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Sarcasm: Soulless Machine

Self-releasedRelease date: February 6, 2026Production: SarcasmAlbum length: approx. 40.15 minGenre: Speed Metal / Thrash Metal Rating: 8.5/10 Will somebody please prove me wrong? Is there any other Slovenian thrash metal band from…

MACH 1 Unveil Single “Sonic Shot”

MACH 1, a new Slovenian progressive and art rock-metal outfit, are announcing the release of their debut studio album “Supersonic” on March 3, 2026. The first single from the upcoming debut, the track Sonic Shot, is available below, so…

MACH 1 Announce Debut Album “Supersonic”

MACH 1, a new Slovenian progressive and art rock-metal outfit, is announcing the release of its debut studio album "Supersonic" on March 3, 2026. MACH 1 is a five-piece rock-metal band that took its final shape during the pandemic and…

Hellcats: Unstoppable

Release date: September 26, 2025Label: Self-releasedProduction: Sergej PobegajloEP length: 21.07 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.5/10 The EP "Unstoppable" carries extra weight for Hellcats, the first and only all-female heavy metal…

Ambra: Remnant

Release date: 24. 10. 2025Self-releasedProduction: Ambra (mix: Ben McLeod (All Them Witches), mastering: Mikey Allred)Genre: Alternative MetalRating: 9.0/10 Ambra, the alternative metal outfit from Ljubljana, are back with their…

Šesti: Zmeden

Release date: 15. 11. 2025Self-releasedProduction: Matic MlakarGenre: Alternative RockRating: 8.0/10 Šesti are a rock band from Slovenska Bistrica. The members first started jamming together 16 years ago under the name Jeti bend…

Delta Riff: Klic v neznano!

Release date: November 13, 2025Self-releasedGenre: Alternative rockProduction: Dejan RadičevićAlbum length: approx. 28 minRating: 8.5/10 Delta Riff are a rock trio from Ljubljana that got going in 2023. These young guys, packed with…

džeZZva: Naj Bouk Še

Self-releasedRelease date: September 15, 2024Genre: Jazz / Jazz Rock FusionRating: 9.0/10 After three studio albums and one live record, the Prekmurje jazz and jazz rock fusion outfit džeZZva has decided it's time for its first…

Jernej Zoran: Ptice letijo spet na jug

Self-releasedRelease date: October 2, 2024Production: Jernej ZoranAlbum length: Genre: Hard RockRating: 9.0/10Buy the album! Jernej Zoran is one of the hardest-working, endlessly inspired and, let's just say it outright, most…

Ember: Razgaljena

Self-releasedRelease date: 12. 11. 2024Production: Peter Penko, Igor Ilić & Borut AntončičAlbum length: 36.04 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Pop RockRating: 8.0/10 Ember are a Slovenian band from Šentjernej. The…

Seventh Dimension: Of Hope & Ordeals

Self-releasedRelease date: June 21, 2024Album length: 61.28 minProduction: Seventh DimensionGenre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.0/10 Seventh Dimension are a Swedish progressive metal quintet from Stockholm. They've been around since…

Kopilott: II

Self-releasedRelease date: May 31, 2024Production: KopilottAlbum length: 50.33 minGenre: krautrock / space rock / psychedelic rockRating: 8.0/10 Kopilott. Come again? Plain old "pilot" apparently just wasn't enough. But it does seem…

Pelhan: Zgrabi me

Released: April 20, 2024 via self-release PELHANProduction: Aleš Pelhan and Matjaž ŠvageljLength: 49:05 min.Genre: Hard Rock "Hard Rock'n'Roll" With a killer release party in Ajdovščina on April 20, 2024, the second album from…

DavidOFF: Joker

Self-releasedRelease date: 2/27/2023Production: DavidoOFF & Dejan Dimec - DimmeAlbum length: 27.13 minGenre: Instrumental Rock / Guitar Rock / Progressive Metal / Art MetalRating: 9.0/10 DavidOFF, the alias behind which stands…

Einschlog: Guts & Glory

Self-releasedRelease date: 26. 10. 2022Production: Tilen SapačAlbum length: 34.33 minRating: 9.0/10Genre: Heavy Metal Einschlog are a Slovenian heavy metal outfit based in Radenci. So, on "this (right) side" of the Mura river –…

džeZZva: Clearness

Self-releasedRelease date: November 26, 2022Production: Dejan Berden & džeZZvaAlbum length: 62.21 minGenre: Jazz/Jazz Rock FusionRating: 10/10BUY THE ALBUM! Four years is a bit of a gap in the studio-album biorhythm of džeZZva,…

