ÔROS KAÙ from Belgium grab a rusty bucket full of black oozing tar and demon’s blood (plus some drops of liquorice schnaps for the taste) and empty it over your head. Bam! And before you even realize where that life-denying stuff came from somebody lights up a match and you are burning like a dove […]
In such a time of perilous dread and dismay, it may sound like a fascinating coincidence that BLACK CURSE released their debut full-length “Endless Wound”, but in reality it has been over five years in the making and the band itself has taken on different forms over the years. MALIBLIS was the initial version of […]
Australia’s CAULDRON BLACK RAM have been around since 1996, though with only four full-lengths. Featuring members of MOURNFUL CONGREGATION who’ve been around even slightly longer, CAULDRON BLACK RAM are sort of all over the place in their music. There’s a little Death, a little Black, a little Doom and a little Freeform in places. Trying […]
Iceland seems to evolve to another creative force in the international Black Metal scene. Totally unknown to me, ÁRSTÍÐIR LÍFSINS already unleashes their fifth album. Starting with a long, stringed intro with waterfalls, birds and spoken passages the band immediately caught me into their world and calmed me down from the current problems and fears. […]
Latvia’s DRUUN are a rare breed. There’s a little bit of everything in their first full-length, “Velu Laiks”… Ancient Folk, Doom, Death, flutes, atmosphere and a little Viking mixed in. You may not bang your head while listening to DRUUN. You may not pummel an innocent bystander near the mosh-pit. You may not destroy the […]
From Latvia with bitterness, EREMOS creeps into nothing upon cold concrete in a four-wall prison. “The Glass Mind Of A Recluse” is the appropriate name for 7 cuts straight to the skin with a sterile razor under a mixture of Black and Doom Metal along with modern nuances and a production that resembles of SEPTIC […]
Pure Heavy Metal is what Tasmanian ROAD WARRIOR delivers. The band first caught my eye, as two members also roam in the splendid Australian thrashy Black / Death Metal outfit CAULDRON BLACK RAM, and quite a heap of other great acts from down under. “Mach II” is the band’s second effort, we had the first […]
“Termination Shock” is TRAVELER’s second album. First off, I was expecting some great quality Metal, since the band hails from Canada. And this country has had a long running history of great bands, no matter if it is Death or Thrash or Progressive or any other kind of Metal. And luckily I was not disappointed […]
I had already been very much impressed with SÖLICITÖR’s 2019 EP, and this debut album doesn’t disappoint in the least. This is Heavy Metal on speed, totally embedded in the musical values of the old killer bands of the eighties. I listen to the chorus of songs like ‘Heartbreaker’ or the speedfest ‘Specters Of War’ […]
Epic Metal is on the rise again, both newly bands like ATLANTEAN CODEX and even fore-fathers like CIRITH UNGOL provide joy and stimulate the phantasy of the listeners. In addition I have read the name MANILLA ROAD as source of inspiration for new bands and releases over and over again. This time Cruz Del Sur […]