First I need to say that Mr. H.P Lovecraft is doubtlessly one of mankind’s great writers and master of literary pictures of horror and obscure. So of course it wasn’t too hard for a big part of the Metal community to adopt his ideas and stories, and make it their own. Maybe because of sheer […]
Here we have the second full-length album of the Norwegian band WHOREDOM RIFE from Trondheim. They describe their sound as True Norwegian Black Metal and, yes, they’re telling the truth. This is basically a two-member band of icy Norwegian Black Metal with a modern and polished production. V.Einride handles all instruments, whereas K.R. is the […]
With MISOTHEIST, we have a new band that leaves their listeners in absolute ignorance about their backgrounds. The only thing known about them is the fact that they are from Trondheim in Norway. So they let the music do all of the talking. And this music is damn fine Black Metal with all the anger, […]
Do not be fooled by the band’s name, CNTMPT are hailing from Leipzig, Germany and not from Russia. Furthermore I am not quite sure whether it is an abbreviation with the vowels missing or Cyrillic script (I would vote for the first option – Frank). But what is better fitting for a Black Metal band […]
AFFLICTION GATE from France haven’t crossed my path until their farewell release "Last Night Wandering". The guys started already back in 2006 and released one full-length album and four EPs including this one. The opening track ‘Tanglemoor‘ offers solid old school Death Metal somewhere between BOLT THROWER and the doomy Dutch league like BEYOND BELIEF. […]
Epic Doom Metal is one of the genres that we don’t see too many new releases within these days, if we ever had. Though it is also a quite tough niche to manuever, as the bands that created it, more or less mastered it from the very beginning. First we had the masters of epic […]
EVILFEAST… For years I’ve wondered what an evil feast actually is. Maybe it’s not for me to know. What I DO know is this… Poland’s one-man band from the mind and talent of GrimSpirit introduced his first album into the world in 2004 with "Mysteries Of The Nocturnal Forest". With the title alone, you sort […]
Like the Black Metal bands in Scandinavia, Quebec based outfit CANTIQUE LÉPREUX is inspired by nature, its beauty and wilderness, the album title means “polar landscapes”. So I guess it is understandable that the outcome is pretty much the same, although the Canadian forests, mountains and snow-covered landscapes possess their own character and charms. “Paysages […]
Ritualistic, sombre, monolithic… Yes! There’s just something about tremolo picked riffs that consist of a relatively few notes. Not much to hide behind, nothing left open to interpretation – either you pull it off or you don’t. Pull what off? Songwriting I guess. It’s good or it isn’t. And you have to make it interesting […]
DUNGEÖNHAMMER formed back in 2009 and they are one of those unique acts which consist of members from parts apart. The band is a two piece consisting of Frenchman Elio Cogo on guitars and vocals and Dutchman Rene Aquarius, who takes care of the drumming. In the beginning, they released two split and 7″ singles […]