angrymetalguy.com : When Lord Heikkinen formed Soulgrind in 1992, it was a rough and raw solo death/doom band. He released two EPs and two LPs between 1993 and 1995 for the now-defunct Malodorous Mangled Innards…

angrymetalguy.com : In his quest to write some unique doom metal, Jamie Kobić dug deep into his own Bosnian heritage to draw on the traditional folk music called Sevdah. This musical tradition, with its slower…

In 2012, lead vocalist Terje Singh Sidhu got together with a rag-tag group of musicians to form some ’80s heavy metal worship called Sinsid. From Rogaland, on the western coast of Norway, this quintet has now w…

Sometimes a new band starts up and chooses a godawful name—like Illwind. I’m not just referring to associations with flatulence either—though that certainly doesn’t help. It’s just a difficult name to research,…