The EMPEROR is dead, long live…? This question is unanswered for several years and with nearly no pre-warning BIBLEBLACK are releasing their debut album with strong bonds to the everlasting history of the Norwegian cult act. But their symphonic Black Metal is far more connected to the second EMPEROR phase – after the introduction of […]
BEYOND THE FLESH are the best example that European influences are really the current thing in the endless league of newcomers from the States. This New Jersey based four piece has a deep passion for the melodic Gothenburg Death / Thrash as well as a good love for Death Metal God Chuck Schuldiner plus a […]
It’s really difficult for me to come up with any criticism that truely makes sense regarding this release as everything was done so properly – the packaging, the production, the musicianship, the harmonies etc. Still, I don’t really like “Against The Elements” as this six piece from Massachusetts / USA just offers the same type […]
When I am faced with American Death Metal, most of the time they are really Metalcore or juts frog-noise ultra deep, blast beats “ION” something bands which becomes extreme boring or crap after a few listening. Very few bands are able to caught my attention, due to the limited view of their style, and while […]
Honestly I did not know much about US-Deathers BEYOND FATAL when I received this CD, but I gave it a spin and learned fast what BEYOND FATAL is about – brutal, not too technical Death Metal comparable to acts like old CANNIBAL CORPSE mixed with SKINLESS and cult Death Metallers BAPHOMET also called BANISHED. The […]
Are they cult or are they not? BEWITCHED from Sweden still are using clichés the 80s way. Considering their age I’d say: they’re not. It’s a cold cup of tea. Considering their music: hell yes! BEWITCHED once again confuse my drawers with great catchy Blackthrash and I can’t help but love it! Songs like ‘Sacrificed […]
Have you ever wondered what demented Metal sounds like? Look no further with BESTIAL MOCKERY. This latest attack is a pure and blasphemous Black / Thrash / Heavy Metal assault of the highest caliber with a really sick attitude. From the simple (yet effective) black and white cover art of a demon grapping a city […]
Tempus fugit (time flees), like the old Romans used to say. There are people in the Black Metal scene who were not born when Beldaroh and Weronis decided to create BESATT 16 years ago and despite the fact that BESATT never belonged to the top acts within the genre, they got enough stamina to be […]
Usually it’s not easy for me to get into a Black Metal mood in summer when the sun is shining and I’m sweating like a pig (are pigs sweating?). So either BESATT from Poland is one hell of a band or there is something wrong with the weather this summer. It’s both, I guess. Whenever […]
This is the second time I came across an album by the Aussies THE BERZERKER. The first time was 5 years or so ago, when they releaased their self-titled debut album which was anything but an outstanding release. Sadly enough, “World Of Lies” does not help to improve the mediocre portrait I was left with […]