MAJESTIC MASS are hailing from Denmark and were totally unknown to me so far. Their debut release "Savage Empire Of Death" gets opened by a promising keyboard intro with spoken passages and already spreads a pretty darkened atmosphere. ‘Clandestine Supremacy’ sounds like a demo track from the early 80s. Their style can be described as […]
After all these years of being immersed into Metal, I have created my own expectations of bands based on different characteristics. One of them being the country where bands are from. I think that based on this and the sub-genre the band plays, I can expect a certain sound. France, for example, has some of […]
This is the debut demo of this young band from France, formed back in 2017, and they have created in just 12 minutes some of the most extreme and intense Death / Grind which recalls the heavy weights of the genre like NAUSEA, TERRORIZER and NAPALM DEATH at their best days. They also have a […]
As the flow of new releases continues this time it is upon DISOWNING to prove whether we have a superfluous output or a sustainable debut. A clear advantage is the cover, drawn by the well known Rémy C. of Headsplit Design (amongst others KREATOR, CRYPTOPSY, LOCK UP, SIX FEET UNDER). By watching this visual realization […]
ob-tuh-reyt – ‘to stop up; close’. OBTURATE members – Phobos (who plays all instruments and provides vocals)… Everything seems simple and straight to the point. And maybe that’s what we need in our Death Metal. Because, in all honesty, we really just want to rock out and let off some steam. And "The Bleeding Mask […]
Four Spanish bands have teamed up to create this bastard of a split album, showcasing darkness and evil in different forms and soundscapes. JUDASWIEGE is starting the party with four tracks of dark medieval Black Metal painted by Scandinavian Black Metal with a dark and chaotic twist to it. Together with a little fondness of […]
The line-up for Sweden’s FIRESPAWN sounds like a Metal Hall of Fame inductee list. You’ve got ENTOMBED A.D.’s L-G Petrov on vocals, ex – ENTOMBED A.D.’s Victor Brandt on guitars, UNLEASHED guitarist Fredrick Folkare, NECROPHOBIC’s Alex Friberg on bass and Matte Modin (also from NECROPHOBIC) on drums. This seems like a sure-fire winner to deliver […]
SPIRIT ADRIFT is a band that is constantly evolving. Founded in 2015 by Nathan Garrett in Phoenix, Arizona as a Doom Metal band, they now have fully blossomed into a Heavy Metal band machine. Both 2016’s “Chained To Oblivion” and 2017’s “Curse Of Conception” being fundamentally different from each other in terms of both mood […]
A very pleasant surprise since we cover mainly the more extreme genres and therefore I was expecting a Black Metal album. But with their second album LUNAR SHADOW from Germany lean more towards traditional Hard Rock / Heavy Metal. After a piano intro a melodic riff catches the listener, the pace speeds up and a […]
It was early last year that I had the joy to tell you about the first EP from WECKÖRHEAD, a German band that only exists to pay a fine tribute to the gods of all Rock’n’Roll: MOTÖRHEAD! Their “Für Lemmy” EP really made me grin and still does, the idea of playing Lemmy’s songs with […]