Hellcrawler

Day two kicked off with the less extreme sounds of Belgian speed/heavy metallers Speed Queen, who made the trip to Tolminator all the way from Belgium and — like the true road warriors they are (both their EPs have a road theme: King of…

"The response was truly lukewarm, even though the crowd was visibly enjoying itself throughout the show. Marilyn Manson sensed this flatness quickly and started acting extremely formal. Just enough to »pocket« another gig and a few rustling…

Despite apocalyptic downpours, we made it through the first full day of the festival thanks to killer sets from Iced Earth, Dool, Loudness, Absu, Batushka and Venom Inc.

Last Friday, right on the heels of Dirty Skunks' 15th anniversary bash, came another 15th birthday party: the one for On Parole, the country's only homegrown metal label!

The organizers of the two-day festival Scena se pedena reminded everyone just how rich and strong the Slovenian underground is, with representatives of homegrown punk, metal, hardcore and a few other genres trading places on two stages.

Nova Gorica's Hellcrawler return in a post-apocalyptic haze with their second studio album Sandstorm Chronicles, the follow-up to their debut Wastelands.

Nasum played one of their last shows before the final goodbye at Ljubljana's Gala hala, and at the high-energy grind wake, the American crusty crew Black Breath and local death'n'rollers Hellcrawler raised their own banners too.