Articles by musclassia

Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2026
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by RaduP
17.05.2026
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
17.05.2026
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 16 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
03.05.2026
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Unburier, Distorted Aura, Serpent Icon, Achryma, Zvilpogghua, and Haruspex Chants.
03.05.2026
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - March 2026
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by RaduP
13.04.2026
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
13.04.2026
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 16 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
07.04.2026
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Doom Of Death, Diluvian, Soul Meanders, Velhmora, Nihilanth, and Pilvilinnat.
07.04.2026
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2026
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by RaduP
16.03.2026
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
16.03.2026
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 16 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
09.03.2026
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Birching, Clouds Above Us, Crimson Leaves, Gond, Myst, and Endeavour.
09.03.2026
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2026
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by RaduP
15.02.2026
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.02.2026
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 16 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
08.02.2026
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Mortal Void, Pict, Nearless, Right On Target, Wasterider, and Black.
08.02.2026
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jul-Dec 2025)
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by RaduP
22.01.2026
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
22.01.2026
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - December 2025
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by RaduP
11.01.2026
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.01.2026
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #12 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
04.01.2026
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Graven Cross, Strange News, Stonewielder, Thrøsk, Neverseer, and Lunar Amulet.
04.01.2026
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - November 2025
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by RaduP
15.12.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.12.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #11 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
07.12.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Desdemona, Ismere, Even If We Lose, Black Miasma, Get Me The Knife, and Glora.
07.12.2025
Damnation Festival 2025
Concert review
19.11.2025
20 years of Damnation was celebrated with a two-day bonanza featuring a litany of great names new and old.
19.11.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - October 2025
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by RaduP
17.11.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
17.11.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #10 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
09.11.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Temple Of Salem, Schwarzwasser, Crowgod, Acephalc Void, Darktide, and Apathosis.
09.11.2025
I Know What You Did This Autumn: Another Gig Review
Concert review
29.10.2025
With the cruel reality that time endlessly marches on, another festival season recedes into memory and bands move on from the festival circuit to a packed winter schedule.
29.10.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - September 2025
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by RaduP
12.10.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.10.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #9 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
06.10.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Bloodstone, Taartaros, BLEΛK, Barriers, Necronado, and Memento Mori.
06.10.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2025
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by RaduP
19.09.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
19.09.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
05.09.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Neuroblade, Desmadre, Starlit Pyre, Effuse, First To Burn, and Clagarnaċ.
05.09.2025
ArcTanGent 2025
Concert review
27.08.2025
Musclassia's favourite festival came around once more, and put on one of its strongest editions to date.
27.08.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2025
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by RaduP
17.08.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
17.08.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #7 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
09.08.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Rattlesnakes, Sixth Wonder, Burial Gift, Vuln, Violent Answer, and Reeking Slug.
09.08.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - June 2025
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by RaduP
21.07.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
21.07.2025
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jan-Jun 2025)
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by nikarg
15.07.2025
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
15.07.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #6 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
06.07.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Crusader, Between Nothing, Chronepsis, Everybody Dies, Unhallowed Earth, and Branch Of Melas.
06.07.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - May 2025
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by RaduP
16.06.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
16.06.2025
Fortress Festival 2025
Concert review
04.06.2025
A fresh face in the UK metal festival scene brought a heap of big names and underground sensations from the global black metal scene to British shores, and in doing so inspired musclassia to also make the long journey north to seaside Scarborough.
04.06.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #5 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
01.06.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Myth Carver, Pyrrhic Salvation, Thief’s Pardon, Orgo, Flagelo, and Nebiru.
01.06.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2025
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by RaduP
11.05.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.05.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
05.05.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Zabrahana, Void Revenant, Sacred Scroll, Oobris Ios, Dark Watch, and Nílim.
05.05.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - March 2025
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by RaduP
14.04.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.04.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
09.04.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Hel Hath Fury, Speedpvssy, Dejecter, Purging, I, Dronepiper, and Odion.
09.04.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2025
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by RaduP
16.03.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
16.03.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
09.03.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Tria Prima, Partir, Cartographer, Summa, Leegte, and Karyorrhexis.
