The Polish underground scene always seems full of new acts ready to emerge from the darkest profoundness of the hell. LABYRINTH ENTRANCE is the alter ego of Hunger, who is already member of bands like STILLBORN and HORROR OF NAATU. "Monumental Bitterness" is his debut album, a manifestation of his personal taste and flair. As […]
There is little info on this USA band, but from a strictly musical standpoint, it is not necessary. Although it is certain that the band spawned from other outfits such as TOMBSTALKER (Death / Thrash), PYROMANCER (Black / Death), NEST (Sludge) and SOUND ALTAR (Doom). I was expecting a totally different style of Metal when […]
Any time I receive a tiny parcel from Berlin that could only contain a good old fashioned tape, my anticipation is pretty high, since the sender mostly is the dedicated tape label Weedhunter. The last parcel I received from Hannes presented another fine gem that just proves again his exquisite taste. It’s a re-release of […]
Guatemala’s Black / Thrash outfit EVOKADOR, since 2015, have released three demos and two EPs, the most recent being a six-song, self-titled abundance of messy, furious, blasting Metal to scald the senses. Renan Guerra (vocals), Jose Santos (guitars, bass) and Estuardo Franco (drums), though not a tight band by any means (and who wants ‘tight’ […]
Well, I don’t know how to start this review since I have a critical approach to everything that is close to the so-called Black / Thrash in its contemporary form. WARFIST and EXCIDIUM, both from Poland, are into that territory. First of all, I can tell you that I’ve enjoyed the EXCIDIUM part more than […]
This Brazilian Death / Thrash band has been going on since 1990 and so far they have released no less than eight full-length albums and many EPs and live albums. They even won the International Wacken Open Air “Metal Battle” in 2007. So, we are also talking of a very good live band. This boxset […]
French based IN SHADOWS AND DUST are hard to grasp. Black or Death Metal? The band’s name may hint to KATAKLYSM and their classic tune ‘Shadows And Dust’, but that is the wrong track. The eleven songs (plus intro) could be most likely compared to the melodic Black / Death Metal of bands like DISSECTION, […]
Somehow I stumbled over one-man army IN SHADOWS AND DUST last year, after he released his second full-length "Messe Noire" so I was quite curious to hear the new and third album "A Fleur De Peau" and honestly was not disappointed at all. After the stormy intro ‘A Fleur De Peau’ with fine keyboard tunes, […]
It is not every day I am taking a trip down nostalgia road with an Ukranian band, it’s not even quite often that you stumble across Ukranian bands for that matter. That has EXACT DIVISION set out to change, with their first full-length album "Be Far If You Can". A nice mellow slab of Heavy […]
Sometimes, there are strange reasons why I decide to chose a certain album for a review. In case of ABSQUE COR, it was the fact that this band is not only from Poland (Mielec, to be precise) but also sings in their language. Thus, I thought my wife might help me a little bit with […]