I do remember AT WAR. Back then it was in a distro list which came inside on record I just bought. And whereas most bands were labeled “Speed Metal” or “Thrash Metal” this one in their debut album was advertised as “Speed / Thrash Metal”. Obviously it caught my attention and that one of my […]
Hooray, finally there’s a new album of the godfathers of the so-called Gothenburg-style AT THE fuckin’ GATES. Unfortunately it’s only a kind of ‘best of’ compilation, but that’s already better than nothing, because this innovative, outstanding and legendary cult act really deserves such kind of tribute and it’s already more than five years gone since […]
It happens that reviewing a particular album reveals itself a painful task. So is the situation with “Twisted Logic”, the first full-length of the Polish band ATROPHIA RED SUN. The very moniker of the band uncovers a lot I think. Yes, these guys are obviously captivated by the sci-fi side of things, and their music […]
The name, ATOMIZER, belies a music that constructs an atmosphere one would not expect simply by reading the name alone. Instead, while this is a Metal album, it is an unusual one. Thrash Metal spliced with “Angel Rat” era VOIVOD and sounds that hint at early 80s Goth results in something like this record. Unlike […]
Aaaaarrrrggggh and aaarrrggh, I say! Once more I’m wondering if the record company picked this title coz as with the ASSAULT CD, the album title describes the sound exactly. Again Old Cemetery brings us a demo collection and here we have the extreme of a song like the fucking violent ‘Troops Of Extermination’ (repeated 4 […]
The assassin of love, eh? Great title. Too bad the music and overall style of Metal this band displays doesn’t match up to the album’s name. ATMAN as you may have surmised is Black Metal, and unfortunately ATMAN are as well a very unimpressive bunch of players of this begotten style. “L’Assassi De Venus” is […]
Doom unto you all. From the depths of San Francisco (!) comes ASUNDER. Three songs (‘Twilight Amaranthine’, ‘Crown Of Eyes’, and ‘A Clarion Call’) of brilliant, infernally heavy Doom / Death Metal with superlative arrangements and a vocalist clearly suffering from MPD… which in this case is good, very good. At times ASUNDER is a […]
We all know the famous distribution offers of 30 CDs in one package for only one buck each album and honestly speaking I know that in at least 6 months the new album of ASTROFAES will be an essential part of each package. Can’t find any reason why this band is still in the position […]
Without a doubt we are currently facing the dawn of a new Thrash era with young bands from all over the world sounding like their / our old (German) Thrash idols. This revival – as all Metal movements of the last 15 years – is again a phenomenon because within a very short period the […]
Seventeen long years after the release of “Interstellar Experience” Düsseldorf’s Thrashers ASSASSIN finally return to the scene with a brand new album. Except for bassplayer Markus “Lulle” Ludwig, who got replaced by a guy named Ufo Walter, the current line-up only consists of members that already used to play on the band’s two full-length albums, […]