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Bladecrusher

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Bladecrusher

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Bladecrusher

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Long before the existence of mankind, when wicked storms roamed the earth, an evil king emerged from the clouds. Riding on a skin torn horse, as lifeless as it’s master. Now battered by greed and neglect, since mortal souls failed to prevail. Wielding shield and sword. Galloping into vengeance. Soon the lands will be cloaked in darkness. For its name is Bladecrusher.

And thus the tale begins in which Bladecrusher blends lyrics inspired by fantasy lore with real life events and uses these as metaphors to write about all the good and bad that mankind faces these days. Influenced by metal and hardcore punk, Bladecrusher brings that raw energy which you just can’t ignore. Prepare yourself for some fast thrash metal, varied with catchy headbang riffs and epic guitar solos.

On the EP Tempest you can clearly hear that the band is influenced by bands such as Slayer and Exodus combined with Cro-Mags and Power Trip. This mix provides a fierce and energetic sound that will appeal to both metalheads and hardcore punks.

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ENMA

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ENMA

nHailing from: Tilburg
nGenre: progressive
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ENMA

nHailing from: TilburgnGenre: progressiven

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Hailing from Tilburg, the unofficial Dutch capital of heavy music, ENMA offers a wide array of heaviness: from progressive metal riffs to plowing 90s grunge grooves, from introspective melancholia to fierce outbursts. For fans of Tool, Opeth, Alice in Chains and Katatonia.

ENMA was founded by guitarist and composer Tom Adams (The New Dominion) and furthermore consists of Wessel Speelman (Godless Monarchy) on guitar, Yoeri van Helvoirt (Forcefeed) on bass and Alex Schenkels (Yama) on vocals. Drums for their debut were done by Yuma van Eekelen (Exivious, Our Oceans, The New Dominion).

The band has worked together with renowned illustrator Maarten Donders (e.g. Roadburn Festival, Opeth) and (web) designer Arno Frericks (e.g. Dodecahedron, Ulsect, Autarkh) for their artwork and logo design. Recordings and mixing of ENMA’s debut album are done by Tymon Kruidenier (Cynic, Exivious, Our Oceans) and Yuma van Eekelen. The album is mastered by Tower Studios (e.g. Devin Townsend Project, Ayreon, Haken).

WWW.ENMABAND.COM

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Swim or Drown

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Vermin

nHailing from: SpijkenissenGenre: death, doom, grooven

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Vermin, born in the filth of the Botlek. With a sound that balances on the edge between extreme and catchy. In our short existence we have played on, among others, the Eendrachtsfestival, the Big Rivers Festival, the Spijkenissefestival and have won the audience award at the Grote Prijs van Dordt. A contrasting and unexpected mix of groove, experimentation and uneasy dissonance. We also abuse tempo and signature changes regularly. Our influences range from Knocked Loose and Mastodon to Inter Arma and Monolord. Our shows lack nuance and are a tad psychotic. We are not liable for ruining your evening.

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Changing Tides

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Changing Tides

nHailing from: Noord Brabant
nGenre: metalcore, deathcore
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Changing Tides

nHailing from: Noord BrabantnGenre: metalcore, deathcoren

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Changing Tides is a metal band from Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands. The band gets most of their inspiration and elements from the metalcore and deathcore genre. With well-balanced songs, combining strong riffs and deep breakdowns, they always get the crowd moving.

In January 2018, they released their first single ‘Awareness’. The song received many positive reviews on social media platforms.

In 2019, the band released another single named ‘Disgraceful’ with a lyric video. The song got a lot of streams and positive feedback on platforms as Spotify and Youtube. The month after, they released their first and self-titled EP. The album got a lot of attention by magazines, E-zines, social media and a lot more. A few song are also included in major playlists on Spotify.

In 2020 they released the songs ‘Pattern’, ‘White Eyes’ and ‘Guided. They also created a metal version of ‘10.000 luchtballonnen’ als part of the movement #samenk3. This movement was meant to connect artists during the C-19 pandemic.

In 2021 the band released a new track named ‘Silenced’ and created a metal cover of Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name).

In 2022 the band released their last single ‘Fear of Unbelief’ featuring Alan Grnja of Distant of their debut full-lenght album ‘Impair The Vision’ released on May 6th.

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Wrang

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Wrang

nHailing from: Utrechht
nGenre: black
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Wrang

nHailing from: UtrechhtnGenre: blackn

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Angmodnes

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Angmodnes

nHailing from: Utrecht
nGenre: doom
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Angmodnes

nHailing from: UtrechtnGenre: doomn

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Angmodnes is a doom metal collaboration by Y.S. (Wilds Forlorn, Apotelesma) and M.V. (Apotelesma), from Utrecht, the Netherlands. Angmodnes came into being as the despondent offshoot of Apotelesma. The compositions were originally intended for that band but were then found to be bearing too close to funeral doom and not in line with the direction of that band. The sound of Angmodnes is characterised as doleful, oppressive and desperate.

Their first EP “The Weight of Eternity” will be released on the 30th of September through Black Lion Records.

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Ohrima

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Ohrima

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Ohrima

nHailing from: nGenre: progressive, grooven

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Traanbaard – De Schaal Van Hardheid (EP re-release)

Traanbaard contacted me to review the re-release of their 2015 EP ‘De Schaal Van Hardheid’. Of course we love to comply with that request. Traanbaard is an Amsterdam-based thrash/deathmetal band who distinquish themselves from other acts by having Dutch-only vocals. De Schaal Van Hardheid was the first EP by the band and after releasing their debut album ‘Doodziek’ they decided to update the artwork and release the EP again. Let’s give this redux album a listen.