Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Here’s something I hadn’t noticed about Brandkommando before: ever since their 2024 album Soviet Terror In Poland, each of their albums has had four tracks clocking in at ten minutes almost on the dot. I don’t know … Continue reading BRANDKOMMANDO: 1968
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum You know it as soon as you look at the cover: we’re entering weird territory once again. But – how else? This is Zoharum we’re talking about, a label who specializes in the weird and unpredictable! The … Continue reading MACIEK SZYMCZUK: Gandobendy
Year: 2026Label: PED Psychobilly in Finland has always been a weird subculture in how often it’s barely visible, but still surprisingly big and active. It is rarely featured in music media, and when it is, it’s often somewhat derisively. And … Continue reading BROOMHILL RUNAWAYS: Straightjacket Psycho N Roll
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Last time we crossed paths with Belgian Hybryds (In The Wake Of The Witch, reviewed here), they were on a somewhat more mystical and even mythological trip. Their newest outing sees Hybryds move into a much more … Continue reading HYBRYDS: 7even Deadly Sins
Year: 2026Label: Long Live Evil With certain labels, you know what to expect. This seems to be especially true within horrorcore rap, where a label is often more than just an entity putting out releases. They have a certain aesthetic … Continue reading MALAKEYE: And The Fallen Choir
Year: 2026Label: Western Star Records When I recently interviewed Western Star owner Alan Wilson for Finnish rockin’ magazine Big Beat about his new psychobilly project The Coal Dust Cowboys (review here), we talked about songwriting and influences. He mentioned that … Continue reading THE KINGS OF OUTER SPACE: The Things That Make Us Strange
Year: 2026Label: Western Star Records As the old saying goes: don’t fix what ain’t broke. German Dukes Of Tijuana certainly hold this to heart, considering their style of psycho/neobilly doesn’t stray from some very well trod paths. But, like they … Continue reading DUKES OF TIJUANA: Scary Mary
Year: 2026Label: Ambirial Mvsic Productions/Misantropia Records Though not by this name, M W Daniels is a familiar name to long-time followers of both ODIR and Misantropia Records. Prior to this, the label has released and we have reviewed two albums … Continue reading M W DANIELS: Beyond Mamushi
Year: 2026Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records Australian Sun Vessel have renewed themselves on each album. Where debut Etched In Eternity (2023) was a pretty typical fare with understated vocals and acoustic guitar, 2024’s A Seed Fallen To Earth (review) saw … Continue reading SUN VESSEL: Destruction’s New Battledress
If you lived in Finland and were getting into underground extreme metal, it is quite likely you encountered three compilation CD’s early on: BlackMetalliliitto, True Kings Of Norway and this, Talvisota. All three were usually found at reduced prices, were … Continue reading From the Vaults #26: Talvisota
