German DOOMENTOR is a quite strange size, a raging display of madness displayed within forms of Epic Doom Metal, Death / Doom, Heavy Metal and Black Metal, atmospheric dark pieces of melancholy, coldness and evil. I bumped into the band, when they released their second album “Opus Diabolie” in 2018, which is a more direct […]
When it comes to Black Metal in general, I think that the sub genre is more or less exhausted. That’s why I keep coming back to the same albums every time to get my fix. But from time to time, there comes an album that changes your perspective of a certain type of music. In […]
Oslo’s SVARTTJERN (consisting of members of CARPATHIAN FOREST and the ex – vocalist of RAGNAROK) have pretty consistently been active as musicians for quite a while now. Five albums in the past eleven years isn’t bad for multi-band members. Yet the quality doesn’t suffer. If you’re familiar with SVARTTJERN, then you know what to expect… […]
Three years active and still no entry in the Encyclopedia Metallum aka Metal Archives? Someone should definitely work on that topic, since “As Fear Falls In” is a strong debut by ABISME, hailing from Barcelona, Spain. The band’s name is of Catalan origin and means hell or abyss. Everything is done self-financed, from cover artwork […]
Some of the blasphemous malefactors of Brazil’s SODOMIZER, including German guitar player Max the Nekromancer, joined forces with MORGOTH’s drummer Marc “Speedy” Reign in SATAN WORSHIP, a dirty Black Thrash’n’Roll beast. The band was formed back in 2011 by Leatherface, who shortly after moved from Brazil and currently lives in Berlin. After one demo and […]
FLESHCRAWL is one of Germany’s oldest Death Metal bands and I am pretty sure they need no further introduction here. Active since nearly three decades now, the Bavarian horde is returning with their nineth full-length. The opener and title track ‘ Into The Catacombs Of Flesh’ delivers all trademarks the band is known for. Solid […]
In the uprising French Metal scene of today, a group like MONOLITHE from Paris is a kind of a veteran band by now. Nearly 20 years on the scene, the Doom Metal six-piece already released their eighth album lately. Yet they still are far from being a big name or at least a band of […]
Thankfully the debut by SONS OF A WANTED MAN is released by the long-familiar label Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions, so the trio has a good basis to get the attention an album like “Kenoma” deserves. Traveling the paths of Post Black Metal, the band is following the steps of SATYRICON, ENSLAVED and many other […]
Grindcore, Deathgrind, Goregrind. I’ve been following this particular sub-genre for the past decade and it never ceases to amaze me how many excellent and unique bands seem to emerge from every corner of our civilization. Taking the clues from household names like NAPLAM DEATH, BRUTAL TRUTH, TERRORIZER, this power-violence genre gives birth to many hidden […]
You press play and from the very beginning it is evident what to expect from the third album of Chilean Death Metal behemoth MELEKTAUS, namely unrelenting violence track after track. Totally direct and to the point, no concessions are made in MELEKTAUS’ artillery. Founded upon the forefathers of the genre, they create an exquisite mix […]