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An infected sky, distorted bodies and the presence of dead souls transform the night into a private hell on “Demoniac Illusion,” the new single from Italian groove/death metal band OBBROBRIUS. The song was written for those who experience nocturnal terror and struggle to break free from the images created by their own minds. Its recurring […]

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Athens had already lost the Peloponnesian War when Critias rose to power. A leading figure among the Thirty Tyrants, he became part of the brutal oligarchic regime installed after the city’s defeat—and now provides the subject of the latest song from Dutch power/death metal band SPARTAN. Released on September 4, “Critias” opens a forthcoming five-track […]

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Cursed Abyss is a deathcore band from Germany, and they played at this year’s Wacken Open Air. Check out now what we talked about!

Benedetta

I’m here with the fantastic Cursed Abyss. How are you doing, guys?

Cursed Abyss

Very well. Awesome.

Benedetta

So, you’re playing Wacken Open Air. It is the 35th anniversary. How does it feel?

Cursed Abyss

It’s incredible and overwhelming. Especially for us as a young band, it still kind of feels a little unreal. It’s just a dream that came true. Especially since Patricia and I (Eileen) are also visitors here for years now. And today we were on the stage ourselves. It was totally crazy to be on the other side.

Benedetta

Do you think that we will ever have some equality between men and women in the metal world?

Cursed Abyss

I think at one point we will have. Because when you look back 30-40 years ago, it was so male dominated. Now there are so many female fronted bands with female members. I think this trend goes on and on. So, at some point it’s not a trend anymore. It’s just normal. Hopefully. But I believe and we believe that at one point this dream comes true.

Benedetta

Has it happened to you sometimes that when you went to play a show or do some recording that someone treated you differently just because you are woman?

Eileen Zander

Yeah, unfortunately, you have to deal with it. Especially today, I was talking to my boyfriend. He is a crew member. And the people thought that he is part of a band and I’m the crew member or his girlfriend only, to be here with him. And I also had this experience several times. Once I gave money to a booker, but we collected our tickets. And he was like, “And what’s your part of the band? Like, what are you doing for them?” Not “Are you part of the band?” I was very disappointed.

Patricia Radecke

And for one concert I did guest vocals. It was really big. I was on the guest list. At the beginning someone said to me, “Yeah, but you just don’t drink so much. And just scream a bit and be a bit in front of the stage“. I was like, “Yeah, I don’t drink that much. And I am on the stage later“. “Do you know what you are doing? I don’t believe you“. And I just said, “In a couple of hours you are going to see what I mean“. And they did and they didn’t believe it afterwards. They did not apologize to me. But I saw them later and I was like, “What do you say now?” And they were like, “Sorry, I got an appointment“.

Cursed Abyss

If you take a look at the scene now, it’s still not equal if you compare the amounts. But you do have a lot of big women in the metal scene. So I do think it’s improving. For me personally, I think that we should have a lot more female fronted bands. Because I just love the sound of female voices. It’s just awesome. I think it’s not enough. We should definitely have more equality. Especially in this genre, metal. So I hope in the future that we definitely have a lot more female fronted bands. I don’t know if we are reaching true equality. I would hope so. But I think you can see today that we have to really enjoy defining bands. Like Spiritbox, with Jinjer, with Arch Enemy. So I think that’s a great step in the right direction. And about being treated differently. I can’t really talk about that now. Because I don’t get treated differently. I do notice that sometimes they get some weird looks. It’s so normal for us in the band to be equal. I never really once thought about if it would be better if they were male. It was just like, okay, they are in the band. He’s in the band. She’s in the band.

Benedetta

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview. Anything else that you want to add to our readers and viewers?

Cursed Abyss

Just follow Cursed Abyss, attend their gigs and go to their shows. But also support the magazine.

