From time to time it occurs that my opinion about an album changes within a few days. After the first listening sessions of “The Faceless” my judgment was pretty clear and straightforward. Heavy Metal, boring as hell with a singer who makes the impression of drunk roaring. But I still listened to the album over […]
It might be that you never heard the name PRAY U PREY before, as this UK four piece only released a demo and an album so far. But maybe the name PROPHECY OF DOOM rings a bell, that had an album on Peaceville Records in the early days of the label and released some EPs […]
Opinions always vary when it comes to albums that only consist of cover songs and I can easily understand that. Some people totally dislike them, because the band that has recorded them often isn’t capable of adding their own trademarks to the songs or (even worse) totally fails to give them a worthy re-recording, which […]
FIERCE CULT from Madrid in Spain were already active since 2007 under their old moniker THE SEED, so it is no surprise that the material on “Where Humanity Ends” sounds pretty matured. Somewhere between Death, Thrash and Groove Metal the guys found their own style and ‘The Beginning’ is a pretty good opener with groovy […]
Back in 1989, after Martin Missy definitely departed from PROTECTOR, Oliver Wiebel came in to become the new vocalist of this historic German Thrash band. PROTECTOR had always been extreme, from their early Thrash days to the slower, more experimental “Urm The Mad” album, but by 1991, when “A Shedding Of Skin” came out, Death […]
Dear readers, even if it does not meet the high standards of this online zine, I would like to quote the complete promo text. “”Abhabaniyastral Samsarimplication” is the consequence of ineliminable yogisolationary practices and meticulous exploitation of primal sanatana knowledge filtered through rashayanic paleo-enzymes, unfurled onto the synapsidal slavo-gynarchy. Palindromic primordial manifestations, exponentially multiplicative kama-tantras […]
KAAL AKUMA is a Death Metal band out of Bangladesh. And if my memory serves me right, this is the first band out of that country that I have reviewed. They did put out a single back in 2019. So “In The Mouth Of Madness” is their debut album, released by the German label Dunkelheit […]
Belgium’s RITUALS OF THE DEAD HAND, with their second full-length “With Hoof And Horn”, have continued their mid-tempo, almost sludgy form of Black Metal that evokes a little Doom into the mix. It’s always nice to hear something other than the DARKTHRONE wannabes. And this trio can do just that, create their own sound without […]
Dutch Doom / Death Metal… back in the day, about 20 years ago, that was something. Nowadays, well, it’s a bit different. You see Doom / Death Metal relates to the primeval Doom Metal, which is also maybe the foundation of all things heavy. But whereas Doom Metal is mostly like the sound of a […]
SEPULCHRAL RITES are a Chile based Death Metal band and “Death And Bloody Ritual” is their first EP released by Dunkelheit Production. SEPULCHRAL RITES play traditional Death Metal with AUTOPSY inspired vocals, MOTÖRHEAD inspired bass and Florida inspired drumming. This is a quality old school Death Metal release, the band is at ease with the […]