“My real wish would have been a live album, but due to the pandemic there was absolutely no chance to record one“, Tom Angelripper admits when he’s asked how they came to this idea which now has manifested as an album and huge and really excellent equipped box-set, coming along to the 40th anniversary of […]
There’s never a shortage of extreme Metal from Germany. Ever. Any sub-genre you like, there’s a plethora of bands waiting for you. TYPHONIAN add to that with debut album “Beneath The Streams Of Life”. M.W. Styrum (vocals), Typhon (guitars and programming) and Prometheus (guitars, bass and programming) present a solid, consistent album throughout. There’s nothing […]
JADE is an atmospheric Death Metal trio that was formed in 2018 and whose members are from Germany and Catalonia, Spain; having only released in their year of creation the “Smoking Mirror – MMXVIII” demo. “The Pacification Of Death” consists of 6 songs that easily could be only one musical piece. The brilliant cover art […]
Swedish Death Metal statesman Roger “Rogga” Johansson has cranked out some excellent music for the past twenty years and it is only fitting that his new solo effort in about three years has been completed carrying the saga of its predecessor “Entrance To The Otherwhere”. For those who are not familiar with Rogga, he is […]
“Listen, oh my child of the night, about the history I am about to tell..” I can start with these words, talking of some of the best Metal vocalists ever that together with one of the best guitarists ever (who’s not playing here but it’s definitely part of the legacy) created some of the best […]
Of all the bands with the same name, these are some crazy Swedes that usually dwell within the more extreme genres. But on here, they decided to go in a more Thrash Metal vein with lots of groove not far away from what nowadays EXODUS or TESTAMENT are doing. The vocals are a mixture between […]
Formed back in 2003 this is the third album from this French band. They define their style as old school Death Metal, based on the American bands, but with touches of Thrash and bits of Grind. The American style is without a doubt present all the time, with maybe CANNIBAL CORPSE and IMMOLATION being strong […]
A strange assortment that PALE KING are delivering here. It took a few runs before the penny dropped for me. “We Are But Memories” sounds like AMON AMARTH – but with the handbrake on. Death Metal, melodies and epic moments, this can also be found on the second album by Mexican based PALE KING. But […]
Sonja is the Russian pet form of the female first name Sophia, which means “wisdom”. But for me it is juts a simple prename and I do not know if it is really a good idea to give a band such a trivial name and if it really needs such a clichéd cover. What I […]
If I meant it well for CELESTERRE and their second album “Earth”, I’d attest to them that they are a Progressive Metal band with a unique style. Well, the problem is that nearly any new Progressive Metal act of this millennium only gives me a headache, combined with the incredible urge to turn that shit […]