O (TURIA, LUBBERT DAS, SOLAR TEMPLE) and M (FLUISTERAARS, SOLAR TEMPLE) returned with their third full-length “Vergezicht”. The Dutch Black Metal scene has always been a source of enthralling newcomers and ISKANDR can be named as another good addition. The label termed them as “Obscure Heathen Black Metal”, but ISKANDR not really presents that. BATHORY […]
Even though the German Black Metal outfit FUNERAL PROCESSION hasn’t recorded and released anything for a decade now, the East Frisian based brigade is still alive and well, especially on stage. Yet their creative output has come to a contemporary standstill. So we have to be content with a newly released offer of a long […]
It is sometimes very interesting and quite thrilling which obscure bands receive a belated appreciation. A good example is STOERMFLOOD from East Frisia in Germany, not too far from the place where I live. The band was founded in 1997 by vocalist Bernlef and Beowulf, who was in charge of all instruments and programming and […]
When I was a child there was a kind of carillon in the local shopping mall and the intro of “Templum Imporium” reminds me exactly of that. Quite strange, a Black Metal album evoking memories from your childhood. But that’s the way the human brain works. Only a few weeks ago I have written a […]
The Swedish Doom Metal institution COUNT RAVEN seems to take the slow tempo that’s typical for the genre all too serious. After four albums in only six years in the early days of their career, it took main man Dan “Fodde” Fondelius and his new allies twenty five years to release two more albums. And […]
In the late 80s the undeground scene in Sweden was more than active end even more creative. On a daily base, bands were founded. Encouraged by schools and government to be creative, dozens of bands were formed and especially the Thrash scene of the 80s had massive impact on the Swedish youngsters. Two of these […]
Morbid Chapel Records has pressed the second demo of CONGENITAL DEFORMITY for consumption of the masses. “Sacrifice” originally released in December, 2020 gets a CD repress by Morbid Chapel who seem to be doing well in identifying some stellar stuff off late. CONGENITAL DEFORMITY is now a 2 person band, when I reviewed their first […]
I’ve been waiting for this album for a while now. WORM’s “Foreverglade” has been marked on my calendar and I’m delighted to be reviewing it. “Foreverglade” is the third full-length by the horror-swamp masters from Florida and no, they do not disappoint. Remember the artwork of TOMB MOLD’s “Manor Of Infinite Forms” and GATECREEPER’s “Deserted”? […]
NEKROHOWL came into existence after some fanatic forces decided to commune and their debut self-titled demo asserts that intent. Hatched from the savage street sides of capital (Das Poisonous Kapital) city Dhaka, the smell of disgust and robustness of that demo also tells the tale of the surrounding atmosphere. Released independently around 2016, the debut […]
Death Metal from Turkey making some roars. ENGULFED gave me the first dose of that, when I was exposed to their dark and deadly debut “Engulfed In Obscurity” in 2017. I still revisit that record from time to time and the mesmerizing ancient past of the Anatolia region (with Göbekli Tepe, which beholds the world’s […]