Hailing from San Francisco, California, BLIND ILLUSION’s debut album is, without a doubt, a classic in every way possible. Yes, they are not as big as other Thrash acts from the golden 80s (SLAYER, EXODUS, KREATOR, and so on). Still, they deserve much more attention. Originally released under Combat Records, this one is not the […]
MEZZROW is a Thrash Metal band from Sweden, which released a full-length in 1990 titled “Then Came The Killing”. Hammerheart Records released a 2 CD edition which includes the full-length on CD 1 and three of their demos (“Frozen Soul”, “The Cross of Tormention” and “Demo 1991”) on CD 2. This is completely remastered and […]
DOOMENTOR is a 4 piece band that was formed in 2011, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Since then, they have released one demo, one EP and 4 full-lengths. “Doom What Thou Wilt…” is the last one of DOOMENTOR’s tetralogy, and was released by Unholy Fire Records of Germany in April 2022. “Doom What Thou Wilt…” is a […]
Sweden’s PAGANIZER have been around a loooong time. Long enough where they really need no introduction. And long enough to where we all know that they never disappoint. With their established Death Metal sound, they’ve managed to consistently throw brutality at us since their first demo in 1998. Now, 24 years later, PAGANIZER have released […]
Have you ever bought an album for its cover artwork? It happened to me and if in some cases it was a mistake, in others it was a success. I have to admit that it’s the first time that I listen to an HELTEKVAD’s album and for sure I would buy “Morgenrødens Helvedesherre” only for […]
Already the debut “The Spearwound Salvation” was on heavy rotation for me during the year 2019 and only the quality of other bands prevented the album from ending up in my personal top ten. So I was all the more curious about the successor and about the path the band will take. And, so much […]
“Antic Warlords Supremacy” is French Black Metal outfit’s EXCRUCIATE 666 fourth album. They have also released 3 demos, 4 splits and a compilation since their inception back in 1994. First off, the production is dense and heavy, something atypical given their style, which shows a lot of influences from the second generation of Black Metal. […]
When the intro ‘Auroa Borealis’ gets going, I first started to think, if I accidentally had put on an IRON MAIDEN album, instead of the debut full-length from Chicago’s own FER DE LANCE, and then the intro goes into a track titled ‘Mariner’… FER DE LANCE kicked the door open to my little world in […]
In the last roundabout 25 years, THERION received a lot of attention, appreciation and success with their pretty unique mix of Metal, Opera and Symphonic music. Yet there was a time in the career of mastermind Christofer Johansson when the name THERION was known for more extreme sounds. The band started in Stockholm at the […]
The recent republication series of nearly all pre – “Theli” releases from THERION also features their third album “Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas”, that saw the light of day in 1993. Just one year after the groundbreaking album “Beyond Sanctorum”, Christofer Johnsson entered Montezuma Studios again with a completely refurbished line-up to record a […]