Review: Pagan Altar – Never Quite Dead (2025)

There is a distinct stillness surrounding Never Quite Dead. Terry Jones may no longer be present, but his voice and shrieks remain woven into each riff and careful progression. This is not a conventional posthumous release. The music feels intentional and complete, built from material written before his passing and shaped with commitment.

Ahead of Doomship Festival: Setting Sail into Sorrow

We reached out to Olli — guitarist for Berlin’s funeral doom group Urza and one of the driving forces behind Doomship, to discover how a simple idea for a tenth-anniversary show evolved into a two-day event featuring some of Europe’s finest doom bands. Here you will find reflections on the origins of Doomship, the collaborative spirit that fueled its creation, and thoughts on the very essence of doom metal.

Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2025 – Some Noble Impressions…

For me, a festival’s success is measured by who I didn’t know before — musically — and who I’ve become quietly obsessed with afterward. That’s how I track time: not in dates or stages, but in bands I stumbled into, sounds that caught me off guard, and moments I didn’t expect to remember forever.