It’s no secret that things happen between recordings and the release of an album. Also it’s nothing new that albums often don’t turn out the way they were planned to sound or look like. Remember a pink MARDUK logo or DARK FUNERAL’s first full-length, which had to be re-recorded back then. IN AETERNUM had all […]
The Berlin based DEHUMAN REIGN are not really known as a releasing machine. An EP (“Destructive Intent”, 2013) and a full-length album (“Ascending From Below”, 2016) grace the overseeable discography of the band. Yet, despite they make themselves a little scarce, DEHUMAN REIGN always unleash finest stuff once they put out a new record. The […]
Formed in Colombia in 2013, this is the second full-length of this hellish trio of pure war, mayhem and evilness in a Black / Death Metal style that shares a lot with bands like VENOM, BLASPHEMY, DEICIDE, mid-era DARKTHRONE and IMPETIGO to name a few. Sometimes they are close to what people call War Metal, […]
Aggressive downtuned Hardcore married with Death, Doom and destruction! Take WINTER, throw in a good deal of “In Battle There Is No Law” era BOLT THROWER grinding Death Metal together with a punkish and a rancid Hardcore attitude, throw in some “Fuck yous” and tune it all down a bit, then you have TERMINAL NATION. […]
Cadaver (aka Jose Miguel Quintero) has been very active in Panama, his homeland, for some years now. Actually he is the drummer for CHRIST SNACKS and TUMBA and has also played for EQUINOXIO, ABERRANTE and other bands. Eventually, he wanted to portray his own musical vision and thus ABATUAR was born in 2013. You can […]
ENTARTUNG from Germany are already active since nearly a decade now and return with full-length number four entitled “Maleficae Artes” via Dunkelheit Produktionen. The opener ‘Tower Of Silence‘ immediately takes the listener back to the early 90s as the track is pretty much influenced by the ancient Norwegian scene. While in the 90s all was […]
Great news from Tampa: the mighty DIABOLIC are back and delight us with one of their best efforts in their 24-year career. After a ten years hiatus this legendary Death Metal band from Florida is back with two quarters of the original UNHOLY GHOST line-up (Aantar Lee Coates behind the drum kit and Paul Ouellette […]
My maiden exposure to DIABOLIC happened accidentally, when I was hooked by the classic Joe Petagno cover art of “Supreme Evil” (1998), and after being exposed to the whole record, I was awe-stricken by its intense shape shifting guitar wizardry, superlative crafty drumming and insidious dark atmosphere and thought, this criminally underrated gem, must have […]
I was blasted away, when I laid ears upon DIABOLIC’s debut full-length “Supreme Evil” released by Metal Age Recordings in 1998. The superb mix of high fuelled and intense blasting Death Metal, Black Metal riffing and atmospheres caught right on. I wasn’t that impressed when I heard their demo “City Of The Dead” a year […]
Next to Stockholm, Sweden (which doubtlessly gave birth to countless incredible bands in the 90s), the Tampa, Florida area used to be another melting pot for excellent Death Metal. And DIABOLIC was one of the bands that always delivered fantastic releases. From their 1997 debut demo “City Of The Dead” (which has been re-released a […]