I haven’t listened to REVEL IN FLESH for quite a while now (not sure why) and first thought, this might be a new output. But "Relics Of The Deathcult“ is a compilation of their split releases and EPs, which the guys use to put out regularly. The opening track ‘Bonecrusher‘ is a fine starter for […]
This is the way someone does justice for a good album. Two versions, the one the original album as it was, and then another one that was re-mixed, re-mastered and had 3 songs re-recorded. Both versions were already available as separate entities and to be honest quite hard to get. We also get a few […]
Evil… it works in mysterious ways… every time this Spanish band releases a new album, it is me who always gets it… even if they are assigned in a random way… but the Beast knows his game… as do these blasphemers on their third album where they have not left the path they choose… Black […]
Founded in 1988 on the ashes of an obscure band called CARNAGE, the Austrian extreme Metal legend PUNGENT STENCH is without any doubt one of the most important and respected bands in the underground, both for Death Metal and for Grind fanatics. The british label Dissonance Productions, very active in releasing reissues of classic albums, […]
DSKNT are a Black Metal band from Switzerland and this is their debut album. Containing 42 minutes of the foulest Death / Black magicks, this album is not for the weak of constitution. DSKNT create music that is threatening and malevolent. Gloomy and disastrous, DSKNT’s art reeks of the subterranean and of murdered guardians. The […]
Let’s start this review from the end. "Cavern Of Foul Unbeings", the new album from upcoming Greek Death Metal gods ECTOPLASMA, ends with ‘The Immortals’, a cover of the mighty UNLEASHED, from the classic "Shadows In The Deep". An uptempo Death Metal hymn, not many bands besides UNLEASHED, pull of with such power and everlasting […]
During the last years, the Black Metal scene in France literally exploded and unleashed a lot of great stuff unto the hordes of genre lovers with a certain foible for unique stuff. One of the driving forces behind that development was the the label Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions from the town of Champtoceaux in […]
Gnarly midpaced Death Metal madness, rumbling away with solid guitar riffing, eerie guitar melodies, crunchy basslines, attuned rhythm spatters and a great rasping growl of yesteryears, is what makes up this debut album from Romanian ROTHEADS, a fairly new entity, that hopefully will haunt us for years to come. Again a new band taking hold […]
If you look closer at the early history of Heavy Metal, you’ll soon find out that the NWOBHM in the early 1980s had a huge impact on the international Hard and Heavy Rock scene. All over Europe bands came to light that either started anew or improved their style. Of course the wave swept over […]
PHRENELITH is a Death Metal band from Denmark that has been creating a name. After a few demos and EPs, this is their debut album, and it’s very old school and incredibly heavy, reminding me of the golden years of underground Death Metal that were so present in Finland but also in Scandinavia, the Netherlands […]