Review: Mourir – Nous, Le Vent
English: There are albums that confront you head-on with sheer aggression, and there are albums that slowly tighten their grip until escape
Tag: France
Review: Vide – Aux enfants des ruines
English: Ruins often tell richer stories than monuments that still stand untouched. Crumbling churches, abandoned cemeteries, and forgotten stone walls bear the
Review: Pilori – Sans Audieu
English: Over the past decade, Pilori has steadily established itself as one of those bands that stubbornly refuses to fit neatly into
Review: Hertogenwald – Archéombres
English: The High Fens are among those rare places where nature seems to whisper its own history. Mist drifts between weathered trees,
Review: Dark Plague – Masquerade
English: Masks have always served a purpose. They conceal weakness, disguise intention, and allow people to become someone they are not. In
Review: Verdun – Abyssal Womb
English: Some albums feel like a walk through the ruins of a collapsed cathedral, where every step stirs clouds of ancient dust
Review: Véhémence – Assiégé Pour l’Éternité
English: Amid crumbling castle walls, forgotten battlefields, and the fading echoes of a bygone age of chivalry, a story unfolds that has
Review: Hydre – Demo 2026
English: Machine-gun salvos thunder relentlessly across the devastated landscape, while in the distance the chilling whistle of incoming shells echoes through the
Review: Galibot – Catabase
English: When we started Merg en Been Magazine in 2025, one of the very first bands we reviewed was the Northern French
Review: Iffernet – Life at Heart
English: Hailing from the historic city of Rouen, the duo Iffernet now presents its third full-length album. Since their formation in 2018,