MESSE MORTUAIRE (meaning “mortuary mass”) from France don’t fucking mess around and drag the listener head straight into putrid, repulsive, chaotic Death Metal spewing filth in all directions. This is their debut 3 song demo plus intro / outro composed by Ludo “Evil” Lejeune (Evil Omen Records, MELEK-THA) and the guys under satanic pseudonyms apparently […]
Ten tracks are presented by SCORN from France on their debut. The band seems to have appeared out of nowhere, since no previous releases are listed. Sometimes I wonder if it is not also a big risk for a record label to sign such bands, but in this case Great Dane Records did everything right. […]
THE SPIRIT, anno 2022 shrinked to a duo, returns with album number three, “Of Clarity And Galactic Structures”. I was pretty curious to hear the new material and already the title track, which opens the album, shows another huge development of the band. THE SPIRIT still honour the melodic Black Metal of the 90s, but […]
What comes to mind when you think of the Spanish town Málaga, the home of WASTING THE GENESIS? As far as I am concerned, it is mainly sunny vacations and the Moorish history of Spain. Until now, I did not connect Málaga with great music. And this will not change after I listened to the […]
This one goes out to all of you who think that Finland is the real suburb to hell! BENOTHING hail from Seinäjoki, a town whose name translates as “border river”, just like it is at the border of hell. And the sound this four-piece delivers on the debut EP “Temporal Bliss Surrealms” is pretty much […]
“Asbest” is Austrian Death Metal band’s NEKRODEUS sophomore album. Previously they have released a demo, an EP, a 4-way split with other three Austrian bands and their debut album “Moloch”. The band started back in 2013 with ex-members of the bands ZODIAC and BLASPHEMIST. I haven’t heard any of these bands to be honest, so […]
RITUAL NECROMANCY’s opener and their only track on this split, ‘Enter The Depths’ is a massive opener! Clocking at 15:29 the band brings their top game to this split. The first three minutes are simply filled with atmospheric heaviness with traces of vocals popping in now and then. This is an old school Death Metal […]
There’s something about Finland that breeds the best Metal bands. You just know that when you crank up the volume to listen to a Black or Death album, the Finnish will always always always satisfy. Always. TORMENTOR TYRANT, featuring members who have played with such bands as CORPSESSED and SOLOTHUS, know their shit. The self-titled […]
“Banner Of Hatred / Poison Death” is the long delayed, vinyl only, 12″ split release between German Crust lovers PHANTOM CORPORATION and Swedish Death Metal newcomers HARROWED. Both bands may not ring a bell at first, but if you have a closer look at the PHANTOM CORPORATION line-up, you will quickly be proven wrong: Leif […]
DRUID LORD, Florida’s Death / Doom insignia band, released their third album “Relics Of The Dead” in January 2022. And this album shows that DRUID LORD only gets better with time. Upon first listen you cannot deny the damp, oppressive and liquid darkness of the sound. I sincerely don’t know how these guys came up […]