Henric van Essen, Author at DutchMetalManiac

Review: Voices of Ruin – Path to Immortality

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Voices of Ruin is a melodic death metal band with strong heavy metal influences. Hailing from California, USA, they have been around for quite a while, since 2008 to be more specific, evolving from a[…]

Review: Marrowfields – Metamorphoses

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Marrowfields is a relatively new doom metal band hailing from Newport, Rhode Island. Being formed in 2015, they were quick to release a demo in 2016 after which four years of silence followed, which ended[…]

Review: Coffeinne – Requiem

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

With a name that hardly, if at all, is a clue to the type of music one can expect from this band, Coffeinne was a leap into the unknown for me. Luckily the band isn’t[…]

Review: Disbelief – The Ground Collapses

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Disbelief has been around for ages. Being formed in the German state of Hesse in the early 1990s, the band has seen its fair share of line-up changes proven by a long list of former[…]

Review: Hasswut – Atomkrieg

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Despite everything German about this band, their name, the title of the album, the song titles and the lyrics, Hasswut actually hails from Spain. The band has been in existence since late 2013 and consists[…]

Review: Welicoruss – Siberian Heathen Horde

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Welicoruss, a symphonic black metal band named after the ancient North-Eastern part of Russia, has been around for quite a while already. Being formed in 2002, although formed might not be the correct term considering[…]

Review: Deathless Legacy – Saturnalia

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Deathless Legacy is a horror metal band hailing from Tuscany, Italy. Started back in 2006 as Deathless they changed their name to Deathless Legacy in 2013 due to copyright issues. Initially a DeathSS tribute band[…]

Review: Fallen Arise – Enigma

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Despite them being around for over a decade up until today I have never had the pleasure to get acquainted with the Athens, Greece based symphonic metal band Fallen Arise. There’s a few reasons for[…]

Review: Berzerker Legion – Obliterate the Weak

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Berzerker Legion is a death metal quintet, consisting of seasoned musicians linked to some of the more renown bands in the metal scene hailing from all over Europe. This line-up is, as always in no[…]

Review: Northwind Wolves – Mountains and Darkness

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Northwind Wolves has been around since 2012. This Los Angeles, California based band plays symphonic black metal, according to themselves the vile variety, which up until recently was only to be heard on their 2017[…]