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Ninth Gate – Vox Demoni

Release date: 28-06-2023

Ninth Gate comes to release Hell on Earth with their first release: Vox Demoni. The voice of demons definitely seeps through the death and thrash-influenced tracks, that sound like they were recorded in the 90s. Let’s dive into this debut release and open the Ninth Gate of Hell. 

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Rebelstar – Hold on to the night

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Changing Tides – Minds Expire (lyric video)

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Legion of the Damned – Contamination

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Darkness Within – DIION

Release date: 19-05-2023

Darkness Within released their first EP ‘DION’ last year (read the review here). This year the band is back for more with the second part, aptly named ‘DIION’. While playing a lot of shows all over our tiny country, the band still found time to create and record some new music. DIION gives us 3 new tracks that take us back to a few decades ago where, in the band’s words, “Metal was still made of metal”. 

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Salvage – As Above, So Below

Releasedate: 03-06-2023

Hardcore/Metalcore is the flavor of the season. With bands like Man as Plague, Reformist, Changing Tides, and For I Am King we already had a decent collection, but now we can definitely add Salvage to that list. Salvage is a 5-piece hardcore/metalcore band from the Netherlands. They combine various styles to create their own blend of metalcore, but it’s still very recognizably metalcore. On June 3rd they released their first EP: ‘As Above, So Below’. 

The EP

With 4 tracks in total, of which one (Autumn)  already previously got released, there aren’t any big surprises. As Above, So Below is a nice introduction to what this band has to offer us. More than decent vocals, with the right amount of grit in the grunts. Interesting guitar riffs, melodic riffs where they are supposed to be, orchestration in the background, all the goodness. 

Standing in the Ashes might be my favorite track of this album. It has a nice catchy chorus, which gets amplified by those orchestrations. I imagine this will be a crowd-pleaser when played live. Any of these tracks will be, really. The energy is high and stays high throughout, although the moshpit riffs are most present in The Year of the Gallows. As are the headbang riffs, it’s a pretty versatile track. 

Final verdict

As Above, So Below is an EP the band can be proud of, and we as Dutch Metalheads are proud to deliver so many high-quality metalcore acts at the moment. My favorite track of the album is Standing in the Ashes, but all 3 are fine to play on repeat. 

Tracklisting

  1. Black Clouds
  2. Autumn
  3. Standing in the Ashes
  4. The Year of the Gallows

You can find Salvage on Facebook or on their page in the database

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Daemorthan

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Ninth Gate

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Pledge your soul and unlock the secrets of the dark arcane. NINTH GATE is a Demonic Deaththrash band infusing occult themes into a hellscape of soaring riffs, solo’s and deafening drums. The band has heard its calling from beyond and managed to unleash a deadly set of killer songs in a very short time. Consisting of a powerhouse of members: Lex van der Zwaal (Headskinner) on guitar Guido Cavalini (Headskinner) on drums Kas Kol on bass & Zeno de Jong (Release the River) on vocals. NINTH GATE brings the fire, energy and commitment to the cause of the riff. Hell shall be unleashed and music from NINTH GATE shall be its soundtrack!

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Serotonia

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Metal Jam Presents met Serotonia, None Shall Fall, Anger Machine
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22/03/2024 at Baroeg
Recestival
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Loyalty Ends Heren + Serotonia + For I Have Sinned
25/01/2025 at
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08/03/2025 at Mevr. Latenstaan
Freedoms Noise: ONKT + Steenkoud + Serotonia + Traverus
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Axis Mundi

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Axis Mundi is a symphonic death metal band from the city of Groningen, NL. The band recently finished recording their first full length studio album ‘The Sickening Symphony’. This album, mixed and mastered by Mendel bij de Leij, was released on the 29th of april 2022.

After starting in September 2016 the band’s line-up was changed in 2019. Female vocals, which dominated the early sound of the band, were left out, making the band’s sound darker and heavier.

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