Let your imagination run free when you listen to Fabulae Dramatis’ album ‘Solar Time’s Fables’. Find out here how.
Album Reviews
Get ready to be blown away by the blasting drums, the roaring guitars and the heavy vocals on Goatwhore’s new album: Vengeful Ascension
The didgeridoo and drums of Omnia took a little trip on their own and created a record of “drum ‘n’ didge” or “hybrid world beats”!
Feed Me Violence is simply a violent record and it’s impossible to compare it to their debut.
Join Glaston in their explorations of the vast and unknown horizons, with the post-rock act’s debut album ‘Inhale / Exhale.’
Graceless rips you open and freeze you with their icy leads and solos.
Panzer has managed to portray their most melodic album, with catchy twin guitar harmonies of NWOBHM style.
Bogans’ first release brings British hardcore punk rising out of the underground for 15 minutes of punk fun!
Shireen takes you on an empowering and enchanting trip through their world of “Witch Pop”!
Yet another smoking hard rock release from one of the Scandinavian countries by the young band The Riven!
Photo Reports
The debut show of Cyhra was quite the event and support bands Eyes Wide Open & Ember Falls made it even more interesting!
The industrial metal Christmas party at Nosturi proved to be the party of the year with the best what Finland has to offer in the genre!
Pictures of the French “end of the summer” underground music festival Fall of Summer 2017!
Lacuna Coil brought Cellar Darling and a bit of Christmas spirit to Belgium and we were there taking pics!
Solstáfir and Myrkur played a nearly sold out VK in Brussels last weekend this was our visual impression of the night.
The MTV Headbanger’s Ball is always a very good show, and this year was no different. If you want to see our photo impression, this is it!
Stone Sour rocked the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, want a recap? Look no further!
The pictures of the mesmerizing journey two bands took us on with their all enveloping soundscape filled with beauty and raw harshness.
The little Winter brother of the impressive Steelfest Open Air took place for the first time and we were there to get the pure hatred and evil immortalized on pictures!
Lists
2017 was again a massive year for music of all makes, I’ve done my best to narrow it down to the 10 releases that suck with me the most the past year…
Darkness, underground, dripping of hate and vile regret… our editor-in-chief has delivered his ode to absolute and relentless black in his albums of the year 2017…
Another year has gone by, so it’s time again to reveal what albums have intrigued me the most last year.
2017 has once again been an excellent year for black metal music. I’ve presented my top albums along with a list of notable releases in the genre!
Once you go heavy, you never go back… Wouter’s albums of the year hold on to the good olden days of Heavy Metal!
Finally I have an excuse to publish an extended piece about my favorite releases of the year!
2017 seems to be the year one-man projects had the biggest impact on C’kes listening habits!
A full year of incredible releases that we are trying to cram into a list of “albums of the year”, here we go again…
Interviews
A short talk with a clearly tired Ontto from Oranssi Pazuzu about their psychedelic and cosmic take on black metal!
At Metaldays, I had the opportunity to talk to Equilibrium about their past, present and future and Dom’s appearence in a saga.
20 years ago Sepultura’s Roots was released. What are the legendary metal brothers doing now?
It was a great pleasure to sit down with Brittney from Unleash the Archers to tackle questions of education and experience, emancipation and the ultimate point of skiing along a mountain.
Short interview with Jukka and Markus from Omnium Gatherum about their music and tour!
We talked with vocalist Carl from First Blood about their “Rules”, touring and their nearby future!
We talked with Jordan from Terror about their latest album, touring and the nearby future!
We had the jolly bunch of Oceans Ate Alaska in front of us at Brutal Assault to talk about their latest effort “Hikari”, which turned in a quite hilarious chat…
I managed to catch up with the guys from Blood of Angels to talk about their EP, their vision and the general direction the band is going in.
Gig Reports
There’s bands out there that make you headbang, that make you grab another drink and party and then there’s bands that stump you. This is exactly what Myrkur and Sólstafir do.
Winter and Christmas, a perfect moment to get the cold out of our bones through the biggest industrial metal party of the year! Metal Orgy X-Mas, here we come!
Eluveitie, Amaranthe and The Charm The Fury took the stage in the trix, leaving behind a night with mixed feelings.
Lacuna Coil brought Cellar Darling and a touch of Christmas spirit to Belgium and we were there!
On the 28th of October, Ostend was invaded by Skálmöld, Stam1na and Omnium Gatherum on their Arctic Circle Alliance tour!
Anneke Van Giersbergen performed for the first time in Belgium with her brand new band Vuur. Check out here how the experience was.
The Saatanan Riehuvat Liekit tour struck Roeselare, giving us one of the best black metal shows I’ve seen in a while…
Do you wonder what it’s like to spend the night with Alice Cooper? Find out here.
In Flames & Five Finger Death Punch embark on a massive double headliner European tour and we were there at the very first stop at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki!
Two bands taking us on a mesmerizing journey with an all enveloping soundscape filled with beauty and raw harshness.
