Here’s August’s SON radio. Kicking off with England’s finest of upcoming death metal talent, Seprevation are back with their brand new EP, closely followed from some utter insanity from Vassafor and Tetragrammicide. If this is just the rough mix from … Continue reading
Symphonic/Power metal band Edenbridge have been around for nearly twenty years, their debut album Sunrise in Eden being released back in 2000. Despite such longevity, and being one of the best bands in the scene, with Lanvall’s melodic and virtuoso … Continue reading
From this year Swirls of Noise Radio will be run with more regularity, sharing the best music I’ve been listening to that month – as always mostly new, with a few older uncovered gems. As I don’t have time to … Continue reading
2014’s Sacrificium is still my favourite album by a female fronted symphonic metal band, but I dislike everything else they’ve released. Weird right? The new vocalist for that album Dianne Van Giersbergen is probably the genre’s best singer, and the … Continue reading
Celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, symphonic metal stalwarts Delain have been very busy since their fantastic previous album The Human Contradiction came out just two years ago. Touring seemingly unceasingly through Europe and America, releasing an EP Lunar Prelude at … Continue reading
Here’s SoN radio #43. Lots of new music on this one, with new tracks from doomsters Subrosa and Forn, black metal from Mare Cognitum and Coldworld, with death metal from Repulsive, Blood Incantation and Defeated Sanity. For those who like … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, so here’s a mix of things I’ve been listening to lately. Classic heavy metal from returning heavyweights Diamond Head, with stoner doom, thrash and melodic death metal from Elder, Nervosa … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on Swirls of Noise, so here’s an extra long playlist for you guys with a lot of the new music I’ve been listening to lately. Anneke Van Giersbergen appears twice, her new classical … Continue reading
Here’s the first SoN radio for a long while. This one’s features lost’s of brilliant death metal, especially from Brit’s Cruciamentum’s debut album, and Egyptian’s Scarab’s new effort. Anneke Van Giersbergen guest’s on Amadeus Awad’s new prog album, while Norwegians’ … Continue reading
The ever amazing Anneke Van Giersbergen returned to the UK last week, touring with her new band The Gentle Storm and bringing fellow Dutch symphonic metallers Stream of Passion as support. Playing the small and intimate “The Musician” in Leicester, … Continue reading
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