Seven melancholic yet very aggressive and grim sounding Black Metal hymns offer CORPUS CHRISTII from Portugal on their newest full-length. I’m not all too familiar with their previous releases, but if I remember correctly they used a drumming machine back then, which fortunately got replaced by a human soul namely Necromorbus, who also produced the […]
Zombie theme permeates aussies’ CORPSICKLE album which is accordingly is called “Zombie”. What strikes most is very low-tuned, sludgy guitars slugging along rather mechanical rhythmic section not unsimilar to those of MORTICIAN. This on the whole sounds quite sloppy and messy, but precise rhythms tighten the whole thing up from losening its bowels completely. So […]
I came across CORPSE VOMIT (Chicago) simply per chance by checking out some Death Metal MP3’s on www.mp3.com, I liked their faster and more brutal interpretation of the AUTOPSY-style and the voice of Matt McClelland, who varies excellently between Chris Reifert’s screaming and the deep growls of Glen Benton – killer job, man!!! I contacted […]
Hearken, humble creatures… I kind of have the feeling that a new Thrash Metal generation is about to take over control, submerge us all – and this is meant positively! I was asked to review this output and – as it’s often the case – I didn’t have the faintest idea what this band would […]
Melodic and heavy technical Death / Thrash Metal from Italy, well performed, well produced, featuring the typical Swedish guitar melodies, many elements of late DEATH, a mixture of screamed and growled vocals, as well as some more individual elements like the brutal opening of ‘Dying Water Walk With Us’, modern touches like distorted spoken passages […]
These Slovakian brutalheads unleash hell for 2 decades already and “XX” is a cool compilation with a selection of 20 tracks throughout their entire discography. They released (as far as I know) 5 demos and three full-length albums and changed from a brutal Death Metal band with a lot of intense Grind influences and rather […]
CONSPIRATOR offer a convincing assault inspired from a healthy and diverse number of sources. Unarguably, the most apparent inspiration is from Thrash Metal à la ATROPHY, HEATHEN and other bands from the final wave of 80s Thrash, an influence that is even more obvious in the guitar solos that sound like something KREATOR forgot to […]
Originated in the Ukraine, but relocated to the Netherlands, CONSPIRACY is a one man band, lead by Carpathian Wolf, who managed to see his demo re-recorded (some of the material dates from 1988 I think) via Singapur’s Pulverised Records. In my opinion, they did a good thing, because, although lacking in a big production, the […]
Right out of the chunk chute of the Bourgogne animal rendering plant rolls this gore soaked shriveled clump of flesh called COMO MUERTOS. Fast Death / Rock predicated to that of “Wolverine…” – era ENTOMBED that has its borders over-run by the excessive bleeding of surgical scars left behind from furious Gore-Grinders like MACHETAZO, GENERAL […]
After a somewhat useless intro here we have one of the many interesting newcomers of the German Metal scene called COMMON GRAVE. I may label them like that since this is only their second album eventhough they have been around for quite a while. Being an everything-self-released type of band sometimes can be tough but […]