Henric van Essen, Author at DutchMetalManiac

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[…]

Interview: Steinbock

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 Henric van Esseninterviews

In November the Spanish metallers of Steinbock released their Till the Limit album. DutchMetalManiac’s Henric van Essen already reviewed Till the Limit here. Now he also interviewed them. Hola, como estas? What’s up DutchMetalManiac! It’s[…]

Review: Canyon of the Skull – Sins of the Past

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Even though Canyon of the Skull has been around for quite some time, since 2006 to be more specific, I’m fairly certain not many people, including myself, have heard from this band. I assume this[…]

Review: Chur – Four-Faced

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Chur has already been around for a while. Based in Kiev, Ukraine this one-man band was formed in 2005 by multi-instrumentalist and, obviously, sole member Yevhen Kucherov. Chur is the Slavic God of boundaries and[…]

Review: Steinbock – Till the Limit

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

I know Steinbock is the German word for a Capricorn, which is of course an animal and one of the twelve signs of zodiac, but in the vast, diverse world of metal music I never[…]

Review: Apotheus – The Far Star

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Henric van Essenalbum reviews

Apotheus is a four-man melodic metal outfit hailing from Paços de Ferreira, Portugal. Being formed back in 2008 they haven’t been overly active on the release front, the count stops at four: a demo, a[…]