Austria my dear! From the dark past of one of this contemptible planet’s most artistically distinguished countries comes an old band whose delicate moniker should be no stranger to any 90s subterranean Death Metal devotee. The band formed within Vienna’s charming coils in 1991 and only released one demo and a full-length album (“Incessant Desire […]
In the magnificent roster of Ván Records, SALIGIA is one of the bands that has always flown below radar level. I never understood why, because their output up to now is pretty brilliant and rather unique. The albums “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi”, released in 2011, and “Fønix” from 2015, as well as the appetizing mini […]
It’s rain time for your inner speaker! THE RIVER’s third full-length creation sounds pretty disconsolate, yet it manages to open up its emotional windows, so to say, in ways you might not expect. The heavy riffs are sludgy enough to make me think of a romantic version of NEUROSIS, whereas the vocals are of a […]
During 2015, Japanese Death Metal legends DEFILED performed live at Metal Barbarism II fest, organized by Primitive Invocation (Bangladesh) and at that time, I had the privilege to witness their ruthless assault from few inch distance, which also made me excited about future Death Metal acts growing in hidden depths inside the Land Of The […]
MURDERWORKER are a Death Metal band from Spain and this is just an EP made for opening way to their second full-length album (already in preparation), and it features three tracks, one of them an instrumental. The EP itself looks quite nice, with a digipak cover and a vinyl imitation CD, and suitable horror artwork. […]
This Mexican horde delivers good old school thrasning Metal from back when it was a rancid crossover of Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Hardcore and sheer brutality. The band has been around since 1999 and this is their fourth full-length, and from the bits and pieces I remember from the past, the band never really has […]
God, I love a band that consistently releases new material. Since 2012, Germany’s REVEL IN FLESH have written and recorded five albums. In this day and age with ever-rotating members or dealing with what’s considered “real” jobs (as if writing / recording and touring isn’t difficult enough), Metal bands these days sometimes take a little […]
German warriors SCALPTURE will soon return with their second full-length “Eisenzeit” via F.D.A. Records. The title of the first track pretty much nails it. ‘The Storm’ is a real little storm unleashed in the filthy area of North-Rhine Westphalia. Good old school Death Metal with a pretty good doze of GRAVE and BOLT THROWER enriched […]
Hungary is mainly known for the legendary TORMENTOR, but bands like POKOLGÉP (Heavy / Speed Metal legends), OSSIAN, SEAR BLISS, MORBID CARNAGE, AGE OF AGONY and TYMAH are also Hungarian and proof of their deep existence in the underworld. Continuing the tradition, WITCHER started their journey in 2010 and till now released some demos and […]
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! I can’t think of a better way to start a whole new project than releasing a full-length album of such majestic and unadulterated brutality. UMBRA CONSCIENTIA from Costa Rica / Germany features members of DYSANGELIUM, CORPSE GARDEN and more and they have only been active for a couple […]