MASTER’S HAMMER, a band known for its own blend of first wave Black Metal, has released last year an album that could be described as a blend of Industrial, Darkwave and maybe Disco which is a term the band uses to describe this album. They also use the Post-Metal descriptor, but depriving it of its […]
Back in 1987, Thrash Metal was at its peak all over the globe. And although the subgenre had its similar characteristics, it seemed every band putting out records had a different sound. And in between this huge wave of new bands, MEKONG DELTA went one step further. For me, their debut album was criminally underrated. […]
Once again, I need to take you back in time. It was the year 1984 when I stumbled over a cheap priced compilation LP in one of my local record shops that I immediately bought to discover some new bands. The title was “Scandinavian Metal Attack”, the cover graced by a painting Swedish artist Mårten […]
From the vaults, High Roller Records have put together a compilation of raw-sounding ASSASSIN songs, some originally intended for the “Interstellar Experience” album, others recorded at band rehearsals and a live show in Lambsheim, Germany, in 1987. These songs perfectly capture the energy of one of Germany’s finest Thrash bands of the 1980s, and one […]
Obscure. An obscure bass. What better way to introduce oneself to the world than with a bass that gallops towards the darkness in its opening notes. Because that is how the first track of this debut EP by the Germans INFERNAL PRESENCE, titled “Fiery Paths”, begins: with an obscure bass that grows and evolves into […]
OZ is a traditional Metal band from Finland. “Fire In The Brain” is their second album, which originally was released in 1983 on Tyfon Grammofon (and Combat Records in the US). OZ plays traditional Heavy Metal and their music is pretty straight forward. ‘Fortune’ has a cool passage around the guitar solo which makes it […]
This is the first time that I listen to this band and I couldn’t find any information on them other than their Visceral Circuitry Records label. But PEASANT GOD’s music is very heavy with guttural vocals. It’s kind of Sludge-ish. I think this is the type of music that a serial killer would listen to […]
There are bands that never disappointed me through the years. SLAUGHTERDAY is one of them. Over a span of nearly ten years, they released four damn fine albums and two and a half either great EPs. These releases showed us a band that stayed true to their roots in the old school of doomy and […]
“Death Saturnalia” is the second album from this Slovenian band of furious Death / Black Metal, which has a strong connection with early MORBID ANGEL, a few NIFELHEIM and EMPEROR touches, and to add fire to the mix some early SEPULTURA as well. The final result is a very good album with many memorable riffs, […]
IN AETERNUM was originally founded in 1992 under the name BEHEMOTH. They didn’t release their first album until 1999 and were part of the first wave of Swedish Death / Black Metal bands that, alongside bands like DISSECTION, DAWN or MÖRK GRYNING, created a very specific form of Metal of Death. With elements from melodic […]