Grizl: Rojen v ognju

Self-releasedRelease date: 1. 9. 2023Production: GrizlAlbum length: 45.38 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 10/10Buy the album! Grizl, a Slovenian hard rock band from Brežice, are back on the scene with their third studio album, “Rojen v…

Emil And The Detectives: Remote Proximity

Self-releasedRelease date: 13. 1. 2023Production: Simon MorazAlbum length: 41.50 minGenre: Jazz-Rock FusionRating: 10/10 Emil And The Detectives, a Slovenian sextet united in its devotion to the world tenets of jazz-rock fusion,…

NoAir: Square

Self-releasedRelease date: 26. 9. 2022Production: Robi BulešičAlbum length: 36.27 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Art RockRating: 9.0/10 NoAir, the alternative rock quartet from Koper, dropped their third studio album “Square” last…

Peter Hammill: In Translation

Self-releasedRelease date: May 7, 2021Production: Peter HammillAlbum length: 40:08 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Eclectic Prog / Art RockRating: 9.0/10 Peter Hammill, prog-rock thunderer, ominous poet of post-apocalyptic visions and…

Metalsteel: Forsaken By The Gods

Self-releasedRelease date: 9/15/2021Production: Beny KicGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 9.5/10 Metalsteel and a new album. Their seventh! "Fosaken By The Gods." 22 years of activity. Impressive. Especially for a Slovenian heavy metal…

Samo Šober: Ko greš z vetrom

Self-releasedRelease date: May 21, 2021Production: Boštjan Jurjevčič 'Jurki'Album length: 48.05 minGenre: Singer / Songwritter (singer-songwriter music)Rating: 10/10 Samo Šober is yet another in the line of Slovenian…

Lifesigns: Altitude

Self-releasedRelease date: 8. 3. 2021Production: John Young & Steve RispinAlbum length: 54.22 minGenre: Neo-Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 English prog outfit Lifesigns, who put out their third studio album, »Altitude«, in 2021,…

Rojpot: Rojpot

Self-releasedRelease date: December 28, 2020Production: Peter LebarAlbum length: 48.16 minGenre: electronic music / ambient / alternativeRating: 8.5/10 Rojpot. Roj and pot. That's "swarm" and "path" (or, if you like, "sweat"). First…

Matej Magajne Band: Usoda bikarbona

Self-releasedRelease date: 3/3/2021Production: Dejan LapanjaAlbum length: 43.04 minGenre: Blues Rock/Jazz Rock FusionRating: 8.0/10 Matej Magajne Band is a quartet that's been around for two and a half years. Its founder, as you…

DavidOFF: Vojna

Self-releasedRelease date: May 9, 2021Production: DavidOFFAlbum length: 28.00 minGenre: Progressive Metal/Art Metal/Instrumental/Guitar RockRating: 9.0/10 DavidOFF is a music project, let's just call it a fully instrumental guitar…

Decatholicize: Remains of Dominance

Self-releasedRelease date: Feb. 1, 2021Production: Dražen KecmanAlbum length: 35.50 minGenre: Death Metal/Thrash MetalRating: 9.0/10 The year is 2021, and Slovenian extreme metallers Decatholicize from Maribor are back! This is a…

IQ: A Show of Resistance

Self-releasedRelease date: July 21, 2020Production: IQAlbum length: 133.58 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 10/10 »A Show of Resistance« is the latest live album from the cult English neo-prog heroes IQ, whose loyal fans have…

Emil and the Detectives: Sandcastles

SamozaložbaDatum izida: 4. 9. 2020 Produkcija: Simon MorazDolžina albuma: 41.25 minZvrst: Jazz-Rock Fusion/BluesOcena: 9.5/10 Emil And The Detectives are a band from Styria, Maribor to be exact, and on their new album they've gone…

Maciej Meller: Zenith

Self-released Release date: September 18, 2020Production: Maciej MellerAlbum length: 45.04 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 If you caught at least one of the three Slovenian tour stops of Polish progressive rock sensation…

Klon: 1

Self-releasedRelease date: 31. 1. 2020Production: Matej GobecAlbum length: 28.37 minGenre: Rock/Alternative Rock/Pop RockRating: 8.0/10 Klon are yet another new homegrown rock outfit, this one hailing from the Savinja corner of…