09.03.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2025
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by RaduP
16.02.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
16.02.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 15 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
09.02.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Myncæfr, Cirrus Prior, Saturno Devorador, Erode The Dream, Divine Excruciation, and Vitki.
09.02.2025
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jul-Dec 2024)
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by RaduP
19.01.2025
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
19.01.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - December 2024
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by RaduP
12.01.2025
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.01.2025
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #12 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
05.01.2025
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Scale Of Attrition, Sunstealer, Calyss, Newly Opposed, NihilistVoid, and Jagal.
05.01.2025
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - November 2024
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by RaduP
15.12.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.12.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #11 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
07.12.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Rüsty Diamönds, Oath, Rheinkaos, Urban Death, Stillness Of A Dying World, and Volkra.
07.12.2024
Damnation Festival 2024
Concert review
20.11.2024
Another trip to the north of England by our British contributors for the UK's standout indoor metal festival.
20.11.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - October 2024
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by RaduP
18.11.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
18.11.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #10 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
09.11.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Enucleate, Obsidian Urn, The Forest Forgets, Heteromorphic Zoo, Svn.Seeker, and Drape.
09.11.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - September 2024
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by RaduP
14.10.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.10.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #9 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by RaduP
06.10.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Sunstead, Gargantura, Slugpit, Self Absorbed, Swampworm, and Walls Of The Desolate.
06.10.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2024
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by RaduP
15.09.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.09.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
08.09.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Graven Lore, Nihilect, Goatrocity, Adelon, Theist, and Mires.
08.09.2024
ArcTanGent 2024
Concert review
25.08.2024
The tenth anniversary of ArcTanGent saw the festival return to its post-rock roots, and saw Musclassia return to the festival grounds.
25.08.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2024
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by RaduP
11.08.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.08.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #7 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
04.08.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Burnt Lung, Vower, L'Horreur D'Exister, Tellmarch, Beyond The Pale, and Aetos.
04.08.2024
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jan-Jun 2024)
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by RaduP
22.07.2024
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
22.07.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - June 2024
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by RaduP
14.07.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.07.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #6 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
07.07.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Slow Goat, Slashed To Bits, Kōya, Moon Reaper, Aesit, and Skogsgravar.
07.07.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - May 2024
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by RaduP
16.06.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
16.06.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #5 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
02.06.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Skullbong, Siren Oath, Tenebrific, Hämnd, Crá, and Phantom Droid.
02.06.2024
Desertfest 2024
Concert review
23.05.2024
Europe's premier stoner/doom festival is making its annual tour around Europe, and Metal Storm's UK contingent stopped by to attend the London edition.
23.05.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2024
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by RaduP
12.05.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.05.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
05.05.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Druidess, Deeproot, Dungeon Shaker, Aastarah, Rotten Cavern, and D’Archipelago.
05.05.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - March 2024
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by RaduP
11.04.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.04.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
07.04.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Eyriahrk Nunshkar, Saint Heaven, Darkvoid, Ancient Seance, Ethereal Wound, and Chymist.
07.04.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2024
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by RaduP
17.03.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
17.03.2024
Celestial Darkness Festival 2024
Concert review
13.03.2024
A new festival hit London in March 2024, bringing some rare visitors to these shores together for a celebration of cult European metal.
13.03.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
03.03.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Asphalt Grieving, Fatal Visions, Detestial, Silvasolum, Crypts Of Dusk, and Jötnar.
03.03.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2024
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by RaduP
11.02.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.02.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
05.02.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Spectral Sorcery, Chaldea, Royal Graves, Doze, Torsion, and Mal Doror.
05.02.2024
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jul-Dec 2023)
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by RaduP
28.01.2024
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
28.01.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - December 2023
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by RaduP
14.01.2024
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.01.2024
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #12 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
07.01.2024
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Secrecy, The Cult Of Grinning Martyrs, Glyph, Pessimystic, Bayrolles, and Inherit The Curse.
07.01.2024
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - November 2023
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by RaduP
17.12.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
17.12.2023
5 Years A Reviewer: An Introspective Retrospective
Article
12.12.2023
Musclassia looks back on a half-decade of writing for the website, reflecting on ratings, milestones, and fiery comments threads.
