Tardigrade Inferno

Tardigrade Inferno – Hush Review

By Kenstrosity on March 6, 2026 in Reviews, Cabaret Metal, Melodic Metal, 35 comments

“In 2019, I accidentally stumbled upon St. Petersburg’s wacko dark cabaret metal freaks Tardigrade Inferno’s debut Mastermind, depicting an adorable evil water bear as mascot. You can imagine that I was immediately hooked. Their legitimately heavy riffs and whimsical songwriting kept me coming back for more when Burn the Circus dropped four years later. That release doubled down on original material backed by a more focused metallic spirit, and all the better for it. Initially, it sounded like third installment, Hush picked up right where Burn left off. However, gone is my beloved little tardigrade.” Sound of a circus leaving.

Kenstrosity’s Top Ten(ish) of 2023

By Kenstrosity on December 31, 2023 in Blog Posts, Lists, 138 comments

Kenstrosity ’s waitied patiently to uncork his first ever big boy list upon the world, and here it comes! Get ready to be convinced.

Saunders and Felagund’s Top Ten(ish) of 2023

By Saunders on December 29, 2023 in Blog Posts, Lists, 102 comments

Listurnalia rolls ever onward with curated lists from Saunders and Felagund . Things are gonna get HEAVY!

Heavy Moves Heavy 2023 – AMG’s Ultimate Workout Playlist

By Ferox on December 11, 2023 in Heavy Moves Heavy, 112 comments

Do you even lift, brah? If so, we have the soundtrack to your bumper plate annihilation. Grow or die at the AMG exercise vault.

Tardigrade Inferno – Burn the Circus Review

By Kenstrosity on October 10, 2023 in Reviews, Cabaret Metal, Melodic Metal, 70 comments

“On the ranking of Things Ken Doesn’t Like™, circus music once lived just beneath the throne. For whatever reason, cabaret in all its forms annoyed me to no end, even in its natural environment. Why, then, do I find myself continually obsessed with Russian/Australian cabaret metal clowns Tardigrade Inferno and their particularly crunchy, creepy, crazed take on the cirque de métal?” Ten clowns, three rings,

Dunwich – Tail-Tied Hearts Review

By GardensTale on September 3, 2020 in Reviews, Doom Metal, Gothic Metal, 56 comments

“Considering its size and influence on the world, Russia has provided the scene with precious few successful metal bands. Strange for a country that shares a border with Finland and is known for the biggest frostbitten tundra on the planet. From the top of my head came Second to Sun, Arkona and Tardigrade Inferno, and that’s about it (though I’m sure there’s more). Maybe Dunwich can muscle their way onto the stage. Hailing from Moscow, the trio has constructed this debut of theirs in a very independent spirit before being picked up by Caligari Records, who are calling it ‘one of the most unique and exciting bands [they]’ve come across in years.’” Hearts and horrors.

Master of Muppets’ and TheKenWord’s Top Ten(ish) o’ 2019

By Dr. Wvrm on December 27, 2019 in 2019, Blog Posts, Lists, 133 comments

Master of Muppets and TheKenWord with their very own Top Ten(ish) of 2019 lists? There goes the neighborhood!

Tardigrade Inferno – Mastermind [Things You Might Have Missed 2019]

By Kenstrosity on December 3, 2019 in 2019, Avante Garde, Cabaret Metal, Reviews, Russian Metal, Self-released, Things You Might Have Missed 2019, Cabaret Metal, 74 comments

“Mastermind is one odd duck. Put one way, this album is literally my personality written into a metal record. Put another way, it’s a circus-tent nightmare from clown hell, and Frontierer happened to play there once and left their chunky guitar tone there by accident.” What the hell did you miss??