Review: Nachtdwaelen – Ornament in een levenloze schaduwwereld
English: Mist hangs low over a deserted landscape. In the distance stand shapes that could be trees, gravestones or merely shadows, and
Tag: The Netherlands
Review: Onheilsprofeet – Slotakkoord van de dood
English: Some prophecies are meant as warnings, while others seem to eagerly await the moment when everything finally goes wrong. With a
Review: Gaistaz – Verschijningen
English: A house can be empty without ever feeling abandoned. A footstep where no one is walking, a door standing open when
Review: Stoflong – Zwarte Aarde
Engels: Stoflong is one of those band names that immediately tells you not to expect much fresh air. On Zwarte Aarde, that
Review: Bangkai – Bangkai
English: The Dutch black metal underground has never been confined by rigid boundaries. Musicians rarely disappear; they simply resurface under a different
Review: The Chösen – At the Behest of Dreadful Lords
English: Not every assault begins with an explosion. Sometimes a gate slowly creaks open, revealing something that has waited patiently in the
Review: Azerothul – Vampyric Oath
English: Sometimes the discussion surrounding a band seems to attract more attention than the music itself. That currently appears to be the
Review: Folteraar – Demo MMXXVI
English: Folteraar is back. After an absence of no less than ten years, K, the man behind an impressive number of bands
Review: Nachtheem – Waan van de Leegte
English: Where the mysterious Dutch outfit Nachtheem was once accused of being little more than a copy of Vermod, the individuals behind
Ethelmer – Departure
English: The EP Departure, released in 2025 by Dutch band Ethelmer, has been available online for several months. Although I make a reasonable