Did the lost island of Atlantis sink under the waves with its inhabitants having ired the gods? Did its scientists wipe themselves from existence having experimented with long-lost technology, or is the loss simply an allegory to warn the Greeks of the dangers of arrogance and complacency? TOWARDS ATLANTIS LIGHTS, a project led by Ivan […]
The first time I read the name of this Black Metal act I thought this was pure Death Metal. Well, I was wrong. As you can see this is my first approach to GREYTOMB, an Australian atmospheric / Black Metal entity that is composed of four guys. After one demo, a full-length entitled “A Perpetual […]
Sometimes there’s simply nothing better than listening to some raw, old school recordings. And BATHYM’s "Demonic Forces – Complete Recordings 1989-1991" is just what I needed. For a band that never released a full album, BATHYM still set their mark in the world of blackened Death Metal, even if just a little bit. Paul Tucker […]
In this day and age, it is certainly not easy to establish yourself as an ambitious Death / Doom Metal band. The genre is just too diverse, too full of average bands and you easily lose track of the many active combos. With SHRINE OF THE SERPENT from Oregon, USA, another band enters the field […]
There are a bunch of bands where you simply know, that they will gonna deliver. And Eastfrisian horde SLAUGHTERDAY is one of them. Their new EP starts with the opener ‘Abattoir’ which delivers all we hunger for at VFTD. Good riffing and a simple kept old school Death Metal monster. I love the way, the […]
Leather Leone is up there as one of the best Metal vocalists. Her vocals on the CHASTAIN and first LEATHER albums are memorable and made an impression on me at a young age due to their power and drama. I always imagined her as a biker barbarian with a no-nonsense attitude, the fury of her […]
From east Poland hailing MISANTHROPIC RAGE with their second full-length “Igne Natura Renovatur Integra”. Declared as “Avant-garde Black Metal” this record truly is pretty versatile. Is it especially radical against all known Black Metal “rules” and therefore “Avant-garde”? I don’t know. I feel slightly bored: mainly because of the not too inspiring riffing. The Industrial-esque […]
Well, sometimes you come across a release with a band, that’ll show you’ve been sleeping during the lesson, as it must have been a mistake not hearing about such band before. KINGDOM is such band, a hellhorde from Poland blasting modern atmospheric brutal Death Metal with a good base of old and a tad of […]
Since I’m a sucker for old Wild Rags bands like the godly RECIPIENTS OF DEATH or the mighty NECROPHAGIA (California), I wanted to give those lads from ANIALATOR, who also released some EPs on that nice label back in the day, a chance to see what they are up to nowadays. I usually don’t judge […]
I haven’t heard about this album until it was announced that it would finally see the light of day in 2018. "Smut Kingdom" was recorded back in late 2006 / 2007. It is the last collaboration between Alex Wank (drums) and Martin Schirenc (guitars / vocals), the original duo that started it all back in […]