Within Destruction

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…

We sat down with the duo Črt Batagelj and Matej Ahlin, better known as Dirty Skunks, to talk about the premiere of Tolminator, the new metal festival coming to Tolmin. It goes down at the well-known venue in Tolmin (and Sotočje) from July…

With the Within Destruction, Disentomb, Kraanium and Visceral Disgorge show, Klub Gromka got a hefty dose of the kind of brutality you don't get at just any metal gig.

Void, which reflects Within Destruction's maturity, is an intense, uncompromising and brutal release. The Slovenian metal scene can undoubtedly boast one of its most extreme records to date.

The festival's second day was all about fickle weather that showed us no mercy even late into the night, but during killer sets from Obituary, Manilla Road and Vader, the rain quickly drifted into oblivion.

By Wednesday morning the sky was already crying too, as if it sensed this would be the day of the festival's dullest and least convincing headliner.

The debut from Jesenice extremists Within Destruction is racking up good reviews, but this time the standout record sadly got a bizarre stage show to go with it ...