Steve Tucker’s back, and MORBID ANGEL as we knew them years ago are also. The previous album "Illud Divinum Insanus" was, well, let’s just say it was unique. Or better yet, let’s be honest and say it wasn’t even really Metal. With its industrial rhythms and its robotic voices, it was a disappointment for fans […]
During this millennium, the grand masters of Death Metal ruined their reputation quite a lot. After the fine “Gateways To Annihilation” album in the Y2K, any record MORBID ANGEL released was at least questionable. “Heretic” was far from being good and we don’t need to talk about this waste of time called “Illud Divinum Insanus” […]
"Altars Of Madness" has been a life changing album for me and uncountable others. But since I don’t care about the tastes and feelings of others, this is all about me and MORBID ANGEL, like a one on one after school knife fight, only that we’re grown ups now… well, more or less. Me and […]
Being confronted with the latest MORBID ANGEL album three thoughts flooded my mind. Why does the album title not start with the letter "J" but instead "K"? The beginning of the album titles has always been in alphabetical order. But the band did not break up with tradition, because a bootleg video from 1989 (recorded […]
Formed back in 2011 ASCENDED DEAD presents here a self financed effort with all their material available before their debut album. For those that have not heard about this Californian Death Metal band, their sound is a noisy amalgamation between AUTOPSY, INCANTATION and some early MAYHEM in it. This compilation starts with their second recording, […]
Hailing from Wroclaw, Poland ANIMA DAMNATA plays a fine brand of heavily distorted, dark and barbarous kind of Satanic Death / Black Metal. Their sound is a balanced mix of the mighty ANGEL CORPSE and bestial Black Metal à la NAKED WHIPPER and SADISTIK EXEKUTION, a mix which is definitely worth checking out. They have […]
POMSTA (which translated means “revenge”) are hailing from Kiev, Ukrainia and “Wild Lands” is their second full-length. Groove Metal in its deepest meaning. Various guitar styles merge with, of course, very groovy drums and a Rock’n’Roll bass line. The Sound POMSTA create on this record is perfectly warm and oppressive, which, for that music, seems […]
The San Diego based Death Metal outfit ASCENDED DEAD is around since 2011 and put out some “small stuff” since then. Among these releases are a 7” EP (“Arcane Malevolence” in 2014) and some tapes. In 2017, their work in the underground lead to a first full-length album that is here in my player right […]
If someone drops the words “Doom Metal“ in a conversation, I dare you to not instantly have the opening riff of ‘Electric Funeral’ in your head. Or ‘Under The Oak’. Or ‘Born Too Late’. It’s fucking impossible. Yet, a musical style such as Doom Metal, which has been ingrained in the collective subconsciousness of Metalheads […]
WATAIN are back… and they are still quite a force to be reckoned with! "Trident Wolf Eclipse", their sixth album and the follow-up to their somewhat controversial "The Wild Hunt" is a serious case of Black / Death Metal… in fact, a bastard child of the rawness of BATHORY with the melody and speed of DISSECTION, […]