little depressive music to help cope with the long winter months ahead, unless of course you are just north or south of the equator. And Catacombs ‘In the Depths of R’lyeh’ is just such an album. Clocking in at over an hour in total...