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Some of the world’s best ideas, and far too many of the world’s worst ever ideas, have been hatched under the influence of alcohol. Exactly where on the sliding scale of ‘genius’ to ‘thick as a brick’ AC/DC‘s attempt to hunt down one of the world’s most legendary mythical beasts might be best placed is not for us to stay, but, as told by frontman Brian Johnson, it’s unquestionably a memorable and entertaining anecdote.

Speaking with NME back in 2020, AC/DC’s long-time vocalist recalled that he and much-missed former AC/DC bandleader Malcolm Young hatched a plan to hunt down the legendary Loch Ness monster during a trip around Scotland with their wives during an unspecified period of downtime from the Australian hard rock legends.

“We both had these Land Rovers and we’d taken them for a trip around Scotland – Malcolm loved his fireworks and he’d taken a big box with him,” Johnson remembered. “One night, we were four sheets to the wind and staying at this hotel right on the side of the loch. Mal just said, ‘C’mon, let’s go and find the Loch Ness monster! I’ve got fireworks and it might attract it!’

Painting a vivid picture of the night in question, Johnson continued, “There we were, going straight into the water in our shoes, up to our knees, and it was freezing! Mal had a drink in one hand, a box of fireworks in the other, and was trying to set fire to the loch. We were just howling. By the time we got back to our wives we had straw in our hair and were covered in mud.

“What a night!”

Sadly, unlike past occasions where they’ve written songs based on real-life incidents –Whole Lotta Rosie, for instance, or Bedlam In Belgium – AC/DC elected not to commemorate this frustrating evening on vinyl.

Happily though, their former tour mates Judas Priest have written a monstrous epic in tribute to ‘Nessie’.

“A beastly head of onyx,” Rob Halford sings on Lochness,
“With eyes set coals of fire. It’s leathered hide glides glistening, ascends the heathered briar.”

“Lochness confess your terror of the deep,” the chorus runs. “Lochness distress malingers what you keep. Lochness protects monstrosity. Lochness confess to me.”

Powerful stuff!

The hunt continues…

Tähtien ikuinen suru—Finnish for “The Eternal Sorrow of the Stars”—is the debut album from BEYOND SEVENTH DIMENSION. Released on September 4 through Inverse Records, the seven-track work uses the immeasurable scale of the universe as a backdrop for deeply human memories, longing and despair. Across almost 45 minutes, the album considers the unknown worlds that […]

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There has never been a FALKENBACH concert. That will change at Prophecy Fest 2027, where the German pagan metal project will deliver its first live performance as a world-exclusive appearance inside the Balve Cave. Scheduled for September 2–4, 2027, the festival has revealed FALKENBACH as its first major announcement. No details about the musicians accompanying […]

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The relationship between mortal life and an indifferent universe lies at the heart of “The Mother Void,” the newly released title track from IAPETUS. Spanning almost thirteen minutes, the composition features guest vocals from Fabienne Erni of Eluveitie and Illumishade. “The Mother Void” is the second preview of the American progressive and melodic death metal […]

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A worldview constructed entirely upon unquestioned belief lies at the centre of “Tähden Varjo,” the first single from Finnish post-metal band SEES. Extending beyond eight minutes, the song is the most progressive and exploratory composition on the group’s forthcoming debut album, Suoja. The title can be translated as “The Star’s Shadow,” an image reflected in […]

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Atmospheric black metal, post-rock expansiveness and melodic melancholy converge on Dark Waters of Night, the debut album from Stockholm duo GREY SHORES. Written and recorded across three years, the independently released seven-track record is now available in full. Rather than treating aggression and atmosphere as opposing elements, Martin Andersson and Vilhelm Andersson allow them to […]

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Ten years after releasing their first album, Gothenburg heavy metal band SCARBLADE are preparing to return with its long-awaited successor. The group have signed with Wormholedeath for the worldwide release of Guardians of Time, due on October 30. The nine-track record brings together traditional heavy metal foundations and a contemporary production approach. Although its songs […]

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