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May 26 Octoploid - 'The Dawns In Nothingness' Track Premieres
"The Dawns In Nothingness", the second single and opening track of the Octoploid's forthcoming debut album Beyond The Aeons, has premiered online in the form of an official music video. The latter was produced, directed and edited by Pete Voutilainen. Read more
Articles

Desertfest 2024
by musclassia, omne metallum
May 23
Europe's premier stoner/doom festival is making its annual tour around Europe, and Metal Storm's UK contingent stopped by to attend the London edition.
Abattoir's Concert Hunt - The March Madness (2024)
by Abattoir
May 20
After a quiet beginning to this year’s metal concert-attending, things started to happen with a hastened pace on my part. The month of March - well, not only March but the whole spring - quickly turned out to be a very busy one for me, with multiple booked events on the plate and several bands I’d never seen live before: Cryptopsy, Atheist, Decapitated, Incantation, Taake, etc.
Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2024
by RaduP, musclassia, nikarg, F3ynman
May 12
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
Roadburn 2024
by RaduP, X-Ray Rod, NastyHero
May 10
Gather around ye! This is how Roadburn Festival went down this year.
Gangar – Kinomaja, Tallinn, Estonia, 26.04.2024
by Ivor
May 06
It was by sheer accident that I stumbled on Gangar's gig on the ticket marketplace searching for something else entirely. What caught my eye initially was the advertised mix of folk, jazz, metal, and prog. What sealed the deal, however, was the description, which quoted, of all things, Metal Storm's Non-Metals review of the band's début EP Tre Danser and reminded me that I probably had a still-open Bandcamp tab somewhere as a reminder from way back when.
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