12.12.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #11 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
03.12.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Chullachaqui, Sun King Ba, Drowned God, Dissenchant, Writhe, and Lunar Creation.
03.12.2023
Damnation Festival 2023
Concert review
15.11.2023
Damnation Festival was attended in 2021 and 2022 by Musclassia and Omne Metallum, respectively; this year, both made their way to Manchester for a weekend to remember.
15.11.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - October 2023
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by RaduP
11.11.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.11.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #10 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
04.11.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Forlorn Hope, Fessus, Venit Mortem, Stillness Of A Dying World, Bladespell, and Boulder Grove.
04.11.2023
Beyond The Redshift 2023
Concert review
25.10.2023
Nine years after arranging the Beyond The Redshift festival in London, Cult Of Luna returned for a second edition; unsurprisingly, resident Cult Of Luna fanboy musclassia was present on both occasions.
25.10.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - September 2023
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by RaduP
15.10.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.10.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #9 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
08.10.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Aivvass, Strikehammer, Spook The Beast, VNIMAL, Koschei, and Baltum.
08.10.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2023
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by RaduP
15.09.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.09.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
03.09.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Grimsever, Aefen Styrra, Midnight Mass, Vaegon, Ordo Anguis, and Discarnation.
03.09.2023
ArcTanGent 2023
Concert review
30.08.2023
Musclassia returns to his favourite festival.
30.08.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2023
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by RaduP
13.08.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
13.08.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #7 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
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by nikarg
07.08.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from the Swamp Dukes, Ve, Fauns, Conflicting Dreams, Nuclear Threat, and A///Plague.
07.08.2023
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jan-Jun 2023)
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by RaduP
24.07.2023
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
24.07.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - June 2023
Feature
by RaduP
17.07.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
17.07.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #6 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
09.07.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Leather Whip, Worship The Sacrifice, Mammon XV, Tristis, Avgrunder, and Kushthulhu.
09.07.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - May 2023
Feature
by RaduP
09.06.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
09.06.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #5 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
04.06.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Unohdus, Gorgon’s Slave, Iron Buddha, BENT, Strapats, and Edelweiss.
04.06.2023
Desertfest London 2023
Concert review
17.05.2023
The UK's premier doom/stoner metal fest rolled back into Camden for another edition, and our resident Londoners rocked up with it.
17.05.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2023
Feature
by RaduP
13.05.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
13.05.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
06.05.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Gideon's Horn, Spirit Temple, Canyoneer, Calamitous Skies, Savage Oath, and Sunscourge.
06.05.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - March 2023
Feature
by RaduP
14.04.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.04.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
09.04.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Iron Asparagus, Stonesword Key, VVAIL, Beheth, Crown Of Madness, and Dying Heart.
09.04.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2023
Feature
by RaduP
12.03.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.03.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
05.03.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Lobo Is Mute, Pig Farm, Kasck, Elizabeth Shaw, Harvest, and Carathis.
05.03.2023
Leprous & Monuments - Aphelion European Tour, O2 Empire Shepherd's Bush, London, UK, 07.02.2023
Concert review
15.02.2023
Two heavyweight prog tours passed through the UK last week; musclassia missed one of them, but witnessed the other, and here is his testimony.
15.02.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2023
Feature
by RaduP
11.02.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.02.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
04.02.2023
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from O Sluggard, Black Riding Hood, Druids Of Eld, Servant Of Sorrow, Tumulation, and Сатано.
04.02.2023
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jul-Dec 2022)
Feature
by RaduP
16.01.2023
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
16.01.2023
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - December 2022
Feature
by RaduP
08.01.2023
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
08.01.2023
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #12 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
31.12.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Devil Moon, Titan's Wrath, Laere, Kala Azar, Anemye, and Pegzilla.
31.12.2022
Getting Into: Cult Of Luna
Article
by Netzach
19.12.2022
On the eve of the band’s 25th anniversary, there has never been a better time to Get Into Cult Of Luna, so let’s explore the many albums in their illustrious career to date.
