Before the well-known NIGHTRAGE, Marios Iliopoulos made his first serious musical steps with his first band EXHUMATION. The band started in 1990 with some rough Death Metal tunes before they moved into the melodic Death Metal direction in the mid 90s. Heavily inspired by the Gothenburg styled Death Metal, the band released their debut in […]
Here we have a pretty interesting re-issue of two obscure demo tapes from Belgium. Responsible for this CD collection is the Dutch label Vic Records, that brings the early works of CHEMICAL BREATH back to life. Well, if you’ve never heard about these Belgian guys, I’m not surprised, because, despite having released a killer full-length […]
Once upon a time in Belgium, a bunch of young dudes had a lot of fun writing and recording a couple of demos and a couple of full-length albums, before calling it quits. The band was CHEMICAL BREATH and they released the two albums "Fatal Exposure" and "Values" on the now defunct Crypta Records. Two […]
Bardo is a Buddhist term for the transitional state between death and rebirth, so it really does not come as a surprise that BARDO METHODOLOGY, the zine, dwells in these dark realms. What has started as a website / blog in 2016 has turned into one of the finest print zines a year later – […]
The newest issue of BARDO METHODOLOGY continues the tradition of amazing interviews with more or less amazing artists. Personally, I can easily do without the pompous bullshit of PHURPA and I have never given a shit about WINTERFYLLETH, W.A.I.L. or LYCHGATE, but hey, that’s just me… and if there is one thing that even the […]
With CROM DUBH, we have a long running (since 2003) band from the UK that, despite their long presence in the scene, has a quite overseeable discography. Two demos, an EP and the album “Heimweh” from 2015, all of them up to now unknown to me. Now, four years later, the second album “Firebrands And […]
This excellent offering is the scorched and tarnished debut album of a French band called BLACKOWL, whose prior releases are only a demo and a split 10". It is not immediately easy to define their sound… Black Thrash Metal is, I guess, the generic label we might adopt, but they have a particular sound, with […]
Finally, after 27 long years from their first demo release, ASTAROTH releases their first compilation of earlier releases without a studio album in between. It’s a shame it took this long. However, Metalheads finally get to experience the old school Death Metal that dates back to the early days of the genre. ASTAROTH, not to […]
This is the third offering by Netherland’s Thrash act SACROSANCT before splitting up in the first half of the 90s. This edition has been remastered and re-released by Vic Records, good news, since has been out of print for many years. If you’re not familiar with this act it is good for you to know […]
It’s 1986 all over again! Formed in 2012, fierce thrashin’ maniacs BLOODLUST have arrived to unleash their first full-length album right after one self-released tape EP, one tape split and a 4-way split CD. The trio hails from Medellìn, Colombia, but their spirit is firmly rooted in classic teutonic Thrash Metal. You can definitely sense […]