Estonian Metal

Swarn – Black Flame Order Review

Swarn – Black Flame Order Review

“Old school death metal holds few surprises. Much like Nightwishcore or stoner metal, its sound is so well established that any deviations from the tried and true standard swiftly take it out of the OSDM sphere into modern death, melodic death, or other variations on the theme. If you want to retain that old school buzzsaw to the cranium feel, yet add a different element, you need something that supports the dirty, grimy nastiness with something of a similar murk.” Young murks.

Lo-Ruhamah – Anointing Review

Lo-Ruhamah – Anointing Review

“Having been wrongly labeled as a Christian band, Lo-Ruhamah nevertheless garnered quite a few interested ears with their interesting take on progressive doom metal mixed with esoteric spiritualism. But then, they went inactive for almost a decade. Now, with the members spending time between the States and Estonia, they return with their long-awaited follow-up, Anointing.” Back from the dead, but not like Jesus!

Metsatöll – Äio Review

Metsatöll // Äio Rating: 3.5/5.0 —Entertaining even though we haven’t a clue what’s going on, good sign! Label: Spinefarm Websites: metsatoll.ee | myspace.com/metsatoll Release Dates: EU: 03.03.2010 | US: ? That Metsatöll even exists is actually a great surprise. We had no idea! Seriously, not even a little bit of an idea. Turns out, they’ve […]