LABYRINTH ENTRANCE is a Polish one man band with Adam Ronij aka Hunger, handling all instruments and vocals and “Deplore The Vanity” is his sophomore album. He also released an EP with his previous band, HORROR OF NATU and he is a member of the well-known Death / Black band STILLBORN. Well, LABYRINTH ENTRANCE mixes […]
Evil Black Metal from Poland but with a twist. Yep, this is one of those bands that understand that Heavy Metal in any form is all about powerful guitars. And so they have a fat, full guitar sound to add to their Black Metal sound, and the results are great. The fact they scream in […]
Formed back in 2008 as a one man project, this turned into a full band for their debut album and so far after line-up changes and three previous albums, this Polish band presents their fourth full-length in 2021. The style has been labeled as progressive Folk Black Metal, and to a certain extent that is […]
Black Metal in Swiss dialect – at first I thought it was a very special idea. But then it occurred to me that there are quite a few Black Metal bands that do not sing in English but in other languages, also and especially in dialects. Therefore this album is not that extraordinary. “Plump U […]
LIFELESS from Mexico or Italy or whereever they are based now (not to be confused with the german Death Metal horde) are retunring with their second album “Anhedonia” via Talheim Records. Already the cover artwork reminds me of old FORGOTTEN TOMB, so the musical direction was not hard to guess. And yes, the opener ‘Emp-Ti-Ness’ […]
GRABAK, the musical arsonists from Leipzig, Germany joined the ranks of the Norwegian (Scandinavian) pioneers in the late nineties. Their first work saw the light of day in 1999 and whoever listened to their discography, can say they belonged to the early birds. They always sound authentic and time has told that their hearts have […]
SHRINE OV ABSURD is a one-man band from Cuba and the musical child of Conspirator. After 2018’s debut “The Undeniable Possibility Of Loss”, this is their second release, and second album, released in physical format by Godz Ov War Productions. It consists of five songs, named with roman numerals (I to V). The sound is […]
One-man Black Metal bands are always iffy. Will it sound like some dude in his bedroom recording simple, cheap-sounding tracks recorded with a Casio and an out of tune guitar? Or will it sound like a full band that knows what they’re doing? TEMPLE OF DECAY (all instruments by Mortt) are definitely the latter. This […]
SORDIDE are a new band on the always busy premier French Black Metal (and more) label Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions. But the three piece from Rouen, Normandy is already around for quite a while now. Their first Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions release “Les Idées Blanches” marks not only my first contact with the […]
New music from these Chilean Heavy Metallers do make me excited. I got hooked on the band, when Shadow Kingdom Records did a casette release of their demo “Night Sacrifice” in 2014, a year after the band released the demo originally. A couple of years after that release, LUCIFER’S HAMMER released their debut album “Night’s […]