Started in the early 90s Poland’s BEHEMOTH developed from a classical Black Metal style – with a short period of Pagan Metal (“Grom”, ’96) – to a unique Death Metal outfit. “Demigod” offers you, like the predecessor “Zos Kia Kultus” technical Death Metal with a strong occult approach concerning the lyrics. A lot of people […]
Wow, Polish unholy force in Metal BEHEMOTH have been going through some really impressive and fast progression lately. In fact, I still own and remember their very early demo & tape releases which weren’t too good but then managed to run into some really powerful live-shows lately which awakened some curiosity in hearing their newer […]
Even though the beliefs and satanic / mystical layout of this CD are fairly detailed and appear sincere (including the nude female enchantress with clean shaven pussy), not to mention the obvious time spent on crafting all of these songs. I do agree the time spent assembling these pieces must have taken some doing, what […]
Malta’s finest, most brutal and well known Death Metal outfit is back again to crush everything into pieces. After the very strong “Recounts Of Disembodiment” album Californian based Unique Leader Records caught this extreme horde and added them to their high quality roster. The fruits of their co-operation can be heard on the “Ominous Bloodline” […]
Shame on me – this is the first time that I experienced the sheer uncompromising brutality of BEHEADED, Malta’s most intense five-piece. But I certainly won’t forget them from now on anymore as their newest full-length “Recounts Of Disembodiment” offers nine tracks of straight into your face, blasting and extremely sinister and brutal Death Metal […]
I have taken far too long to complete this review in part due to the lukewarm response I initially had to this album. Nonetheless, I could hear some very striking and powerful elements that compelled to give the album additional listens, and, in time, the value of the work was revealed. On their debut album, […]
Frankly – I must admit that I am strongly influenced by certain preconceptions regarding Black Metal – in particular, formations that claim to belong to a specific elite or so-called exalted communities that will dominate this planet some time in the future. Well – the band-sheet doesn’t provide this kind of demand, but I bet […]
This is a duo from Norway which plays true underground Black Metal with a total raw and necro sound as they write in their info note to the re-release of their debut album. And this sound is my big problem with this record. Maybe I’m not the die hard underground Black Metal fan or maybe […]
If you are interested in extreme Metal from exotic places BAZZAH from Malaysia should be another valuable addition to your collection: Rawest ultra-primitiiiiiiive Black Metal à la VON, GORGOROTH, BATHORY, BEHERIT, old IMPALED NAZARENE or NAKED WHIPPER, totally wicked and maybe even a little “cult” although I prefer to use this term with caution… The […]
With a martial intro this output is introduced – apparently a battle scene, swords clashing, men crying frantically, and then, an organ presents the motif of the first actual song adequately entitled ‘Chapter II’. The song starts in a typical triple time and alters with common time, which guarantees some tension. The guitars seem to […]