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Announcement: Venezuelan Metal Season
Time to dive into a country’s metal scene for an extended period of time once again! This December and January, Kevy Metal will be devoted to Venezuelan Metal Season. That means that every single interview published these two months will be with a Venezuelan metal musician – though some are…
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Interview Quadvium: “There Was No Template”
Quadvium’s debut album ‘Tetradōm’ is one of the most remarkable metal releases of the year. Not only does it feature two fretless bass pioneers in Jeroen Paul Thesseling and Steve Di Giorgio; the fact that the songs are centered about featuring two fretless electric basses makes the album sound unlike…
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Album of the Week 46-2025: Sortilège – Le Poids de l’Âme
After Sortilège essentially split in two about five years ago, the version of the band fronted by Christian ‘Zouille’ Augustin it the only one that managed to put together some new material. Obviously, with a band legendary enough to be able to just keep touring as a legacy act, there…
Latest Interviews
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Interview Epica: Putting the Band Front and Center
On ‘Aspiral’, Dutch symphonic metal giants Epica have found a new balance between their trademark bombast, their adventurous songwriting, and a greater degree of accessibility than ever before. According to guitarist Isaac Delahaye and drummer Ariën van Weesenbeek, that increased amount of accessibility was a necessity. “It had been a…
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Interview Martín Furia (Destruction, Bark): Adding New Nuances
‘Birth of Malice’ is the second album German thrash legends Destruction recorded with Argentine guitarist Martín Furia, and he makes his presence known. The album has some of the most elaborate guitar arrangements Destruction has ever put on record, and it helped inject new energy into the band. Furia, who…
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Interview Richie Kotzen: Existing in a Multitude of Situations
Smith/Kotzen’s self-titled debut album was my album of the year in 2021. Its strong seventies-styled hard rock songwriting, as well as the fantastic singing and guitar playing by both Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen made it clear that the project was something completely different than a commissioned supergroup. Neither was…
Latest Reviews
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Album of the Week 04-2025: Sacrifice – Volume Six
Sacrifice is often mentioned in the same breath as Razor and Infernäl Mäjesty as representatives of the more vicious side of Canadian thrash metal. And yet, I have always considered them better than either of those bands, simply because Sacrifice’s songwriting is surprisingly sophisticated. Sure, they can fire high-speed riffs…
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Reissue of the Week 3.5-2025: Defender – City ad Mortis
This review will be something a bit different than what you may have gotten used to from this site. A somewhat more personal story, perhaps. If that doesn’t sound like it would be up your alley, please feel free to skip this one and come back for the next proper…
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Album of the Week 03-2025: Avatarium – Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead
‘Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead’ is the first Avatarium album that founder Leif Edling did not contribute to at all, and that is something I see as a good thing. Ever since singer Jennie-Ann Smith and guitarist Marcus Jidell took over the songwriting, Avatarium improved. It has…
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