As black metal slowly shaped into its current form over the last couple of decades, Mayhem’s course obliqued into a space not very aligned with the genre. Considering how black metal was indebted to Mayhem’s early developments, not everyone [...]
In less than 10 years, this four-piece Progressive Groove metal wrecking machine has carved their very own place in the Heavy Metal landscape and are poised to go beyond. While most bands from a country not exactly known for it’s Heavy Metal exports [...]
The music of Alcest holds a special place in my heart. It has been there to comfort me at times, good and bad. It all began a few years ago while returning home from a disappointing Mayhem gig. A Facebook post showed me that this band called Alcest had [...]
In a year already full of excellent progressive rock and metal releases, it is almost startling to know that we still have several months left in the year, and more than a few releases from some of the most well-respected artists of the genre still [...]
Technical weedle-core Rings of Saturn are back with their intergalactic horror-themed album Gidim and ready to attempt to shred their way into the record books once more time. This record is a follow up thematically and sonically to Dingir, Lugal Ki En, [...]
Death metal is a tricky genre and writing and releasing consistently good death metal to a fanbase as finicky as the death metal fanbase is even trickier. Bands are forever walking the tightrope of staying trve to their “sound” and their [...]
For over fifteen years, Alter Bridge have blurred the lines between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, creating a unique space all of their own. If the band’s last studio album, 2016’s ‘The Last Hero’, tipped closer to Hard Rock, their [...]
Their record label describes Bent Knee’s sound as “avant-garde rock” which may be entirely reasonable, yet it still feels misplaced somehow. Is “indie-math-prog-noise-alt-jazz-pop-rock” a thing yet? For the uninitiated, this [...]
Metal Wani‘s Carl Rourke recently sat down with Opeth frontman and mastermind Mikael Akerfeldt to talk about the band’s upcoming new album ‘In Cauda Venenum’, releasing the album in both English and Swedish, his [...]
The new Sacred Reich album called Awakening is coming out on August 23rd on Metal Blade Records. It is a great feeling to say “Sacred Reich’s new album” as it has been 23 years since we have we’ve had new Sacred Reich music [...]
KXM’s new album called Circle Of Dolls is coming out on September 13th via the Rat Pak records. We had a chance to chat with guitar maestro and all-around awesome human, George Lynch about the new album. As with their last album Scatterbrain, [...]
Metal Wani‘s Carl Rourke sat down once again to chat with the Duke Of Spook himself, Wednesday 13. The two spoke about his upcoming new album ‘Necrophaze‘, the lost art of having a physical copy of an album, the stellar guest list [...]
Ahead of the release of the band’s eighth studio album Atonement (Read our Review Here), Metal Wani had the chance to catch up with Killswitch Engage‘s Adam Dutkiewicz to talk all things Atonement, the band’s upcoming tour [...]
Metal Wani‘s Carl O’Rourke recently sat down Scott Stapp (Creed, Art of Anarchy) to talk about life, songwriting, as well as his latest solo endeavor, ‘The Space Between The Shadows’. Stapp is the voice behind [...]
One Day. One Stage. The taste of the old school vibes surrounded the luscious green pastures. To top things all off, the weather gods had blessed all with some glorious scenes. What more could we ask for? It was only last year that the inaugural Stonedeaf [...]
And just like that! This is the final segment of Metal Wani’s ambitious Bloodstock Festival coverage. From the bottom of the bill to the very top, the last rendition was destined for regain momentum from receiving a massive battering [...]
Why, good morning to all from Metal Wani! We hope you all have enjoyed our Thursday and Friday coverage of Bloodstock Festival so far. With even more batterings of Mother Nature, all were prepared to capture Saturday’s edition of the band. [...]
The Metal Wani collective love the echoes of metal in the morning! The downpour from the previous night did little to dampen the spirits of the eager punters. Equipped to beat the bad weather along with denim, leather and even corpse paint, there was a [...]
The 2019 edition of Stonedeaf Festival in Newark, UK, featured some amazing performances by Glenn Hughes, Inglorious, Wayward Sons and others! Here are some of the best moments from the day:
Bloodstock Open Air Festival is over for another year. Notwithstanding the potential hazards by the unseasonably stormy weather and a few controversies, Bloodstock Open Air 2019’s proved to be as varied, adamant and as heavy as ever, [...]
Whilst Friday had Sabaton revealing their audience with the spectacle, Saturday showed Parkway Drive devouring all with spectacle and songs, both claiming their own rightful crowns as worthy headliners in Bloodstock Festival’s history. The [...]
The Metal Wani collective love the echoes of metal in the morning! The downpour from the previous night did little to dampen the spirits of the eager punters. Equipped to beat the bad weather along with denim, leather and even corpse paint, there [...]
Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event, has announced IRON MAIDEN, KISS and SYSTEM OF A DOWN as its 2020 headliners. They also added Deftones, Korn, The Offspring, Disturbed and [...]
With just two months to go until the return of Aftershock at Sacramento’s Discovery Park, festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have announced additional onsite entertainment and unique food offerings for the [...]
Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater are currently in the middle of a successful European tour. With three weeks left on that run, the band is turning its attention back to North America with the [...]
Metalhead Meeting: Slayer will be playing their last show from the career in Bucharest-Romania on July 10th at Arenele Romane. It’s an interesting event as they are also celebrating 15 years of Metalhead Romania. Slayer has [...]
