Norikum - "In Chains Of Misery"

The Styrian band Norikum was founded in late 2007, "In Chains Of Misery" is the debut EP which was released last year. I got the CD at a gig and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the five songs included.
"Dignity of the Prisoners" starts with a 40 seconds long acoustic guitar intro which leads into a tornado of double bass drums and deep growls, paired with some melodic guitar lines which remind me of this Arch Enemy-like music (whatever it's called, I don't care!) I never really liked. It's not a bad one, but definitely not my taste! Fortunately the next songs are totally different, for whatever reason. In fact, every song here has it's own character, maybe because of the varied tastes of the memebers, maybe they just want to keep it diversified...

AFFLICTION GATE, Death Metal, France

Affliction Gate is a young band in the international extreme metal scene; this combo being, in my point of view, one of the most interesting French rising forces we’ve seen in the latest years or so! And if we add here that this first official full length features mighty Vincent Crowley from Acheron, and that the future one will feature well known Dave Ingram from Benediction things have been said since the beginning!

Being in touch with band members since their ¨ Severance (Dead to this World) ¨ E.P. released in 2008, this was the perfect occasion to learn more things about this promising gang from Toulon!

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Heavy/Hard Metal, Germany

Weimar, Thuringia, is an area of a great historic importance in today‘s Germany, and I’m reminding here the well known Republic of Weimar that some of you should know what is all about with, and with a tumultuous past that has been certified since 899, Weimar is proud of its ¨ celebrated residents¨ including here: Walter Gropius, Henry Van de Velde, Lucas Cranach old, Bach, Goethe, Schiller, Herder, Franz Liszt or Nietszche; in the most recent period being the home to one of the most notorious bands in the history of pagan death metal I name here Die Apokalyptischen Reiter! Founded 16 years ago, the German band has just released their new album called ¨ Moral & Wahnsinn ¨; the 8th one to the present and a product that was released by the German label Nuclear Blast!

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter being a name that can not leave indifferent any fan of extreme metal I decided that a discussion on this hot topic is appropriate! And here's what came out after talking with Volk-man the leader of the band in cause!

Edenbridge, Symphonic Power Metal, Austria

One of the most important Austrian metal bands and one of the greatest sympho heavy metal bands we’ve seen in the last years, Edenbridge, is back with a new masterpiece and band’s 7th official release called ¨ Solitaire¨; probably the best release ever recorded by Edenbridge, which through its main leaders Sabine and Lanvall will open the gates of mystery to reveal us all, fans, media and metal freaks around the world, what is about inside of it announce a new era of musical conquers and the new king of the scene!

Gutten morgen Edenbridge! It seems that things going great for you these days when band’s new opus called ¨ Solitaire¨ has just been released through Napalm Records! How do you feel about that and what interesting news from your camp could you share with us in the beginning...

Imperia, Symphonic Gothic Metal, Netherlands

Not a novelty on the female fronted gothic metal scene with symphonic accents, Imperia manages to impose new rules through the new material ¨ Secret Passion ¨ a titanic achievement that reaches sizes especially through its front-woman the sulphurous Helena Iren Michaelsen, known on the metal scene especially by working with Trail of Tears!

So, without too many thoughts, I decided to contact the band leader, Helena itself, and this is just what came out of our discussion that we had on ¨ Secret Passion¨!

THORNIUM, BLACK Metal, Sweden

After a long hiatus period and a few years behind the bars Thyph decided to re- animate mighty Thornium, and here we have band’s second releases, since Thornium is alive again, called ¨ Fides Luciferius¨! As I missed their previous material entitled ¨ Mushroom Clouds and Dusk¨ here is my second chance to hear what this name could bring in front of us all 15 years later and, of course, here you have a few answers that Thyph gave me regarding his last creation I mentioned above! I hope you to enjoy the reading and I want you to sustain the gang as much as you can ‘because it really deserve! Be careful, Thornium’s black flame never dies and it’s more powerful than ever!

Blackest hails ! So…, you’re back in business after a long period of silence caused by several personal problems, to discuss later; how do you feel to be back in the extreme metal scene and how did you found the present metal scene compared to what you left behind you years ago when...

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ILLDISPOSED, Death Metal, Denmark

Undisputed masters of death metal some years ago, the Danish Illdisposed are back with a new album, the second from band’s reforming, and a new direction that moves them pretty far behind the ¨ Submit¨ era when the band was making waves among fans of extreme metal with cavernous voices!

As the band was a great reference name for the area of extreme metal they were a part off, I decided to find out more details about the recently released studio performance which was launched by Massacre Records from Germany and this is what came out!

Hi everyone! First of all congratulations for this new studio performance and for the 20-years career that you will celebrate...

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