19.12.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - November 2022
Feature
by RaduP
11.12.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.12.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #11 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
03.12.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Thvnderhead, Lividus, Hyper Psychic, Euphrosyne, FLTH, and Thrumm.
03.12.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - October 2022
Feature
by RaduP
12.11.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.11.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #10 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
06.11.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Urstaat, Intranced, Canyoneer, Zorya, Vilespawn, Ancient Enemy.
06.11.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - September 2022
Feature
by RaduP
16.10.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
16.10.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #9 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
09.10.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Æternia, Ashes Of Nothing, Telesterion, Transgressive, Sakda, and Wretched World.
09.10.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2022
Feature
by RaduP
12.09.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.09.2022
ArcTanGent 2022
Concert review
07.09.2022
A festival 3 years in the making, ArcTanGent rounded off the British summer festival season with a 3-day musical orgy for fans of prog, post-, math and similar forms of rock and metal.
07.09.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
05.09.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Allt, The Cimmerian, Gob Ribbons, Split Image, Loam, and Dispar.
05.09.2022
Bloodstock 2022
Concert review
01.09.2022
Last year, Bloodstock was the oasis in a desert of live music; this year, Bloodstock became the desert, as metal descended upon a scorching Catton Hall. Metal Storm's Omne metallum braved the heat, while musclassia popped up for a brief appearance.
01.09.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2022
Feature
by RaduP
13.08.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
13.08.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #7 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
07.08.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Wings Of Steel, Obelos, Swarm, Apoorv Singh Kathait, Exhumation, and Kryatjurr Of Desert Ahd.
07.08.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - June 2022
Feature
by RaduP
17.07.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
17.07.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #6 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
10.07.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Poisoned Chalice, Malva Silvestre, Emissary, Dornen, Zwaan, and Being-In-Itself.
10.07.2022
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jan-Jun 2022)
Feature
by RaduP
03.07.2022
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
03.07.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - May 2022
Feature
by RaduP
12.06.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.06.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #5 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
05.06.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Bergfried, Adharcáil, Coma Hole, Voidhammer, Knight's Oath, and Wrathbearer.
05.06.2022
Incineration Festival 2022
Concert review
01.06.2022
Another belated festival billing is finally brought to fruition post-Covid, with London's extreme metal bonanza taking over Camden once more.
01.06.2022
Roadburn 2022, Day 3 & 4
Concert review
by RaduP
26.05.2022
Hello, fellow Metalstormers! Now that the dust has settled from our minds, we can finally share our Roadburn experience with you! We hope that this testimony will inspire you to check out one of the finest music festivals Europe has to offer, or if you also attended, feel free to add your own experiences!
26.05.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2022
Feature
by RaduP
22.05.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
22.05.2022
Roadburn 2022, Day 1 & 2
Concert review
11.05.2022
Hello, fellow Metalstormers! Now that the dust has settled from our minds, we can finally share our Roadburn experience with you! We hope that this testimony will inspire you to check out one of the finest music festivals Europe has to offer, or if you also attended, feel free to add your own experiences!
11.05.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
08.05.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Denali, Akraia, Design Flaw, Cobra Spell, Weaving Shadows, and Wretchgod.
08.05.2022
Getting Into: Black Sabbath: Part II
Article
25.04.2022
You thought you were done with "Getting Into: Black Sabbath: Part I" just because you knew all the albums already. But this is where you really need to start paying close attention.
25.04.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - March 2022
Feature
by RaduP
15.04.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.04.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
10.04.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Green King, Winter’s Gate, Copse, In Ruins, Night Of The Vampire, and Unhallow.
10.04.2022
Getting Into: Black Sabbath: Part I
Article
04.04.2022
The greatest, the grandest, the grimmest of them all: none more black, none more sabbath. Black Sabbath's first, second, and third albums are all upwards of 50 years old now, with Volume 4's golden anniversary swiftly approaching, and yet here we are still speaking of them in hushed tones of…
04.04.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2022
Feature
by RaduP
21.03.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
21.03.2022
2022: A Return To Gigs
Concert review
16.03.2022
After the pandemic put the live music industry into cryosleep for over a year, there's now signs in the UK of a return to normal, with musclassia and omne metallum bearing witness.
