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Picture Credit: Artur Masternak  / Marek "Puzon" Nowakowski  /  Krzysztof źrałek   Bottlekopf - The Jokes are Over Release Date: February 22, 2022 Label:  Wydawnictwo Muzyczne PSYCHO Format: CD / Digital Length: 46:38 Genre: Death'n'Roll Origin: Katowice , Poland Bottlekopf are a trio from Silesian city Katowice (or Katowicy if you prefer the Silesian name). Twelve years ago, the band was founded and has since then released two full-length albums of which the second is the album on hand, "The Jokes are Over". The sophomore longplayer is the result of a long process in which Bottlekopf have found themselves as a band and as musicians. Several line-up changes and finally the pandemic have had its impact on this procedure. And now the second album is here, and it has turned out to be a massive powerload of rolling and stomping Death Metal. On eleven tracks plus an intro and the fading-out final track 'Supplementary', Bottlekopf grab their listeners by t...

Picture Credit: Snakedoctors   Snakedoctors - Joy Free Bowl Release Date: May 07, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 47:49 Genre: New Wave / Grunge Origin: Danzig , Poland Formed in 2020, Polish quartet Snakedoctors have already released their second album "Joy Free Bowl". But that is not all! The third album has already been recorded, and the fourth is currently being worked on. So if you enjoy their sounds, better follow the band because there is a lot of great music coming up. Snakedoctors are Robert Porazka  (drums), Jacek Karnat  (keys, vocals), Jaroslaw Szybowksi  (bass), and Wojciech Wypych  (guitar, vocals). The four friends from the vibrant city of Danzig in Northern Poland have started playing music together in the times of lockdowns and contact constraints. Not being able to perform live until the global situation gets better, Snakedoctors are using their time writing, producing, and recording. The music by Snakedoctors revives the later...

Moanaa - Lie Release Date: February 12, 2021 Length: 09:17 Genre: Atmospheric Doom Origin:  Bielsko Biała , Poland From their upcoming abum "Embers" (March 2021) Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. Moanaa Online: Facebook Instagram Bandcamp YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Picture Credit: Chaos Over Cosmos Artwork: Joshua Ratcliff Chaos Over Cosmos - The Ultimate Multiverse Release Date: June 20, 2020 Label: Narcoleptica Productions Format: CD / Digital Length: 41:48 Genre: Progressive Metal / Melodic Death Metal Origin: Poland / Australia Chaos Over Cosmos are a duo from two different spots on our planet that could not be more far away from each other. The band was founded in 2017 by  Rafał Bowman from Poland and Joshua Ratcliff  from Australia. And actually, the two members have not met in person,yet. But through the power of the world wide web, these two great musicians could join forces. The release on hand is their newest album "The Ultimate Universe" which actually is the combined version of their first two EPs " Chaos Over Chosmos " and " II ". But to make it a bit more interesting, they changed the order of the songs on the new releases which is available via Narcoleptica Productions. The music by Chaos Over Cosmo...

Picture Credit: Hell-Born Hell-Born - Natas Liah Release Date: January 26, 2021 Label: Odium Records Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 47:19 Genre: Black Metal Origin: Poland Two weeks ago, Hell-Born had their appearance in the MangoWave News when their single 'Blakk Metal' was released. And here we are now, listening to the first Hell-Born album for over ten years. Let us hence out on our winter coats and prepare for some Old School Black Metal from Poland. What defines "Natas Liah" predominantly is a brutal combination of orthodox Black Metal and mid-tempo Bay Area Death Metal. Thus, fans of early Darkthrone, Beherit, and Morbid Angel should be able to raise their horns and bang their heads together to this. And fans of Behemoth? Absolutely! I must say that similarities to 90s Behemoth are very present. And that is no big surprise, regarding that Ex-Behemoth members  Baal and Les  are responsible for the sound together with Diabolizer  on the drums. And the fact...

