All posts by Sarmad Ahmed

Instru-Metal has always been the underdog through the generations of metal scenes that the world has witnessed. While bands with front people and vocals dominated the spotlight, the instrumental component of heavy metal took it’s time in building a [...]

  Metal Wani’s Editor in Chief Owais ‘Vitek’ Nabi and Sarmad Ahmad caught up with Chrigel Glanzmann, frontman of folk metal juggernauts Eluveitie. He discusses the upcoming acoustic album ‘Evocation II: Pantheon’ (Read [...]

If someone were to ask me what would be the album playing in the background in the hell of an existential crisis, I’d tell them to wait till August 18th and experience the hell of it themselves. ‘Dear Desolation’ is the new record out on [...]

The sun rises over the Swiss Alps and blesses the peaks with the first rays of its light. A faint fiddle echoes in the distance only to have the bagpipes compliment it. The anticipation builds in, and all fans from here know what to expect and it builds [...]

  If someone were to ask me what would be the album playing in the background in the hell of an existential crisis, I’d tell them to wait till August 18th and experience the hell of it themselves. ‘Dear Desolation’ is the new record out on it’s way [...]

Cellar Darling is the new kid on the block out of Switzerland, but it’s members have a long reputation behind themselves as musicians. ‘This is the Sound’ is the result of the combined efforts of ex-Eluveitie members Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi and [...]

The aura of Extreme Metal is vast, vile and unfathomable. It expands its brutal imagery and abrasive style into many of its subgenres, each having prominent bands of its own. However, the city of New Orleans in 1997 witnessed the unholy birth of a band [...]

  Metalcore. A long-time centerpiece for constant scrutiny by fans and critics of the fusion genre. It is one of the most expansive musical spectrums in existence, creating moshpits so painfully (pun intended) phenomenal, while the number of people [...]