Dark days are ahead… yes, dark days… days in where a new Black Metal album is released and it all sounds the same… and although I am one of dark soul, thus not that many music of that style sparks fire into my eyes… until the position of the stars is correct, something evil and […]
Mid tempo mid range Black Metal from California with just a hint of raw melody. Recorded live in 1997; fair production. Good guitar solos, nice raw vocals, though the song titles could use some work. Black and white booklet layout. Pretty cool stuff. Developing the songs a bit more and recording properly should do the […]
Somehow I got the impression that recently the US Metal scene discovers the Swedish Metal style and I am not sure if that is a good or a bad development. Bands like ENFORSAKEN, IMPALED, ABOMINANT or now THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER obviously take their main influence from the Scandinavian gods like AT THE GATES, DISSECTION […]
Ten years in the making, but that didn’t stop this once Black Metal band to finally release “Faustian Dream”. I take it for granted that they have drown their melancholy with king alcohol, for as far as I know there’s only one other album that has taken more than 10 years to finish off. Yes, […]
Do you like Satanic Metal in its utterly purest form? Do you rather listen to rehearsal tapes than mastered releases and stick to your tape-traded versions of albums you can easily buy today? Do you prefer MAYHEM’s “Pure Fucking Armageddon” or DARKTHRONE’s “Goatlord” above awefully neat produced albums from DIMMU BORGIR, IMMORTAL and SATYRICON. Well… […]
The word obscure is more than applicable for the Swedish band THE BLACK and after so many years of total silence I’m not really sure if somebody still remembers their only album “The Priest Of Satan” released in 1994 via our American ‘friends’ of Necropolis Records (and / or the involvement of Mr.Dissection Jön Nödtveidt […]
Soo… what do we have here? Aahhh… some old school Death/Thrash from East Frisia! I wouldn’t say I could have painted this cover, I’m much worse, but is this supposed to be naive art? Anyway, there is a zombie in the fore-ground with flow of saliva and outhanging guts. In one hand he holds his […]
“Autumn’s Fall” is the latest effort by South German based Metalheads BITTERNESS. Compared to their predecessor “Sweet Suicide Solutions” from 2003 the quartet presents itself much more mature and tighter than before. One reason for that fact is for sure the intense touring in the past. Musicwise this squad stayed true to their style which […]
My god. The last time I heard anything from the chicken coop of these Swedish retards was in 1995! I reviewed their brand new demo at the time simply stated “Demo Of Hell”. A blue-lipped orphan of the underground if ever there was one! Here’s the review as it was written for my Metal fanzine […]
One of the more controversial German bands has finally, after a couple of demos and EPs, released their debut. And I shall not get further into details why several mailorders like No Colours or Last Episode are not permitted to distribute this. However, musicwise I feel always reminded of the slow GORGOROTH on “Under The […]