Originally released by Macabre End Productions as a 4 way split tape this year, Death In Pieces Records now took over duties for a CD version of this compilation of rotten Death Metal. The title “Into The Bottomless Pit” says it all but nevertheless let’s have a closer look. What irritated me is the fact […]
When you get your band name from a fictional Lovecraft book mentioned in a short story by Robert E. Howard, that’s simply some cool shit. And the band itself, UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN, is even more cool. In a genre where the music tends to mimic the music that has come before, this Death Metal band is […]
After some demos, singles and EPs, Germany’s blackened Speed Metal duo DIABOLIC NIGHT now comes across with its first full-length record, out via High Roller Records entitled “Beyond The Realm”. The title itself is a little bit misleading as the band doesn’t really manage to reach beyond any realm at all. Don’t get me wrong […]
The Swedes from RIMFROST are around for quite a while now, having released three albums, two EPs and two demos since their foundation in 2002. Yet they never really crossed my path before. And listening to their newest, fourth full-length album “Expedition: Darkness”, I had mixed emotions in the beginning. On the one hand I […]
2019 is a great year Doom wise, with FVNERAL FVKK and URZA dropping quality platters of mope and solitude on our collective shoulders. Now comes Spanish SUN OF THE DYING‘s new opus de emotionale, ‘The Earth Is Silent’. The opener ‘A Dying Light’ is a great start, leveraging Eduardo Guillo’s deep, resonant death roars over […]
Be aware of this dual attack from the true thrashing monsters of Chernobyl, even though PRIPJAT hails from Germany and HELL:ON from the shores of the Sea of Azov in the Ukraine, quite far away from Prypjat, the city near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Both bands are delivering thrashing Metal, and have joined forces […]
“Cadaver Circulation” is the third full-length album from the Finnish Death Metal band KRYPTS, recently released by the American label Dark Descent Records. Six long songs for almost 37 minutes of sonic obscurity that follows perfectly the style of their previous releases. A very cryptic and dark form of Death Metal that has made these […]
As the year 2019 draws to a close, GS Productions surprises with a little gem from the past. STARSEED, based in Germany, only released one EP in their career back in 1997. At that time in Germany Helmut Kohl still was chancellor, we used to pay with Deutsche Mark, Lady Diana was killed in a […]
Four years after their debut, CRYPT SERMON from Philadelphia return with their second opus “The Ruins Of Fading Light”. The listener gets offered seven tracks of massive, epic Doom Metal which gets enriched by three interludes. To be honest, I have never been a fan of CANDLEMASS but these guys sound like a quicker version […]
SEMPITERNAL DUSK’s second record “Cenotaph Of Defectuous Creation” is out since August of this year but finally made it into the realm of Voices From The Darkside. Portland’s very own Doom / Death trio put together almost 37min of wicked riffs and deadly growls to torture and maim whatever crosses their path. The record itself […]