Tag: epic metal

  • #Throwback Thursday – Dimmu Borgir in 2004

    #Throwback Thursday – Dimmu Borgir in 2004

    On Friday, May 4, 2018, Dimmu Borgir released Eonian, their first full-length studio album in seven years. Fourteen years earlier, Dimmu Borgir were touring in support of what might be considered their “breakthrough” 2003 album, Death Cult Armageddon. Strangely enough, that tour eventually brought the band to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. And that rare event gave me the chance…

  • Interview: Albert Bell of Sacro Sanctus

    Interview: Albert Bell of Sacro Sanctus

    Albert Bell is one of metal’s great characters, well known in his native Malta and beyond. Not content with his sterling work with Nomad Son and Forsaken, in recent years he has produced two outstanding albums with his most recent band Sacro Sanctus. Albert kindly took the time to give me a most illuminating and entertaining,…

  • Wintersun – Time I

    I honestly can’t think of any flaws with this album other than how long it took to be released. If I had to pick a favourite album of 2012, this would definitely be it.