Valhalla + Freya = Valfreya

April 21, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Back in 2017, Montreal, Quebec’s Valfreya released the critically acclaimed “Promised Land”, sending a rush of vicious folk metal around the world. Taking all the jolly melodies from the genre, but then making it faster and more aggressive, Valfreya has been weaving Norse mythology into a familiar, yet original tapestry since 2009.

Dynamic, heavy, light, chorus and mellotron – Intorducing: Vokonis

April 14, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

The heavy prog-metal-trio, Vokonis, is here to daze you with their furious sludge-vibe and melodic passages. Drenched in blasting distortion, melody, and menace, Vokonis is ready to fully blossom as the progressive beast they’ve held within since 2015. With a style that ranges from heavy riffage, face-melting layers of fuzz, and gritty, howling vocals to utterly clean, dreamlike soundscapes, they aim to completely immerse you in their songwriting. As you share a psychedelic and thrilling journey Vokonis will have shown their range from full-blown doom to melodically blissful passages.

“Every song describes a different dark fantasy” – Introducing: Diabology

April 8, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Diabology is a teenage thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Members Jesse Bergen (guitar and vocals), Jack Kleinman (guitar), Joseph Mazisyuk (bass), and Matthew Morales (drums), met up on the rock school circuit. They were united by a love of metal and a desire to break out of the rock school mold to start working on original material. Defying the many subgenres of metal, they choose to simply call their music thrash, a tribute to the old school sounds of the late eighties, with a young and refreshing voice. The band began playing many well-attended and prestigious gigs around the Los Angeles area, but things really took a turn when they released their debut LP, ‘Nobody Believes Me’. Taking the metal world by storm, the album was featured in countless magazines and received a fair share of radio play but the icing on the cake was when their song ‘Defiling Innocents’ made it to the top of Kerrang’s American Excess Spotify playlist.

A journey into the inside – interview with Theodoros Dimitriou of Lefki Symphonia

April 1, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

Lefki Symphonia was formed in February 1984 in Athens, Greece. Their first album titled Mistiki Kipi (Secret Gardens) was released in April 1986 by EMI Greece. In 1987 they played two concerts in Barcelona Spain in the Biennale and participated in the Biennal 87 album with the song I Vrohi Pefti Dinata (The Rain Is Falling Hard). In August 1988 Lefki Symphonia released their second album titled Iho Tou Pothou (Echo Of Desire) on EMI Greece. Lefki Symphonia is the first greek band to appear on MTV in 1988 with the video clip of the song Kitazodas Piso (Looking Back) a production of MTV, filmed in Athens.

“You have to find your own voice, your own thing” – interview with Linus “Lee” Wester of Symphony Of Sweden

March 30, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

If you like your music soft and fragile then probably Symphony Of Sweden is not for you (on the other hand, if it would be the case, you probably wouldn’t be here). Coming from the North of Sweden with winter and ice bears all over the place, the music is the other way around. Grand and epic with huge arrangements, the missing link between pop and metal! Add the powerful voice of Linus “Lee” West and the creative talent of Pontus “Evan” Hagberg you will have a concept that brings you on a journey from here to eternity. Welcome to the musical world of Symphony Of Sweden! We introduce the band in a two-part article series – check out our second interview with Lee (vocals, guitars)!