The release of Far From God was a great birthday gift (my birthday was yesterday). Thanks Moonspell! At a time when morale is low in the States and we’re all feeling rather melancholic, a new goth metal album is precisely what myself and likely many others need right now. I walked into this one not sure what to expect from “The Portuguese Wolves.” Each of the singles released from this album are distinctly different. I did a review of the title single, “Far From God”, which

Introduce yourself to the readers Hello everyone, I'm Jan, the person behind MEERSEIN. It's a solo synth pop project from Germany where I combine my love for atmospheric electronic music with storytelling that is deeply personal. Every song begins with an emotion or an image that stays with me until it becomes music. With my debut EP OCEAN, I wanted to create more than just a collection of songs. I wanted listeners to feel like they're entering a world where the sea becomes a

We were extremely grateful to be some of the first to hear the new Third Realm album, Escape Sequence! If you want to learn more about the album's creation and Third Realm, head on over here to the interview we did with them recently. In typical Third Realm fashion, each song is stylistically and thematically distinct from the others, which is something I really like. They range from angry aggressive industrial to dreamy vampire love song to 80's inspired synthpop. Despite t

One of my longtime favorite bands Moonspell released the title track off their new album “Far From God" this week. I gave it a couple days before writing this because I wanted to see what drivel other outlets were going to post. Some of them I swear have never even listened to this band before. Or at least not as extensively as I have. I keep seeing references to this album being “The modern Irreligious” but I disagree. Perhaps in themes, but that would be a stretch. Certain