Active since 2016, Polish outfit FRIGHTFUL has two studio albums and three demo tapes under their belts. Their second album was put out by Godz Ov War Productions and now they have released “Born After Astral Rites”, a compilation of their demo recordings: “Born After Burial” from 2017, “Cannibalistic Rites” from 2018 and “Astral Freeze” […]
This is the debut recording of this very young Polish band, yet they did it with a lot of hard work behind. To start, the recording is fantastic, everything sounds in the right place, heavy guitars and pounding rhythm section, not too polished or not too raw, just what it needs to sound good. The […]
This is the second album of this Polish band that is completely done in their native language. First impression is that it possesses a fantastic production, with everything at the right level, and a musical execution that calls for experienced performers. The music itself is based on Black Metal, but I can also hear many […]
Believe me, when I say that I’m not doing this on purpose, but we got ourselves another contender for the most amazing cover art to accompany this, the latest from Poland’s own PANDEMIC OUTBREAK. The art is almost like either Ed Repka or maybe even Dan Seagrave. If you are a Metalhead, you have to […]
In the not far future, mankind has left earth for the planet Evadera. It is on that planet that the tales told by AQUILLA are happening. For some strange reason the debut full-length of AQUILLA, “Mankind’s Odyssey”, wasn’t reviewed on these very pages. Strange, because it was one of the best Heavy Metal albums released […]
One aspect of Heavy Metal and all its subgenres that has always been fascinating for me is the cover artwork. So I find it correspondingly exciting to see whether the snake and the guitarist, who already graced the cover of the EP “The Sign” and the debut album “Paralyzing Chains”, will reappear. And yes, both […]
WHERE INNOCENCE DIED is a Polish Gothic Doom Metal Band. This is a very short EP with basically three songs and an intro. This is the type of music that I like to listen to whenever it’s raining and cold outside. ‘Funeral’ is a very dark and moody track played on piano and violine, with […]
Easy. Straight to the point. This is a MOTÖRHEAD tribute that opens with ‘Ace Of Spades’, as it should, revealing the Punk / Rock and Roll nature of the tribute and of MOTÖRHEAD as a band. In the list of 14 tracks that make up the tribute, there are obviously songs that lean more (and […]
Time for some good Canadian Heavy Metal. From Montréal and Quebec comes STARLIGHT RITUAL and their second album, “Rogue Angels”, released by High Roller Records on CD, cassette and 12″ vinyl. The band arrives with a powerful, potent style, full of magic, melody, strength and dynamics. Permeated by that classic sound that makes your mind […]
Polish Death Metal act TOUGHNESS first caught my attention last year with their single featuring artwork by legendary graphic artist TG Rantanen, responsible for the look of many Finnish Death Metal bands from the ’90s, like DEMIGOD, DEMILICH and ADRAMELECH to name just a few. The material presented on their 2022 demo “Prophecy” indeed prophesizes […]