Dark, deep and impressive are the paintings by Mario Duplantier, French technical death/progressive metal band Gojira’s talented drummer. Reflecting his impressions from his travels around the world with his band, his art underlines his deep compassion for nature and animals and asks questions about human existence.
Swedish progressive metal supergroup Soen was on a worldwide recorded live-stream from Atlantis Grammofon Studios yesterday, on the 18th of February. Supporting their latest album “Imperial”, which I believe was one of the best metal albums of 2021, they did something spectacular already on their minds for a long time. They came with different songs from past and present albums: I noticed four tracks from Imperial, another four from Lotus, two from Lykaia, one from Cognitive and a surprise track I’m going to reveal later in this article.
3 Şubat Perşembe akşamı Pera Palas Oteli çok özel bir sergiye ev sahipliği yaptı. Sevgililer Günü’nü kutlamayan “360 Dereceden Aşk” festivalinin bu seneki teması “Evin nerede?” idi. Nesli tükenen, insan eliyle doğal yaşam alanları yok edilen hayvanlara, bitkilere, kendi topraklarına yabancılaşanlara, evinden uzaklaşmak zorunda kalanlara sorulan bir soru “Evin nerede?”…
As devoted followers of Metal Oda Instagram page might already know, each month I pick a classic vintage car and post a short review entitled “The Classic Car of the Month”. As the first post on classic cars at metaloda.com web page, we have prepared this month’s article along with Alp Karpuzoğlu, Anesthesia Band vocalist Ege’s brother, a classical cars enthusiast and an expert in this field. For metaloda.com, Alp chose a very special classic car, the 1962 Chevy Impala SS Sport Golden Anniversary.
Shocking, unsettling and obscene are the poems by Till Lindemann, lead vocalist of industrial metal band Rammstein.
When I wrote about the best metal albums of 2021 in December, I didn’t tell you which one I thought was the best among them. There was one hint though about its release date for the attentive reader. As I said in this article, there was that one album in 2021 which left me speechless and this is the “Moonflowers” by the Finnish death-doom masters Swallow The Sun. When I reviewed Iron Maiden’s Senjutsu in September, I remember saying it was too early to label this or that as the best metal album of the year, although I am a great Iron Maiden fan.
Some musicians hold a special place in my heart, one good example is prog metal master Steven Wilson. In October 2021, I made a broadcast in Clubhouse Metal Oda on Steven entitled “The Genius of Steven Wilson” where we explored his music through the years. Steven was nominated for 2022 Grammy Awards at the end of November: this was when I started to write this article. Many familiar faces in Rock & Metal genre are nominated for 2022 Grammy Awards in different categories: those who come immediately to my mind are Gojira, AC/DC, Mastodon, Dream Theater, Deftones and Rob Zombie. When I checked Wilson’s nomination, I was surprised to find out it was in Production-Best Immersive Audio category and not in song writing. So, here it would be appropriate to dive a little bit into Immersive Audio.
Metal Sculpture ‘Helheim Ma’at’ by artist Cem Özkan inspired by Norse Mythology Goddess Hel.
Hurda ve doğadan toplanmış gerçek kemik / Metal scrap and bones collected from the environment.
Photo credit: @metaloda
A lot has been said and written about the album “Fortitude” by the French technical death metal band Gojira, since its release in April 2021. Now as the end of the year draws near and we go through the best albums of 2021, I wanted to say a few words on this powerful album. Read more