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Ever since ‘In the Halls of Awaiting’ come out from the frosty and dark lands of Finland in 2002, Insomnium have been producing some consistent, creative and lugubrious death-metal without ever putting a foot wrong. Their latest work ‘Across the...
2009 presented a great harvest to all kinds of audience. Some bands brilliantly showed their value, others tried to re-gain credit and others just made us get bored and spend our precious time.
Here are my 5 favourite records for 2009.
5-Katatonia -...
Scratch the Surface wishes all the best for 2010 to all the bands, labels, promoters, readers and friends that have supported us throughout these past two years. Without you, this wouldn't have ever been possible! Cheers to 2010!
Plutonium Orange
Featuring members of Swallow the Sun, Finland’s Plutonium Orange weave together an awesome amalgamation of music genres, putting their fingers upon everything from Black Sabbath right through to Metallica, Monster Magnet, Danko...
1- Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Touted as the ‘next Metallica’ and ‘Metal saviours’, Mastodon are clearly the most important metal band of this decade. There is no other act in heavy and extreme music running today that manages to constantly...
