Tagged: 2026

Review: The Ruins of Beverast – Tempelschlaf (2026)

Twenty-three years into one of extreme metal’s most uncompromising discographies, The Ruins of Beverast deliver Tempelschlaf: seven tracks of blackened doom that move closer to the live stage than anything von Meilenwald has attempted before, while remaining as resistant to easy interpretation as the oracular dreams the album takes its name from.

The Devastation: Vienna’s Youngest Are Not Waiting for Permission

Demetra Cartsos is fifteen years old. She fronts a band, writes the songs, manages the bookings, runs the social media, attends regular school and music school in the same week, and still finds time to have nightmares worth writing about. The Devastation, the Vienna occult rock and metal band she founded in February 2025 at fourteen, spent their first year winning competitions, opening for established acts, and playing every serious doom stage the Austrian underground had to offer