French blackened Death Metallers ACOD have hit up the studio for a quick 3 song EP in follow-up to last year’s anticipated album “Fourth Reign Over Opacities And Beyond”. The band has been hammering out full-lengths since 2009 and on the eve of the 15th anniversary of their debut we get this sample. This was […]
The French one-man-project BLURR THROWER already blew up some dust in the past on these pages, yet this awkward name is history. Mastermind Guillaume Galaup might have recognised that the name is somehow misleading and changed to LIMBES. As I haven’t heard the two releases by BLURR THROWER yet, I will fully concentrate on the […]
Quite frankly I was a little bit surprised seeing F.D.A. Records advertising “Essenz I / II” as Post Black Metal, because, at least for my ears, the word “post” is misleading since the five songs are genuine Black Metal. Generally spoken I guess we all know that such genre designations are nothing more than a […]
NINE ALTARS are hailing from the north of England and are named after a famous cathedral in their county. They present their first album “The Eternal Penance” via Good Mourning Records. The band plays a mixture of bands like SAINT VITUS, BLACK SABBATH, WITCHFINDER GENERAL or CANDLEMASS, just to name some similar bands. I personally […]
GRANDIOSA MUERTE is a one man band from Costa Rica. The man behind the project is Max Gutierrez, also a member of ADVENT OF BEDLAM and DUSK. With him being an accomplished musician and producer, it is not a surprise that GRANDIOSA MUERTE evokes many of his musical influences, past and present, but also his […]
The Turkish band SERMON was founded in 1997 in Izmir. In the same year, they released their first demo “Cosmic Prisoner”, and two years later released their second demo “Sea Of Meanings” on the Yucel Music label. Although started with some promising feedback and support from the Turkish underground, the band broke up in 2004. […]
“The Pact…” was released in the year 2022 and emerged from unusually quiet and contemplative depths. Even though it was manifested last year, this concept album only grows stronger on repeated listens and shows the essence of ‘A Work To Stand A Thousand Years’ like it was intended, whether this assessment is based purely on […]
Remember the demos “Incubated Mind” and “Inner Flame”? Yes, the quality Death / Thrash demos from Canada’s SARKASM? I remember checking them out during the onslaught of demo reissues. I heard it when it was out, liked it and forgot about it. Today while browsing YouTube for some background music, I noticed SARKASM’s full stream […]
“The Coral Tombs” is not a Funeral Doom Metal record, it is a Death / Doom record with a unique personality. AHAB is one of the pioneers of the Doom genre, I’ve followed them ever since their debut album “The Call Of The Wretched Sea” and they’ve never disappointed, they’ve rather clearly grown as a […]
This is a weird one, there’s no reason why I should be writing this. I’m however compelled to! “Second Death” is the second full-length album of the Finnish Doom / Rock band MANSION who’ve managed to capture some of David Lynch’s eeriness on a record. The best part about this record is the simplicity of […]