First of all, I need to make clear that since I do only have a promo, I cannot say much about the packaging of the first edition which comes as a 3-CD-version, probably very similar to EMPYRIUM’s “Weiland” album, but that is only a guess of mine. However, even judging the music only is very […]
Long time has gone since I have listened to that band. And indeed, more than ten years passed in the meantime. As I only own their demo-tape “… Durch Den Nebel Der Finsternis…” (that later became their debut-album “Verborgen In Den Tiefen Der Wälder”, just newly recorded) I can’t give any comparisons to their latter […]
With the downfall of a record company a lot of broken dreams come along especially for the involved bands which can’t release their recorded albums due to unpaid studio bills. For the Swedish youngsters THE BEREAVED the described scenario really took place after their label Black Lotus closed their unholy doors. But thanks to the […]
What a nice package arrived today in my mailbox. This time it’s Japan’s BEREAVED who try to gain the Metalheads’ attention. “What The Wolf Brings” is their newest effort after having released a demo called “Reclaimed” in 2001. This five piece outfit from Yokohama, which was formed back in 2000, cruise in the waters of […]
I honestly don’t even know where to start with this… this album is full of gratuitous indulgence in every element I detest about modern Death Metal. This is the fourth album by this French band and most of what I have read (including their own myspace page) seems to suggest that this album is the […]
I was expecting a frog-noise brutal Death Metal band. Well, it is quite brutal Death Metal, but with a twist. Yes, at times it does sound a bit like they are trying to be technical, think NECROPHAGIST, yet they are more pounding. In fact, I would say that if you take away some of the […]
For some reasons, this album reminds me on the mid-90s, when bands like OPETH were not afraid to experiment new facets of extreme Metal. I doubt it was the reference BELENOS had in mind when they composed the music for “Chants De Bataille”, but I can’t help it, the first bars of the first track […]
Strangely enough, this album was recorded in 2002 but comes into light only now (2005). BELËF claim MAYHEM, MARDUK and IMMORTAL as musical influences, but I don’t hear that really on this record. To give you an idea of what the music of BELËF is about, let’s say that they play a furious blend of […]
At first I thought BEHEXEN was a sort of tribute to the almighty BEHERIT, because of their moniker, their country of origin (Finland) and the primitive black and white cover art evoking the sick art of Chris Moyen. But in fact BEHEXEN reminds more of SETHERIAL music-wise, because of their extreme brutality allied to their […]
Aaaah, Mr. Holocausto Vengeance, we missed you! BEHERIT are back and in full force! Well at the very least in “Drawing Down The Moon” force, as this new CD “Engram” is very similar to the aforementioned in its sounds. “Because I just fuckin’ hate this world!” spoken by a nice and calm Finnish voice starts […]