16.03.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
13.03.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Sunriseless, Desolate Grave, Urzah, Old Spirit, Eisengrind, and Pušča.
13.03.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2022
Feature
by RaduP
14.02.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.02.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
06.02.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Sentencer, Phreneticis, UIV, Prehistoria, Tryśt, and Spreading Miasma.
06.02.2022
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jul-Dec 2021)
Feature
by RaduP
23.01.2022
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
23.01.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - December 2021
Feature
by RaduP
15.01.2022
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.01.2022
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #12 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
09.01.2022
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Grief Symposium, Boarhammer, Éphémère, The Craton, Erroneous, and Dionysiaque.
09.01.2022
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - November 2021
Feature
by RaduP
12.12.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.12.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #11 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
05.12.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Mace ‘N’ Chain, Hekseblad, Transgressive, Spirit Temple, Perennial Return, and Dominicide.
05.12.2021
Damnation Festival 2021
Concert review
17.11.2021
As live music continues on the road to recovery, some of the best of British extreme metal converged on Leeds for Damnation Festival 2021.
17.11.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - October 2021
Feature
by RaduP
14.11.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.11.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #10 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
08.11.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Svmmer Kamp, Varnok, The Book, Eonian, Lichfield, and Earthwomb.
08.11.2021
Getting Into: Aaron Turner (2010-2020)
Article
by RaduP
30.10.2021
Sometimes chronicling the work of a single band is not enough. Here we chronicle Isis, Old Man Gloom, and Sumac, among others, by detailing the works of one Aaron Turner.
30.10.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - September 2021
Feature
by RaduP
17.10.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
17.10.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #9 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
11.10.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Thymele, Ghetto Ghouls, Forebode, Dark Watcher, Derelicted, and Lost And Alone.
11.10.2021
Getting Into: Aaron Turner (1997-2009)
Article
by RaduP
27.09.2021
Sometimes chronicling the work of a single band is not enough. Here we chronicle Isis, Old Man Gloom, and Sumac, among others, by detailing the works of one Aaron Turner.
27.09.2021
Bloodstock 2021: Part II
Concert review
22.09.2021
Part II of our report on metal returning 2 the masses in the UK, featuring contributions from omne metallum and musclassia.
22.09.2021
Bloodstock 2021: Part I
Concert review
15.09.2021
Against all odds, live music returned to Derbyshire, UK this summer. Omne metallum and musclassia are here to give you the lowdown on Bloodstock 2021.
15.09.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2021
Feature
by RaduP
12.09.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.09.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
06.09.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Tabernacle, Telomēre, Guhts, Pulsus Furor, Glass Mimic, and Coffin Breath.
06.09.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2021
Feature
by nikarg
15.08.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
15.08.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #7 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
08.08.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Chiliasm, Mist Tower, Thra, Dok Wol, Borboropsis and Nexus Imperium.
08.08.2021
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jan-Jun 2021)
Feature
by RaduP
19.07.2021
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
19.07.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - June 2021
Feature
by RaduP
12.07.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.07.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #6 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
05.07.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Aduanten, The Watcher, Effluence, Bezkresy, Grandeur and Rainmaking.
05.07.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - May 2021
Feature
by RaduP
12.06.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
12.06.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #5 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
06.06.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Antrisch, Evelyna, Backbone, Ikarie, Desolate Sphere, and Death Consumes Us.
06.06.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2021
Feature
by RaduP
16.05.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
16.05.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
10.05.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Solars, Kita, Ellengaest, Orelisk, Slow Machine, and Nameless Grave.
10.05.2021
Getting Into: Iron Maiden: Part II
Article
24.04.2021
Part II picks up with a very different Iron Maiden from where Part I left them - but fear not. The second act contains its own treasures.
24.04.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - March 2021
Feature
by RaduP
11.04.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
11.04.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
04.04.2021
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Wisp, KOLLAPS\E, Descensum, Visions From Beyond, Melancholia, and Svn.Seeker.
04.04.2021
Getting Into: Iron Maiden: Part I
Article
22.03.2021
Mirror, mirror, on the wall: who's the metallest of them all?