Kiko Loureiro: Open Source

"Ideas woven into colorful progressive metal instrumentals, steeped in a staggering grasp of neoclassical lessons, all of it riding vehemently on the wings of razor-sharp alertness and the sensuality of Latin temperament and instinct. A fan…

Grizl: Pod pritiskom

"»Pod pritiskom« strengthens the distinctive voice of Grizl's hard rock, which was established with their predecessor “17 mečev”. The album is darker than its predecessor, more intense in its phrasing, and also serves up a “fatter” guitar…

GHB (Grega Habič Band): Vrane

"The main goal of the album "Vrane" has been achieved. Grega hasn't sacrificed a speck of his unique artistic originality. If anything, he's broadened the vividness of his guitar genius with new moves and ideas, successfully weaving into…

IO Earth: Aura

”Compared to the 'smashing' »Solitude« – let's call it an album firmly backed by a heavier dose of distorted sonic seasoning – »Aura« is its complete opposite. The musical about-face has handed the band yet another flawless studio…

Michael Abdow: Heart Signal

"On his new self-released studio outing, this outstanding musical gem of a talent keeps deepening, widening and nurturing the expressive qualities of his previous three albums, holding onto a top-shelf standard of musical artistry dressed…

SickBreed: The Joy In Deception

"SickBreed have what it takes to climb one day, among the new "alt-whatever" rock outfits in the traditionally colorful expanse of the Slovenian alternative rock underground, into the pick of the more exciting acts on the domestic scene."

El Kachon: Mi nismo

"»Mi nismo« is, as said, the best El Kachon album released to date. A sextet of outstanding musical characters, delivering an extraordinary blend of full-blooded emotion, passion, brilliant creative freshness and eclecticism that's rooted…

Jernej Zoran: Deuce (EP)

"If you know this musician's past studio exploits, and especially if you're drawn to albums where the art-magic of pure-blooded guitar playing takes center stage, weaving through the borderlands of hard rock, blues, soft neo-classical…

Le Serpentine: Pobarvanka

"It's not all about wanting to be recognized, you have to be able to deliver real musical substance too. And »Pobarvanka« is a record that has it, while Le Serpentine prove they're maturing into very skilled arrangers and increasingly…

Indigo: Nikrmana

"Indigo is a band that follows a musical vision of blending pop, electronics and traditional collages of Slovenian folk melos, which add a pinch of richness to the band's sonic language. Indigo laid that out with the bold debut »Drugačna«…

AKA Neomi: Beautiful Disasters

"The album »Beautiful Disasters« plugs very successfully into the global (new) pop soul and indie rock aesthetic, with its confessional »conglomerate of homegrown originality« setting the tone and giving it a clear, unburdened streak of…

Jernej Zoran: Stik

"Stik is a gorgeous proof that Jernej Zoran is becoming a great artistic aesthete, and one more confirmation of his flexible, expressive knack for blending the lightness of pop with bold, playful, even lucid, but always full-blooded,…

Lovro Ravbar: Get On Board

"An album that will make even those music lovers who normally run a mile from the word jazz fall for the genre. An album whose perfection lets it go toe to toe with its contemporaries on the international stage without breaking a sweat.…

Panda: Stoletni ples

"“Stoletni ples” is a magnificent album from a mature band. It took a good while to make, but the payoff is an exceptional level of polish and refinement. In these songs you can feel the band's real power and their by now “folk-classic”,…

Le Serpentine: Ujemi val

"In a healthy musical climate, »Ujemi val« could be a nice addition to the Slovenian middle-of-the-road music scene, though on our turf it unfortunately doesn't yet have a well-defined character of its own."

Don Mentony Band: Zajeban dan

"'Zajeban dan' is an album that the mass of die-hard rockers will take to in no time, and so will every fan of this band, who after 14 years of relentless thirst can finally, at long last, drink deep from the musical well of this record's…

Grega Habič: Open Heart Surgery

""Open Heart Surgery" is an album that, with its unshakable and utterly unique message, puts Grega Habič among the world's elite Earthlings, and one that can make even the biggest masterminds in this game prick up their ears at any moment,…

Divje jezero: Divje jezero

"This is more than a decent debut. The band is still searching for the right sound, and for now maybe still lacks a bit of creativity and ideas. The tracks are pretty similar to one another, with too much repetition of "riffs" and certain…

Grega Habič: Catharsis

"Catharsis is a record that took the best from guitar giants like Petrucci, Vai, Satriani, Hendrix and the like, then piled a heaping helping of uniqueness and individuality on top of the masters' lessons. With this release, Grega Habič has…

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