Well, this is my first time experiencing the Dutch outfit THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT. I’ve heard the name before, but it seems I was never able to sit down and give the band a proper listen, until now. Their latest output entitled “V3 – Vernedering” (which translates into “V3 – Humiliation”) is something else, so to […]
Is it just me, or do CANNIBAL CORPSE albums keep getting better and better? This simply isn’t normal after over three decades and 15 albums of music. With most bands, fans tend to make comments like “New album? Mehhh. I like their old stuff better.” But with CANNIBAL CORPSE, it’s quite the opposite (I totally […]
I am pretty sure, there is no need to introduce THE CROWN here to anybody. The Swedish horde is active since 1990 and “Royal Destroyer” is already their eleventh opus and marks their 30th anniversary. So what is better then getting ‘Baptized In Violence’ ? The track starts straight into the face. Fast, brutal and […]
Ván Records has unleashed European Black Metallers NIHT’s sophomore album “Arcanum”. Four years after their debut album “Vanum” hit the record stores NIHT returns to give us their brand of Black Metal. Seven tracks of darkness with a solid run time for an album. The artwork on the cover reminds me of VARATHRONS’ “His Majesty […]
Bleak, is more or less enough to describe this, the debut album of Norwegian SYNING, bleak is the music and atmosphere through these three tracks and 35 minutes. Ambient doomy soundscapes with traces of Black Metal ethics and atmosphere. This is very dark and consuming music, quite simplistic, yet very effective and drawing. We are […]
Formed back in 2013 this American band (although one member recently moved to Germany) is formed by veterans of other extreme metal bands such as REIGN OF TERROR and HATE ETERNAL just to name a few, so it is no surprise that their debut album is such a strong piece of very fast and evil […]
Coming from Hungary this is the debut album of some very old school Black Metal band with lots of atmosphere, keyboards, high pitched vocals and a definite ode to the 90s Black Metal that was created in Norway and Sweden in those days. The band has a sound of their own, especially in the way […]
When it comes to new releases or checking out new found(ed) bands one of my favorite pleasures is to take a look at the band photo, respectively the band shirts the musicians are wearing. Back in the old days, before the era of the world wide web, this was always a good information of what […]
ZARATUS is a Greek all-star band which features Bill El Zobolas from THOU ART LORD (all instruments) and Stefan Necroabyssius from VARATHRON (vocals). Since I’m a big fan of Hellenic Black Metal, I have to admit that I was thrilled to see how two big names from this scene managed to revive the Greek sound […]
The name GOATH has a very good reputation in the German extreme Metal underground. And their recent third album “III: Shaped By The Unlight” proves that they earned their reputation for a good reason. It’s the intense and unique sound that makes GOATH something very special. Basically, the music that the three-piece created is deeply […]