MORBIFIC from Finland are one of my favourite Death Metal bands belonging to the so-called New Wave Of Old School Death Metal. Here we have a pretty young band, formed in 2020, that proves that there are still maniacs able to play sick and putrid Death Metal in the traditional way and without a glossy […]
WESENWILLE returns with album number three titled “III: The Great Light Above”. I’ve reviewed their earlier releases for the zine and can say with ease that WESENWILLE has been writing some excellent stuff in the past few years. Their latest doesn’t differ a lot but it does take the band a step ahead. The band […]
I guess I don’t need to tell anyone reading these pages about BLACK SABBATH, otherwise you are either completely wrong here or should go back to school to learn your lesson about the history of Heavy Metal. So let’s turn back time to the year 1979. Ozzy Osbourne had just been kicked out of BLACK […]
BLACK SABBATH’s tenth album “Mob Rules” was released in 1981 and came close to the success of its predecessor “Heaven And Hell”. Gaining high spots on the top charts, the album was eventually certified gold in the US and silver in the U.K. “Mob Rules” on the other hand was the second BLACK SABBATH album […]
The band name translates as swell or rough sea and little surprising this release starts with some cries of seagulls. Four tracks are featured on this self-titled debut EP by French based HOULE, rough and impetuous like the turbulent sea, to stay in the picture. Looking at the photos of the band posing on the […]
With their third album, DELIVERANCE from France make it pretty difficult for the auditor. Because actually it is not one, but two albums. So the decent listener is pretty much irritated, more than once I thought there are two different bands playing on “Neon Chaos In A Junk-Sick Dawn”. Maybe this approach is part of […]
Out of the blue, a new technical Death Metal outfit appeared in the German Death Metal underground scene. Looking at it more detailed, no rookies are working here as this is a project consists of NIGHT IN GALES and GLORYFUL members. Jens and Adriano joined forces with Mark of SELFDEVOURED and Adrian of GLORYFUL. At […]
No, “Leave ‘Em Bleeding” is not a new album from the NWOBHM legend RAVEN. It also isn’t a recent live recording. This album is a compilation, a kind of a “best of” from the last few years. The first three songs, ‘Top Of The Mountain’, ‘Metal City’ and ‘The Power’ are from the brilliant 2020 […]
“Dawn Of Depravity” is German outfit’s REBEL SOULS sophomore album after their 2017 debut and their three previous demos. This album features a pristine production. The mix is right in your face with every instrument accurately occupying its place. The guitars create a humongous and intense wall of distortion aided by the gargantuan drums, pounding […]
Whew. Ok, this is a tough one to wrap my head around. So I’ll just jump right into it. Back in 2008, vocalist Troy Norr formed THEM as a KING DIAMOND tribute band, hence the band name. Eventually, the band evolved into writing their own songs but maintaining the theatrical side of the band. It’s […]