Normaal gezien schenken we bij MUSIKA maar weinig aandacht aan singles, dat geven we grif toe, maar voor deze ‘Steel Meets Steel’ van het Deense Vanir maken we even een uitzondering. Niet omdat het afkomstig is van een band die we een warm hart toedragen, maar wel vanwege de inhoudt, de tekst, de boodschap die
Pyramaze, Nighthawk & Exelerate among the last bands on the bill for Nordic Noise 2023. Nordic Noise 2023 – “The Melodic Year” – announces the full program consisting of 16 bands spread over three days in May. An exciting package with heavy metal and hard rock bands from Sweden, Norway, England and Denmark. We unveil
Ukrainian doom proggers Stoned Jesus released two new songs last year, CON and Porcelain, but now it’s time to kick it off! Today, the trio Stoned Jesus is treating the world with the atmospheric blues of ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ – a somewhat fitting title to their current situation. And with this realease, the band treats
Band shares “I Am The Void” video – watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udhXWjektKc&ab_channel=MetalBladeRecords Pushing progressive death metal in ever more imaginative directions, Entheos continue to stand apart from the pack. Incorporating elements drawn from myriad genres – including death metal, groove, grunge, electronica, slam, gothic rock, jazz, prog and more – they have evolved with every release,
Næstved Metalfest announces festival headliner and another two acts for the, now, enlarged version of the festival in 2023. Næstved Metalfest hereby reveals the headliner for the 2023 version of the festival and spices things up, by adding another couple of very interesting names to the line-up. On top of that, the festival announces that
ThroneFest, een festival dat black metal hoog in het vaandel voert, staat al een tijdje, bij MUSIKA toch, met stip genoteerd om opnieuw te bezoeken. Het was dan ook uitkijken naar de bands die de organisatie ons zou gaan presenteren. Intussen kregen we de eerste tien namen van bands te horen. En daar zijn wij,
Progressive rockers Haken recently announced their seventh studio album ‘Fauna’, the group’s most genre-busting and conceptually fascinating album to date, will be released on the 3rd March 2023. The band are pleased to release “Taurus” the 3rd single from the album. You can watch the video, produced by Crystal Spotlight, at: https://youtu.be/4FQBK4CFWbI Ross Jennings says
On February 24th, Finnish metal melancholists Insomnium will release their ninth full-length, Anno 1696, via Century Media Records. Based on a short story by Niilo Sevänen (bass/vocals), Anno 1696 is woven with sorrow and the last crumbling vestiges of hope. For a preview of this upcoming album, the new single, “The Witch Hunter”, can be
The Abbey, the emerging progressive doom metal band ft. Natalie Koskinen (SHAPE OF DESPAIR), Jesse Heikkinen (HENGET, ITERUM NATA, etc), Vesa Ranta (SENTENCED, THE MAN-EATING TREE), and Janne Markus (THE MAN-EATING TREE), are now releasing their third new single ‘Starless’. The new offering is taken from the band’s upcoming album “Word of Sin”, which will
In februari, maar bepaald tussen 22 en 25 februari reist het West-Vlaamse Dyscordia doorheen Vlaanderen om hun nieuwe drummer voor te stellen. Dyscordia kiest daarvoor De Kreun (Kortrijk), Hell (Diest), Kid’s (Antwerpen) en Ragnarok (Bree) als locaties uit. Telkens mogen Aeveris en Patroness mee om de zaal op te warmen. Patroness werd in 2019 opgestart
