The festival’s official poster has just dropped, complete with the day-by-day running order. It’s safe to say this is easily the most eclectic lineup across all editions, offering a little something for everyone attending. The special moments of the festival, in my book, will definitely be The Gathering, Nevermore, In Flames, Coroner, and The Prodigy….
An interesting event just crossed my radar, that I find genuinely intriguing, quite apart from any alleged healing angles. The draw, pure and simple, is the presence of two minds whose individual creativity and artistic synergy are nothing short of sublime. And it’s especially interesting when you realize that just two people account for at…
On May 22, 2026, the Baltimore-based post-wave quartet Future Islands released From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth through their long-term record label, 4AD. This release does not represent an eighth traditional studio LP, but it rather serves as a career-spanning, 20th-anniversary archival compilation. By compiling twenty tracks across a double-LP…
Red Mecca officially released their eighth studio album, I Will Be That Dying Star in Your Sky, on May 22, 2026, through their long-time label Massproduktion, with distribution managed by Playground Music Scandinavia AB. Formed in 1997 in Sundsvall, Sweden, the electronic act Red Mecca has carved a distinct niche on the border of darkwave,…
Long awaited release, Mutual Assured Distraction is Younger Brother‘s fourth studio album, who finally hits our speakers, breaking more than a decade of studio silence. Formed in 2003 by United Kingdom-based electronic music producers Simon Posford and Benji Vaughan, the duo Younger Brother has long occupied a highly influential position within the psybient, downtempo, and…
What a wonderful surprise. The Gathering reunited in 2025, thus celebrating 30 years since the release of the highly influential and generation stapling album, titled Mandylion. The good news is that they will be performing at REF 2026. A lunch meeting in 2023, following the presentation of a gold record award for the seminal 1995…
Following last year’s edition, which I found to be an absolute triumph, I told myself I might as well turn my attendance into a full-fledged tradition. Thus, as I write these lines, I can confidently say I’ve already secured my ticket for next year’s edition in Ghimbav. For about a month now, in fact. Logistically…
We have the final line-up (small modifications may occur) to this year’s edition of Rockstadt Extreme Fest, that will take place in Râșnov from July 30th to August 3rd. The 11th edition of the festival will be also the last one that will take place in the forests around Râșnov fortress, as the current location…
This song will eclipse pretty much everything you know is coming from the Balkans. At least that’s what I thought when I realized that the composer/singer does not come from some of the western parts of Europe, like I initially envisaged. I wanted to make a comparison with how a good perfume performs and captures…
At least up until the fall of 2024. This band will rock your inner worlds. And I mean it. Vola is likely the band you’d wanted to have found it. Not our of envy, but out of the simplicity and the sheer beauty of the songs they are able to put out. The band’s current…