Félonie – De Sève et de Sang (2023) – Review

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RMR is rummaging about the metal underground yet again. And I mean some hardcore underground. Félonie‘s the name and De Sève et de Sang1 the game. Created by a one-man show that currently only sports a sparse number of followers on the band’s Facebook page and not much social media coverage at the time of writing this piece.

Félonie is one of Marc Bourban‘s2 side projects that’s solely driven by the man’s very own ideas. It appears that his other outfits Tyrmfar and Wizards of Wiznan – allegedly – didn’t quite let the creative juices flow … [...] Click to raid more!

Carpe Noctem – Vitrun (2018) – Review

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Are you in the mood for some harsh metal? The mood to face the terrors of the underbelly of the metal multiverse?

If so, take the black door to your left. The one that leads to the square with the blood-red columns, where the cold wastes start and the terrifying winds blow. Those that will chill your soul with their unearthly howling. Just before the gods of the underground spew forth their heated breath to roast it to a crisp. Get prepared!


Some time ago we covered Dodecahedron with its pointed splinters of sharpened Extreme Metal. We marched through Darkend[...] Click to raid more!

Saille – Gnosis (2017) – Review

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Sometimes you just crave it. This blazing hot crunch, seemingly coming from the fiery depths of hell and trying to destroy your eardrums. The whiff of a ritual, all ready to be performed. All this sweet dissonance in the name of the Dark Lord just ignites this urge in me to slap some corpse paint on my face, put on my leaded boots, and don the spikes.

And Gnosis, the latest and fourth release of the Belgian band Saille, does exactly that. You really feel like moving down the hallway, beyond yonder red door, and down the dreaded stairs into the reeking darkness.

Many Black Metal gigs drone [...] Click to raid more!