Hell-Born - Blakk Metal Release Date: January 10, 2021 Length: 05:00 Genre: Black Metal Origin: Poland From their upcoming album "Natas Liah" (January 26, 2020, Odium Records ) Guest appearance: Adam "Nergal" Darski Hell-Born Online: Facebook Bandcamp Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Picture Credit: Kira Kira - Peccatum et Blasphemia Release Date: October 09, 2020 Label: Ossuary Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 45:25 Genre: Black Metal / Blackened Death Metal Origin: Opoczno , Poland "Peccatum et Blasphemia" is Latin for "Sin and Blasphemy", and it is the name of the sophomore album by Opoczno's Kira. The band could as well call themselves Opoczno's Finest, as they are a collobaoration Nameless  ( Nomad / Ex- Ethelyn ), Groshek  (Nomad / Peacemaker ), and Msyth  (Ethelyn / Deathstorm ). The release features nine tracks that follow the intro 'Opening the Gates of Hell'. Nomen est Omen! The two terms that fit the music on "Peccatum et Blasphemia" the best are either Blood-Soaked Black Metal or Permafrost Death Metal if you ask me. Kira's combination of Black and Death Metal merges the greatest and most intense features of both genres. Brutal riffs groove like a swinging meat hook and lead into ice cold staccati....

Picture Credit: Okrütnik Okrütnik - Legion Antychrysta Release Date: November 02, 2020 Label: Ossuary Records Format: Cassette / CD / Digital Length: 45:51 Genre: Black Metal / Blackened Thrash Metal Origin: Kotlin , Poland There is something special about Black or Blackened Metal from Eastern European and Slavic nations that I cannot put into words. It is this fascinating mix of melancholy, dark harmony and pure cold. The album on hand is another great example for this. The quartet from Kotlin in Poland was formed in 2018 and released their first long-player "Legion Antychrysta" via Ossuary Records in late autumn of 2020. First thing that catches my attention are the song titles and lyrics. Okrütnik spread their nihilistic and blasphemic messages in their mother tongue only. I really love the sound of the Polish language and thus far, I have encountered its great fit to Folk, Rap and Punk Rock. Even though, I do not understand the lyrics, I appreciate the beauty of the Poli...

Picture Credit: Shadow Warrior Shadow Warrior - Cyberblade Release Date: November 18, 2020 Label: Ossuary Records / Spiritual Beast Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 35:05 Genre: Heavy Metal Origin: Lublin , Poland Founded in early 2019, Lublin's Heavy Metal quintet Shadow Warrior has had some impressive output so far. After an EP and two Singles, autumn 2020 they released their first long-player "Cyberblade". So, prepare your necks for some headbanging, click "play" on the video below, while I will introduce you to Shadow Warrior: Anna Kłos - vocals, Marcin Puszka - guitar, Krzysztof Aftyka - guitar, Karol Zmaczyński - bass, Zdzisław Krzyżanowski - drums. There is a Heavy Metal revival going on out there, and Shadow Warrior are the perfect example for this happening. Without sounding too nostalgic or "remember-the.good-ol'-days"-pathetic, the band brings 80s Heavy Metal back to our present days. It is the intense and rough but yet melo...

  Picture Credit: Brzask Artwork: Andrzej Jagielski Brzask - Brzask Release: May 31, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 16:21 Genre: Blackened Death Metal Origin:  Szklarska Poręba , Poland Brzask are a five-piece Blackened Death Metal band from Szklarska Poręba in Lower Silesia. Brzask is Polish and means "Dawn", as far as I can tell. The quintet has recently hit the European Black and Death Metal world with their selftitled demo - a digital release containg three songs and an opulent intro. The demo is defined by rough sound, freezing Black Metal leads and a massivively grooving Death Metal backbone. Despite not being too melodic, Brzask follow the roots of bands such as Dissection, Bathory and Emperor. While the first two tracks set a clear focus on rough and intense Blackened Death Metal, the final song has a certain impact by Northern Folk Metal or at least Melodic Death Metal. Picture Credit: Brzask "Brzask" is atmospheric, but not too atmospheric...

Picture Credit: Kromheim Artwork: Pantelis Politakis   Kromheim - Kromheim Release: June 23, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 22:29 Genre: Melodic Death Metal Origin: Poland Kromheim is the solo project by Polish musician  Mikołaj Popławski . The self-titled debut EP of the one-person army is a product of the lockdown and features four tracks. All songs are thus written and recorded by  Popławski himself. Mix and master though were done by Simone Pietroforte  at Divergent Studios . The cover artwork by Pantelis Politakis  speaks volumes about the music you can hear on "Kromheim". This is pure Melodic Death Metal with a powerful impact by Northern European Folk Metal or Viking Metal. Clean staccato leads hover above a grooving Death Metal landscape and create atmospheric and cold moods.  Popławski plays drums, keys, bass, guitars, and growls his gloomy narrative over these icy layers. I am not the greatest connaisseur of Viking or Folk M...