SHOT FROM BEHIND

By Edwin van Hoof

As a music journalist and photographer these are challenging times defining quality and upholding your position in todays market. Regular magazines falling prey to the immensely expanding pool of webzines, and it also brings in new photographers by the dozen. Literally everyone with an interest in music and who is able to hold a camera, or recently purchased one, is prowling for your position. There’s quality in between, let’s not neglect that. But overall; it is devastatingly poor.

WELCOME TO THE EXTREME UNDERGROUND

METAL SOCIETY OF NEPAL-Brutal Lunch Box VI: Roll And Grind In Nepal

Brutal Lunch Box VI, Nepal’s most notorious gig, was held in Kathmandu on September 25, 2018. Germany, India, and Nepal were represented. When foreign bands mingle, sometimes things are lost in translation, but Vishal Vof’s EUMSN [Extreme Underground Metal Society of Nepal] made sure nothing was lost. There was no limit to brotherhood and sisterhood support that the bands and crowd showed to make this a killer show! EUMSN operated a miniature United Nations, as problems were solved, alliances were made, barriers were broken, and performances were outstanding. In tribute to EUMSN, I can say that in its six years of existence, and of all the fifty foreign bands EUMSN has brought to Nepal, these were the best!

EVERGREY

A Deep Dive Into `The Atlantic'

As rain torments me on the way in, and a temperature of just above 4 centigrade, it looks like the perfect day to do an in depth interview with the masters of grim metal: Evergrey.