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Posted on May 28th 2026, 1:07p.m.

Abyssal Booking and Nasty Events, in partnership with Boogaloo, are pleased to present another night of classical music with the greatest jewel in the crown of death metal. For the second time Possessed will rape and pillage the city of Zagreb, Croatia.

 

Possessed (USA, Death metal)

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From the dark depths of the San Francisco Bay, we have the Possessed once again! They were the ones who in the fire of chaos forged the first blades of death metal, giving a name to a genre that would forever change the world of extreme music. This time they’re coming to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their first album called “Seven Churches” which is actually the first death metal album ever. They were formed way back in 1982 in San Francisco at the same time that bands like Slayer and Metallica were starting their careers in the city and became the band that first mentioned the term DEATH METAL. A 1984 three-track demo called “death metal” comes out, and singer Jeff holds the title of having invented the term. A year later, “Seven Churches” (1985) comes out, and with that album, everything starts. If you haven’t listened to that album, and you like extreme music, it’s time to correct that injustice because Seven Churches is an album that transcended the genre. The album that took the bands in more extreme directions. We’re sure that in your lifetime of listening to extreme music, you’ve encountered this legendary cover at least a dozen times. If you’ve been overlooked, do not mention it to anyone and correct the injustice quickly. Possessed is a band that many early bands in the genre cited as a great inspiration. The bands that we’re thinking about are Death, Sepultura, Deicide, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Gorguts, Obituary, Vader, Autopsy and so on and so forth. The list could go on forever.

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Corpse Grinder (Death Metal, Varaždin)

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Matija – Vocals

Tompa – Guitars

Marko – Guitars

Nino – Bass

Pero – Drums

This Varadžian vocal-instrumental band has been active since early 1992, making them one of the longest-standing guardians of old school death metal in the region. All they’ve got behind them is a demo first grinding, which is defined by a sound full of raw aggression and technical riffs. Over the years, they’ve become a symbol of resistance to trends, remaining true to an underground aesthetic and uncompromising speed. Interestingly, they are one of the oldest active death metal bands in the region. While Possessed was a distant cry from San Francisco, Corpse Grinder was bringing that same darkness to cheating basements and clubs.

Serpentslain (HR, Melodic death metal)

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Damir Tomić – Vocals

Paulo Mateljan – Guitars

Alen Babin – Guitars

Ante Šimunić – Bass

Frane Belinić – Drums

Serpentslain is a Zadar death metal band founded in 2005 that plays technically polished and slightly more melodic death metal. The fast rhythms, the blast beats and the deep growl, but also the virtuoso bass parts and the dark and melancholy melodies set them apart from the classic death metal mold. After an early EP and a long hiatus, in 2020 they released their acclaimed debut album “Age of Verdict”. In 2024, they put out an EP called Cognitive Dissonance, and with that, they’re coming to town!

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Häxänking (Black/Thrash metal, Varaždin)

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The Heretic – Vocals / Guitars

The Decrator – Bass

Armageddon – Drums

They come from Varaždin and play a combination of occult black/thrash metal. The last time we had a chance to entertain them was at a Diocletian concert. They’ve only released one album, “Pagan Songs”. Despite their short tenure, they managed to profile themselves as one of the most aggressive and active new bands of the underground scene of Varaždin.

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Posted on May 28th 2026, 12:36p.m.

Stenahoria roughly translates to “sorrow” in Greek, a fitting title for The Fifth Alliance’s fourth full-length, which centers on the “shared human experience of sorrow, fear, and confinement.”¹ The Dutch group—appropriately a five-piece—are in some sense starting anew despite their longevity, with a new vocalist, Natalya Thelen, and a new drummer, Peter Scheffer. In another sense, they are unchanged and remain a slightly morbid-leaning² post/black/sludge entity armed with viciousness and vivacity. A seven-year interval is not nothing, however, and The Fifth Alliance show aspects of themselves that diverge in more ways than one.

Stenahoria feels strikingly heftier than prior releases. The Fifth Alliance lean harder into sludge and occasionally stoner (“Battle of Barnet”), with long riffs caked in feedback. The heaviness is of a weightier, battering sort, approaching Pilori at its peak (“Phoenix”), never forsaking the blackened influence that sees tremolos shiver violently against the crunching backdrop and drums erupt out of their crawl. There is also a slight tilt in favor of clean vocals, lending the groovier, smoother passages a Chelsea Wolfe air. Like her predecessor, Natalya provides both the sung and the screamed narration, and her range is impressive, her harsh vocals particularly potent. But her cleans take center-stage in roughly equal measure, a more grounded presence that works in tandem with the blunter edge of the riffs and denser rhythms for an oddly fortifying experience.

The Fifth Alliance create just as much of an atmosphere with their new approach, and it’s one full of feeling. The way “Phoenix” explodes into existence with a maniacal roar had me grinning from ear to ear, and this passionate vitriol is what drives some of Stenahoria’s best moments. Powerful singing morphs into burning screams layering over one another, escalating with the pitch of the guitars (“Benandanti,” “Jakob”). This translates to the instrumentation, which matches the intensity by tipping over into blackened-death-coded tumult led by frenetic tremolos and wild percussion (“The Fool…,” “Jakob”). The drumming in general is stellar in this regard,³ restlessly shuffling and adding layers of dynamism (“The Fool….,” “Battle of Barnet”) even in the quieter sections, where a lesser band or performer in the subgenre would be content with simplicity. Rhythm plays into the power of the vocals and riffs just as much as it does the percussion when Stenahoria reaches its apexes. It heightens the mournfulness and drama of the suddenly descending melodies (“The Fool…,” “Jakob”) as they stutter and surge in step with cymbals and emphatically-delivered lyrics. It propels the punch of repeated lyrics, sung then roared over and over (“Phoenix,” “Benandanti”). It creates groove and rippling energy throughout.

It’s only a few missteps that hold Stenahoria back, but they’re not all trivial. The Fifth Alliance have a tendency to weaken a great song with an aspect that doesn’t serve it, usually the insertion of cleans or a more post-hardcore or stoner vibe between the driving melodic and otherwise stirring soundscapes (“Phoenix,” “Benandanti,” “Jakob”). In drifting towards a cleaner sound, the group are evidently experimenting, and it does often pay off, but the diversion into full stoner—save very final movement—”Battle of Barnet” four-fifths of the way through remains at odds with neighbours “The Fool on the Hill” and “Jakob,” where these elements are much better integrated and are quite dull in comparison. More egregious to some will be the clean vocals themselves, which possess a polarizing, half-shouted haughtiness I personally could only forgive on the all-round brilliant centerpiece “The Fool on the Hill,” where their chestiness runs seamlessly into the catharsis of the screams and fantastic compositional climaxes.

Over repeated listens, Stenahoria won me over to the point where I truly enjoyed it in spite of my personal distaste for the singing and its uneven brilliance. The Fifth Alliance don’t rewrite the rulebook, but they have reinvented their sound to a degree and with overall success, maintaining their heaviness and adding depth. If this is the start of a new era for the band, they have a solid future ahead.

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Rating: Good
DR: 4 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Tartarus Records | Breathe Plastic | Ardua Music
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: May 29th, 2026

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