22.03.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2021
Feature
by RaduP
14.03.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.03.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by nikarg
07.03.2021
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. This issue features music from Mother Of Graves, Planet Cruiser, Holy Figures, Magogaio,…
07.03.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2021
Feature
by RaduP
14.02.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
14.02.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 11 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
05.02.2021
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. This issue features music from Morbid Sphere, Bummified, Fugue Tomb, Ogasawara, Haine,…
05.02.2021
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jul-Dec 2020)
Feature
by RaduP
21.01.2021
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
21.01.2021
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - December 2020
Feature
by RaduP
16.01.2021
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
16.01.2021
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #12 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
04.01.2021
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. This issue features music from Cosmovore, Procession Of Spectres, Katla, Blood Star, Silent…
04.01.2021
The 20th Anniversary Of Metal Storm: Part I
Article
20.12.2020
Metal Storm turned 20 years old in 2020. That's a pretty big milestone, one that we are honored and fortunate to observe together; some of the past and present MS staff have gathered a few memories and thoughts to share to celebrate this important occasion.
20.12.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - November 2020
Feature
by RaduP
13.12.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But we do check out some other stuff from time to time. There's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked…
13.12.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #11 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
07.12.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. This issue features music from and Holy Death, Wicked Sisters, 10​.000 Years, Frostnatt,…
07.12.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - October 2020
Feature
by RaduP
16.11.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
16.11.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #10 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
07.11.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…
07.11.2020
Getting Into: Dark Tranquillity
Article
26.10.2020
With Dark Tranquillity soon to be releasing album number 12 Moment upon the world in late November 2020, now seems as good a time as any to plug this clear gap in our Getting Into series, for an established and beloved band with a wide and varied discography.
26.10.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - September 2020
Feature
by RaduP
12.10.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
12.10.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #9 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
06.10.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…
06.10.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2020
Feature
12.09.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
12.09.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
08.09.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…
08.09.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2020
Feature
by RaduP
23.08.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
23.08.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #7 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
17.08.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…
17.08.2020
Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jan-Jun 2020)
Feature
by RaduP
25.07.2020
We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album (that Spectral Lore/Mare Cognitum behemoth…
25.07.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - June 2020
Feature
by RaduP
20.07.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
20.07.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #6 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
14.07.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…
14.07.2020
Getting Into: Opeth
Article
by RaduP
28.06.2020
There really are very few bands that have a claim at being my favorite band. The type of band that you genuinely feel you have a connection to, that despite how much time passes in which you don't listen to them, you can come back and feel it all again. I had grown a bit tired of Opeth in the past…
28.06.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #5 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
27.06.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…
27.06.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - May 2020
Feature
by RaduP
20.06.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
20.06.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
by RaduP
29.05.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…
29.05.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2020
Feature
by RaduP
21.05.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
21.05.2020
Clandestine Cuts Vol. 10 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs
Feature
30.04.2020
Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…
30.04.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - March 2020
Feature
by RaduP
18.04.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
18.04.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2020
Feature
by RaduP
20.03.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
20.03.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2020
Feature
by RaduP
26.02.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
26.02.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - December 2019
Feature
by RaduP
12.01.2020
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
12.01.2020
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - November 2019
Feature
by RaduP
15.12.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
15.12.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - October 2019
Feature
by RaduP
16.11.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
16.11.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - September 2019
Feature
by RaduP
17.10.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
17.10.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2019
Feature
by RaduP
22.09.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
22.09.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2019
Feature
by RaduP
13.08.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
13.08.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - June 2019
Feature
by RaduP
23.07.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
23.07.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - May 2019
Feature
by RaduP
26.06.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
26.06.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2019
Feature
by RaduP
14.05.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
14.05.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - March 2019
Feature
by RaduP
10.04.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
10.04.2019
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2019
Feature
by RaduP
11.03.2019
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and articles; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…
11.03.2019
Hellfest 2018 - part 1
Concert review
08.08.2018
Come with me/us to a trip to Hellfest's thirteenth edtion...
08.08.2018
Getting Into: Amorphis
Guest article
04.09.2015
An introduction to the amorphic career of one of Finnish metal's finest exports.
04.09.2015