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Album Review: Distorted Reflection – Doom Zone

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Album Review: Distorted Reflection – Doom Zone

Kostas Boudoukos Feb 25, 2026

🎶 Distorted Reflection🌎 Athens, Greece📀 Doom Zone® Iron Shield Records📅 27/3/2026 DISTORTED REFLECTION is a unique band, just like Kostas Salomidis, the mastermind behind it. Salomidis is one of the romantic figures in the scene who prefers a low-profile image, honoring his underground roots, mainly with…

Album Review: Leaves’ Eyes – Song Of Darkness (EP)

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Album Review: Leaves’ Eyes – Song Of Darkness (EP)

Kostas Boudoukos Feb 24, 2026 2 min read

🎶 Leaves’ Eyes🌎 Ludwigsburg, Germany📀 Song Of Darkness® Reigning Phoenix Music📅 06/03/2026 LEAVES’ EYES is one of the constants of Symphonic Metal with a very rich discography. Now, they are preparing…

Album Review: Eye Of Melian – Forest of Forgetting

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Album Review: Eye Of Melian – Forest of Forgetting

Kostas Boudoukos Feb 21, 2026 2 min read

🎶 Eye Of Melian🌎 Netherlands📀 Forest of Forgetting® Napalm Records📅 20/02/2026 Musicians are restless souls by nature, and many of them, not wanting to be confined within the narrow limits set…

Album Review: Winter Eternal – Unveiled Nightsky

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Album Review: Winter Eternal – Unveiled Nightsky

Kostas Boudoukos Feb 20, 2026 2 min read

🎶 Winter Eternal🌎 Glascow, Scotland📀 Unveiled Nightsky® Hells Headbangers Records📅 13/02/2026 Greek band WINTER ETERNAL, now based in Scotland, return with their fifth album, entitled “Unveiled Nightsky,” to spread their darkness through…

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Album Review: Evig Natt – Vaketimen

Kostas Boudoukos Feb 17, 2026 2 min read

🎶 Evig Natt🌎 Karmøy, Norway📀 Vaketimen® WormHoleDeath📅 20/02/2026 EVIG NATT is an experienced Doom/death metal band. Since their founding in 2002, they have released 3 studio albums and are getting ready for…

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FORGOTTEN: Interview on Metalwar

Spyros Tribos Aug 10, 2025

FORGOTTEN is a doom/death band from Turkey, founded back in 1995.On the occasion of their new release “Septem Sermones ad Mortuous”, which was released on July 11, 2025, Joanna Gonas contacted the band, specifically founder/guitarist Tolga Otabatmaz, on behalf of Metalwar.Read the…

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Kreator – “Krushers of the World” album review

Spyros Tribos Jan 16, 2026 2 min read

Against the flow of things, against the erosion of time, Kreator — among the few remaining hardcore survivors of the 1980s — continue relentlessly to deliver high-quality thrash metal. Yes,…

Mourners Lament – “A Grey Farewell” album review

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Mourners Lament – “A Grey Farewell” album review

George Pappas Jul 2, 2024 3 min read

On August 2, 2024, Chilean doom/death metallers Mourners Lament, will release their 2nd full length album “A Grey Farewell” via Personal Records. The band that has started, its course in…

Gaias Lycan – “Mythic Echoes” album review!

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Gaias Lycan – “Mythic Echoes” album review!

Spyros Tribos Jun 9, 2025 2 min read

When artistic creation is driven purely by the joy of expression, everything else—reviews, opinions, expectations—comes second. This seems to be the spirit behind Gaias Lycan, a.k.a. Giorgos Loukissas, who releases…