“Masterpace” is the title of the second studio album from the Serbian band KOBOLD, Thrash Metal from the Balkans, published by the Mexican label Iron, Blood And Death Corporation. I am honestly not very aware of the Thrash scene of that country. Initially they were called LETHALIK and later in 2015, they went on to […]
Russia’s BLACK GOAT, since 1999, have released shitloads upon shitloads of demos, EPs, splits, compilations and full-lengths. Although there was a nine-year gap between 99’s “Black Goat” demo and 08’s “DCLXVI” demo, the band haven’t missed a year since. And we, as Metal fans, definitely appreciate that. IX (guitars, bass, vocals) and Daniel Holocaust (drums) […]
Slovakia is up to now not that well known as a land of Metal. Despite having a quite vivid underground scene, there are no bands that come to mind in an instant. The quartet AIN from Nitra might change that, at least for those who dig really good Black Metal of the Norwegian school. Started […]
DEATHWINTER is an Australian Black Metal one man band led by mastermind Scornwraith. “Veneration Ov The Non Cosmic Diabolos” is their sophomore album, released by the Mexican label Nekromantra Records. In this recording, Scornwraith took care of the guitars and vocals with session members Maelstrom on drums and Rancid Flesh on bass. DEATHWNTER falls into […]
Despite the fact that the name CATALYST was used before (not only in the Metal scene), four guys from Metz in France decided to choose that moniker for their band in 2016. The year of their formation already saw their first digital release, an EP called “Dawn Of A Dreadful Fate”. It took CATALYST nearly […]
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is responsible for the maximal playing time of a Compact Disc. When it was invented the wife of Sony’s vice president thought it was good idea to establish a format which could host this fine piece of music and therefore the diameter was determined to 12 centimeters. Honestly I do not know […]
ARVAS from Norway were unknown to me so far even though their history goes back to 1993 (active as ÖRTH before) and have already released four full-length albums. “Equanimity”, album number five, starts with a well-done intro ‘Andante Noir’, with medieval spoken passages and whispers and well done keyboards before. ‘Thoughts In Despair’ is a […]
What if dinosaurs were actually obese, HM2-shaped beings from the firey pits of hell? GRAVERED greet us with this somewhat outlandish question without answer. Santiago, Chile is where these five Death Metal violators operate and “Cult To…” is yet another piece of flesh in their rancid human puzzle. I jumped on my chair when I […]
Back in the 80s, when I was still heavily trading tapes, BLIND ILLUSION was a band that really impressed me a lot! Their demos “Blood Shower” and “Slow Death”, as well as their 1988 debut full-length “The Sane Asylum”, are still among my alltime faves today when it comes to bands from the Bay Area. […]
REFUSAL, sounds like a punkish Hardcore outfit from the suburbs, but the initial shock was to know that they are a crusty old school Death Metal band with a fleshy blend of Grindcore, spawned from Helsinki, back in 2008. They went through several line-up changes over the years but amid that managed to release seven […]