A ceremony of opposites: while MELECHESH just got signed to commercial powerhouse Nuclear Blast, Proscriptor McGovern of ABSU re-releases one of their first offerings, the "Siege Of Lachish" 7-inch on his very own Tarot label in a limited edition of 300 copies. The title track was also used in a refined version on their monumental […]
When I spent some time in the US, I was the only one who didn’t get this CD at a record store in Columbus, Ohio for free, but as I knew that my companions wouldn’t like this sound, I didn’t have to ask the shop keeper for a copy… Well, what can I say? ACHERON […]
The fact that the only ACHERON CD in my personal collection is their "Compendium Diablerie" demo compilation should already speak for itself… I very much like the raw musical attitude they had in those early days, especially when Mike Smith (of SATHANAS) still used to be their frontman. Unfortunately mainman Vincent Crowley went on to […]
So, here we are – the long-awaited ACHERON double compilation CD is out eventually. It has them all – all the hits: ‘Slaughterization For Satan’ (cult title), ‘Blessed By Damnation’, ‘One With Darkness’, ‘Lifeforce’… The latter going back to the “Those Who Have Risen” phase of the band, which I prefer as a matter of […]
TYTAN was formed back in 1981 by ANGEL WITCH bassist Kevin Riddles and were on a roll with a quite strong line-up, a recorded album and a record deal – when the band disbanded after merely two years of existence. The EP "Blind Men & Fools" did see the light of day, though the full-length […]
Vic Records not only re-released the debut "The Callous Concept" (review can be found here) by OBTRUNCATION but also the band’s two demos "Sanctum Disruption" and "Sphere Of Rotting", recorded 1991 respectively 1992. The first demo is, as with many other bands, more aggressive, raw and a little bit clumsy. Riff, blast beat, riff, solo, […]
Five years after the last demo OBTRUNCATION released their debut. Obviously the guys from the Netherlands tried not to sound like a plain standard Death Metal band, but they failed. The albums is burdened by good intentions, leaving the listener more than once dazzled and confused. "The Callous Concept" starts with blast beating Death Metal […]
22 years after its original release, MELECHESH’s debut has been remastered and reissued (yes, once again), but this time by Vic Records, the very industrious label owned by veteran Metalhead Roel van Reijmersdal (of the Dutch Mortician / Numskull magazine fame, for those of you that may have lived the glorious printed ‘zines era) that […]
HEXX are so to speak a very underrated American Heavy Metal Band which is actually a sad thing when checking out their catalogue and its quality. Coming from the Bay Area, but somehow never sounding like a Bay Area band, HEXX managed to create their own brand of high energy US Metal and later on […]
A few days ago Vincent Crowley announced the last two shows of his creature, ACHERON, after 30 years of a honorable career. He founded the band in 1988 and it will be officially over in September 2018. The bad news never end: this is the first thing I thought of, when I read Crowley’s statement […]