The art of the bass drum: A simple hit that can consist of hundreds of parameters. Dry or with a lot of thump or reverberation. Attack, delay, there is an undreamt-of width in the lower frequency range. The kick is the pulse of techno. Smilla is a master at pulsing. The kick in “Flight Number”…
Southern New Hampshire based blackened melodic death metallers Begat The Nephilim are about to get set for the release of their sophomore studio album, entitled “II: The Grand Procession”, out on October 29th via Noble Demon. With a modern blend of heavy riffs, ripping solos and soaring guitar melodies, the band’s upcoming full-length record is a…
The achtung berlin Filmfestival starts today in the 17th edition and will show many new films until September 12th, all of which have something to do with or around Berlin. Our film label Darling Berlin also features two films in the program: “Notes of Berlin”” by Mariejosephin Schneider and “Nico” by Eline Gehring. The film…
Filthy and powerful yet musical and full of grooves – With their 2020 unleashed album, entitled “White Teeth Rebellion” (Noble Demon), Swedish black ‘n’ rollers The Vice have released an hell-ish angst affair between the light and dark. Being well aware of how to invade the darker side of your soul, the band’s sophomore opus…
Chicago, Illinois -based metal act Repentance have announced their worldwide signing to German label Noble Demon. Founded in 2018 by former Soil and Dirge Within guitarist Shaun Glass, the band soon became known for their distinctive heavy yet dynamic sound, packed with details, groove and intensity. With a critically acclaimed debut album under their belts (“God For A…
On 9 October 2021, 30 years ago, the extremely popular pop star and actor Roy Black died. To mark this occasion, the film “Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer” (English translation: “Black Forest Journey of Lovesickness”), which was unfortunately the last feature film with Roy Black, will be released on 15 October 2021 on the U8 Films Berlin…
“A man, his sound and what for party!” That says everything about Toni Barrientos. The new track is called quite simply “Power“. An artist who needs few or no words and lets his music speak for itself. The track steams off and takes no shortcuts or detours. The energy flows directly through the lines. And because…
Grey, heavy and dark, but still sorrow carrying certain beauty and strength – the long-awaited record turned out to be an honest picture of the current times for its writer and delivered exactly that kind of atmosphere everyone had hoped for. In January 2020, more than a decade after its predecessor “The Darkness”, Finnish death…
On January 24th 2020, more than a decade after its predecessor “The Darkness”, Finnish death and gothic doom metal icon Tuomas Saukkonen returned with “Waves”, his sophomore solo-album under the flag of The Darkness. Grey, heavy and dark, but still sorrow carrying certain beauty and strength – the long-awaited record turned out to be an…
What may Andreas Krüger (aka Der Dritte Raum) have seen on the “Picture of the Day”? “Pictureoftheday” is the name of his second single from the new album “Kommt”, which will be released on September 17th, 2021 on Harthouse. In any case, the sun is shining in this picture, the colors are creaking and a small…
