There are bands that bring back memories whenever you hear and read about them or simply enjoy their old classics every now and then. CEREMONIAL OATH is a band with a long and streaky history with several line-up changes in a short period of time and some (nowadays) prominent members over the years of their […]
The last recording we got from REVEREND, the band David Wayne founded after he left METAL CHURCH back at the end of the 80s and did some splendid releases with, before taking a new stint in METAL CHURCH, before doing this last EP with REVEREND, before releasing a couple of albums under the moniker WAYNE, […]
I guess that naming a band after one of the band members is not a strange thing in Rock…VAN HALEN (R.I.P. master Eddie) DOKKEN, OZZY, DIO… but in extreme Metal it is not something you see that often. Well, Swedish Death Metal maestro Rogga Johansson has already a band with his name and Death Metal […]
When a band has had some members playing since 1993, there is a good chance they are in for something good. This, their debut EP, contains 5 songs of some of the most dreamy, ethereal forms of Death / Black / Doom Metal that is dwelling nowadays. The guitar sound is just so good and […]
TIAMAT actually recorded the album “Sumerian Cry” as TREBLINKA. But when it was time to release it, they were told that there already was another band with the same name. So, in the fall of 1989, TREBLINKA became TIAMAT. And, besides evolution in sound, their debut release “Sumerian Cry” initiated many things first. “Sumerian Cry” […]
Sweden’s Death Metallers FURNACE have returned with their sophomore effort and only months after their debut album was issued. I’m not sure on the full back story but either way these guys sure have been putting in the work to crank out 2 albums about 3 months apart. The band plays an interesting style of […]
“King Of All Demons” is the second EP released by the international all-star satanic band TRIBE OF PAZUZU. It contains five songs for almost 18 minutes of ultra professional blackened Death Metal in the vein of BEHEMOTH. TRIBE OF PAZUZU is formed by Nick Sagias on bass and vocals, Flo Mounier from CRYPTOPSY on drums, […]
When I think of the Dutch Metal scene the first thing that comes to my mind is phenomenal Death Metal and Death / Doom. However, there is also an extremely creative and experimental side of the Dutch scene that is acknowledged but seldom discussed. Jumping right in, CELESTIAL SEASON are a seasoned Death / Doom […]
ASPHYXIATOR from Birmingham, UK was active between 1993-1998. In 1997 they released their debut and only official full-length “Trapped Between Two Worlds”. Without any further growing up, the band split up just after that. Time marched on and in 2020 “Trapped Between Two Worlds” aged 23 years old. The almost inevitable was happening and ASPHYXIATOR […]
ACROSTICHON is another chapter in the book of forgotten jewels. Formed in 1989 and after releasing some demo tapes, (split) EPs and a live recording the band from the Netherlands finally put out their debut full-length in 1993. “Engraved In Black” is a masterpiece of brutal Death Metal with a heavy drift towards Doom Metal. […]