The start of autumn is usually the time for Dutch Doom Day held at the Baroeg, the 17th installment already. Two days filled with doom metal, often rather obscure bands that one doesn’t get to see often. I went to only the first day, as I didn’t really know or liked any of the bands […]

Napalm Death are one of the oldest still going extreme metal bands. Formed in 1981 as a hardcore band, they pioneered grindcore in the mid-80s and later included death metal influences in their sound. Even some groove metal influences appeared in the 90s. There are no original members left since 1987 or thereabouts. But Shane, […]

Purtenance is one of the many death metal bands from the early 1990s that released a nearly forgotten album, then, which is now a cult release. Even the re-release of their debut album is hard to come by at a fair price. They broke up after the release and only many years later reformed and […]