TRISTWOOD have been terrorizing their home country Austria for 19 years already with their fast and blasting amalgam of Black Metal, Death Metal, Grind and a slight dose of industrialized sounds and samples. They will be releasing their seventh release at the end of this month entitled “Blackcrowned Majesty” but what blasts out of my […]
A strange phenomena occurred while I listened to “Matecznik”. The feeling of knowing this album for a long time, the feeling of a Déjà-vu, the feeling of listening to an album of a well-known band just without having the band’s name in mind. As you see, there is nothing new or surprising on the debut […]
With only a prior EP to their name (and a good EP at that), Kentucky’s ROTTING KINGDOM have released their first full-length entitled “A Deeper Shade Of Sorrow”. In a world that’s quickly being populated by Death / Doom bands, you’ve gotta make sure you stand on your own. And ROTTING KINGDOM does just that. […]
Ever since the early 1990s, the Black Metal underground was a cauldron for tons of bands and projects. Especially Eastern Europe seemed to be a seminary of vice, giving birth to many, often not really impressing acts. One of those many acts is the pretty new Polish duo WILCZYCA, their name translating as “She-Wolf”. Just […]
Eugene Kohl / Tsorn / Gnev must be the king of one man bands, as he has quite a lot of bands under his belt, where he is handling everything himself. I don’t recall having used a lot of time listening to any of them, when I scroll through the list, though that might change […]
Godz Ov War Productions, is an independent label dedicated to extreme music from the depths of the underground. And this Polish label always stayed true to this statement by continuously bringing forth numerous releases out of nowhere – like swarming flies bursts out of hidden cracks of a cave. SUMMON is no difference, although it’s […]
HORRID is one of the longest running Metal bands in Italy. And “As We Forget Our Past” is their sixth full-length release. And a really fine one, I might add. The interesting fact here is that this album has new versions of songs off their previous albums. And they were all re-recorded by the actual […]
This Peruvian three piece act was not on my radar. Hailing from the wonderful Lima, PUTRID is a Thrash / Death / Black Metal band composed by Evil Avatar on guitars and vocals, Drum Major of War on drums and Sacrificer on bass guitar. They have just released their second full-length under Poland’s Godz Ov […]
Get ready for some really dark, pretty perverted and slightly chaotic Death Metal from GOATBLOOD. The three piece from the North Rhine area of Germany is around since 2011 and has been pretty busy since their formation. Three demos, two EPs, some split releases and two full-length albums already grace their discography, none of them […]
The last song is titled ‘Your Existence Is a Joke’ and unintentionally CHAOS CASCADE anticipated my opinion about this release. “Son Of The Void (Chapter I & II)” is a joke. But let’s tackle things one at a time. CHAOS CASCADE is a one-man band, run by DLS666 (Oliver Roder), who is also part of […]