LUM is an atmospheric Black Metal band that was formed in 2020, and this is their debut album after just a previous EP. The style here is sinister, raw and minimalistic, yet the recording is powerful and although the band is influenced by bands like ILDJARN, AGHAST and BURZUM, it can be safely said that […]
HEPATOMANCY is a small Black Metal band hailing from northern Italy. Be forewarned, this album is not for those of you who want bands to reinvent the wheel of how Black Metal should sound. HEPATOMANCY carried the sound of the early 90s into the new millennium. This is Black Metal, period. On “De Tyrannide Daemonum” […]
The last few years saw several re-releases of the old records that Swedish Heavy Metal veterans AXEWITCH released in the first half of the 1980s, as well as a new album from the revived band two years ago. Now we have this brand new record called “The Last Of A Dying Breed” with the meaningful […]
What if Swedish Death Metal worshippers were absorbing the darkest radiance of the South American Black Death Metal? That answer could possibly be found in the latest Chilean Death Metallers PUTRID YELLL’s “Consuming Aberration”. A cold yet delightful debut album that is showcasing the quality of death, riffs and the exoticism of their roots. For […]
French multi-instrumentalist Antoine Grasser is the mastermind behind ARS NOTORIA’s debut album “Chronicles”, released by the also French label Great Dane Records. The band had only put out two singles back in 2017. As a starting note, there is a different guest vocalist for each of the nine songs present in “Chronicles”. And that grabbed […]
Six years after their last album, french horde KARNE from Nancy return with full-length number three. As I really liked their last album, I was curious to hear the new material after this long break. The opener ‘Mandragores’ already convinces with all trademarks the band has to offer. Very matured, melodic Black Metal with raw […]
I came across this album rather illegally! I accidentally visited one of the forums that I used to frequent a lot till about 2015/16, I suppose. I actually just checked and I registered there in 2009. So firstly, I was surprised those forums were still alive and secondly I found this album posted there. The […]
Ohio’s GUTTED are getting a breath of revival with Repulsive Echo Records reissue of their self-titled album from 1997. 25 years later the album is finally getting a CD reissue and also a facelift with some bonus tracks in the form of the demos “Disease” (1993) and “Into The Gates Of Insanity” (1991). This old […]
1992 was a good year for Death Metal, e.g. OBITUARY, INCANTATION, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEICIDE, NOCTURNUS, BOLT THROWER and quite some more bands released albums that became classics. It was in that year when CRUSHER from France released their debut “Corporal Punishment”. After an EP in 1993 the band split-up two years later. I do not […]
MAZE OF SOTHOTH hail from Italy and play modern Death Metal, meaning, there’s pace, rapid fretwork and lightning quick drumwork. I’ve to admit, I’ve been a fan of technical Death Metal for the longest time and everytime I see something that borders that territory I’m instantly attracted to it to know what’s on offer. “Extirpated […]