I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve listened to “Gates Of Nocticula” from 1996, especially the track ‘Ancient His Majesty…’. It’s been a steady listen since when I first discovered Black Metal, and has no chance of ever leaving the rotation. So it’s nice to see LUCIFUGUM are still consistently going strong […]
E-FORCE was founded in Montreal, Canada, by singer / bassist Eric Forrest after retiring from legendary Thrash institution VOIVOD. Eric (vocals, bass) appeared on two studio masterpieces, “Negatron” (1995) and “Phobos”(1997), on the compilation “Kronik” (1998) and the live album “Voivod Lives” (2000). After departing VOIVOD, Eric used his nickname “E-Force” as the name for […]
I had the chance to listen to other releases from the Polish label Morbid Chapel Records and I have to admit that their roster didn’t impress me positively. But, of course, there’s always a first time for everything. OBSIDIAN HOOVES is an interesting duo coming form California and Mississippi. “Morbidity” is their first full-length album […]
It’s not super often you hear Black Metal bands from Israel, but it’s becoming a little more common these days, which is a good thing. You can only hear songs about snowy woods so much before it’s all sort of the same. SVPREMACIST doesn’t invoke DARKTHRONE or the like in their Black Metal vision. It’s […]
If there is a kind of Metal heaven, it might be Greece. Somehow there seem to be loads of dedicated fans, musicians, promoters and labels that keep up the flame of classic and old fashioned Metal styles. Yet most of them can be found in the True and Black Metal scene. Death Metal seems to […]
Like so many other bands ADVENT OF FIRE from Finland started as cover band. And the more I listened to their debut “Verikaste” the more my opinion solidified they should have stayed a cover band. A harsh verdict, but I will try to explain. The problem is not the musicianship, aspects like technical and song-writing […]
I was subjected to a real torment here. My ears suffered while listening to this album by one man Black Metal (I use the term very losely) entity from U.S.A., called CELESTIAL SWORD (apparently the name came from a video game Dungeon & Dragons, which I won’t even start with). Since I’m pretty much lost […]
We all know South American Death Metal for the most of it stands very well on its own, particularly the countries in this continent have a reputation for having a unique take on the Metal genre as a whole. If I didn’t tell you what I was playing and simply played this EP, chances are […]
Death Metal from Germany that is influenced by old school Death with phenomenal atmosphere and execution? That’s what NEKROVAULT is about. “Nachhut: Toward The Towering Tomb” is a limited edition (999 hand numbered copies) digi MCD that will be out on the 26th of November this year. This 19 minutes and 12 seconds aural assault […]
Formed in Poland in 2005, this is the third album of technical Death Metal act DORMANT ORDEAL and it really shows a very mature band with great creativity, a sense for playing brutal Death Metal, yet with a complex and technical approach, but just in the right amount not to be just a collection of […]