The two-year wait is over! Today I’m glad to announce the new Soliloquium album “Things We Leave Behind”, the successor to 2018’s “Contemplations”. It will be out on 16 March 2020 on Rain Without End/Naturmacht Productions. Preorder will be available Read more…
Ashes of Life is a Portuguese doom metal band with progressive, shoegaze and post rock influences. 7 February 2020 marks the release date of “Seasons Within”. It’s a treat for fans of bands like Katatonia and Alcest. Listen to the Read more…
“Lacquer” is the new single from my favorite band Katatonia. It came out on 30 January along with a new album announcement. This is my initial “Lacquer” review/reaction. Full album “City Burials” will be out on 24 April. About the Read more…
People who listen to metal have a reputation for being narrow-minded, and in some cases it’s true. Luckily, there is another side to the coin. For everyone that spews venom on crossover bands like Alcest, VOLA and Anathema, there’s someone Read more…
How do you write a good music review? I won’t pretend to have all the answers, but I’ve written hundreds of music reviews over the years. You can find them here, on Metal Archives or on Rateyourmusic. These are some Read more…
2019 is coming to an end, and what better to end it than with a 2019 best of list? For me, it has been a year of many good albums, but few brilliant ones. It feels like my lists contain Read more…
Rain Without End Records is a premier label for doom metal, especially the death/doom sub-genre. It features fantastic bands like Enshine, Ocean of Grief, Lying Figures and more. I’m glad to announce that Soliloquium is joining in on the Rain Read more…
My stab at a Q&A on the Soliloquium Facebook page went beyond all expectations. Thanks to everyone that sent in questions. Hope we can do this again! I like being interviewed and these questions are better than most of those Read more…
There are extreme amounts of quality new metal music out there these days. The problem is usually not where to find it, but almost rather where to filter out all the saturated stuff. When being new to metal music, it Read more…
Death metal lyrics can be so much more than an intelligible mess about violence, zombies, Satan and gore. It can work, but there could be so much more to it. I’m one of the writers for Swedish death metal band Read more…
