In every Metal heart there is a place for a special record which is due to several reasons something like a gateway to a new style/area of Metal. My special record was GORGOROTH’s “Antichrist” which showed me how dark but also how beautiful the dark abyss can be. If I listen nearly 13 years later […]
“Swedish old school Death Metal at its best” is Vrykoblast Productions announcing BLOOD MORTIZED selftitled debut album. An album which is already available since a couple months, some might have recognized that already. The band claims on their myspace-page that “The music is heavily influenced by old school Death Metal from the early 90s, mainly […]
With a title like this… Those of you I’m sure who by now have kept up with my writings here know that I would of course have my blades at the ready and poised for a quick deathstrike, yes? I mean the title of this CD has got to be one of the worst constructed […]
BLOODGUT is a zillionth project formed by Rogga Johansson (guitars, bass, vocals) with the help of drummer Matthias Fiebig on drums and one difference strikes immediately when you push the “play” button, i.e totally putrid and sick sound of guitars and bass. At first I thought there was something wrong with the recording, but after […]
A true piece of “gory delicious fun” – to use HEMDALE’s words – is this reissue of BLOOD FREAK’s “Blood, Blood And More Blood” material from 1990 and their 1988 demo together as one full-length CD. All songs have been remastered and it is quite surprising that such a powerful, sick and brutal band like […]
Well, honestly spoken, I don’t know what Peaceville intents to achieve with this kind of release. THE BLOOD DIVINE, the band of ex-ANATHEMA singer Darren White, created two good Doom / Death albums that musically are not far away from ANATHEMA’s “Silent Enigma”, “Eternity” phase, but with some own ideas, like the use of organs, […]
Here it is… probably one of the most eagerly and most anticipated Death Metal albums of the year 2004: the Swedish cadaver worshippers BLOODBATH’s new album titled “Nightmares Made Flesh”, I mean. First off, I guess it needs to be mentioned as for starters that the core line-up of the band has remained almost the […]
21 songs in 39 minutes says it all, right? BLOOD’s seventh album purposely doesn’t offer big stylistic surprises. This German Death / Grind band has been around since 1986 already. Their old school sound is rather primitive but well executed, some of their riffs don’t only kick some serious ass but offer creative ideas at […]
The keyword to understand this album is balance. Indeed, the Swedish band BLODSRIT play a very traditional form of Black Metal without exaggerating one element to the detriment of another. I feel they were strongly compelled to rekindle with the classicism of the Black Metal of the early 90s, and they have reached this goal […]
Already the new SOILWORK? Ah, no – it’s BLINDED COLONY. Yes, especially BLINDED COLONY’s vocal harmonies remind me quite a bit of SOILWORK. More accessible than “Figure Number Five”, though. BLINDED COLONY are far from reinventing the melodic Death Metal genre and to be honest: I’m glad about that. They’re good songwriters, mainly delivering hymnical, […]