I have been two times in Lima, the Peruvian beautiful capital city. The first time I almost lost my flight back to Chile. The second time it was impossible for me to be on time at the airport… HELL TREPANNER is another killer underground Death Metal act coming from Lima. “Macabre Smell Of Rot” is […]
The band name for Germany’s NEW WORLD DEPRESSION is a little misleading. Instead of a melancholic, downbeat array of songs, the band plays upbeat Death Metal in a similar vein as ENTRAILS. But if Metal fans don’t attempt to categorize the band from their name alone, their fourth studio album “Descent” should please most audiences. […]
Founded in 2017 and after a demo tape in 2018 and an EP in 2019, Polish outfit HAUNTED CENOTAPH has released their debut album, “Abbysal Menace”. Sincerely I was expecting some overproduced Death / Black Metal, since a lot of Polish bands have been following BEHEMOTH’s example for the last decade or so. Luckily, this […]
NECROCARNATION are an Argentinian / German blackened Death Metal band and “Fragments Of Dark Eternity” is their debut EP. After a rather ominous intro, we get three songs of doomy, ugly, bestial Death Metal that sound as if a blackened tar has been poured over them and left to rot. The songs are grim and […]
In 2019, the Canadian PANZERFAUST started something that took many exposed by surprise. “The Suns Of Perdition – Chapter I: War, Horrid War” was the first chapter of their pronounced tetralogy. Just after one year, now they are back with the second part in this saga. And it seems they continue exactly where they left […]
UADA finally return with album number three. The two predecessors were received pretty well in the underground and extensive touring granted the band the attention they deserve. Their debut really was on heavy rotation for a year in my player. Same goes for the second album, even though it was a reproduction of their debut, […]
Although I have no exact number, there must be around more than 20 bands with the moniker TORMENT. Having in mind that this certain TORMENT was founded in 2017 and “Occult” (another Death Metal catch phrase) is the first album the choice of names remains uninspired and uninteresting. And, in conclusion, the same can be […]
These young Swedes have a very promising future ahead of them if this SARCATOR debut album is anything to go by. I am reminded a lot of fellow Swedes HYPNOSIA in places, but also bands such as THE CROWN, MERCILESS, KREATOR, DARK ANGEL and riffwise even a more aggressive blackened version of classic FORBIDDEN. Absolutely […]
It might be just a coincidence, but I was talking to some of my friends some weeks ago about the French Death Metal scene and how many bands, past or present, could we remember from that country. And to my surprise, the number was not that high and the usual names came up instantly: MUTILATED, […]
EVOKED? EVOKEN? No, this time it is EVOKE from Norway terrorizing the audience. Of course terrorizing in a way some kind of music was meant to be. Fast played guitars, hard hitting drums and aggressive vocals – the unholy trinity of Thrash Metal. In 2016 the trio released one track in digital format (‘Souls Of […]