Five years after their full-length debut and three since their excellent “The Daemon’s Strain” EP, ADAMANTIS return with “Reforged”, their tightest and most direct release to date. Released via No Remorse Records, this is a full-blooded glass of Heavy Metal. Just under 42 minutes, “Reforged” feels like a calculated strike compared to the journey that […]
Let’s face it: there’s no shortage of Heavy Metal bands trying to reach the old ways. But every now and then, one of them actually nails it. THRONE OF IRON has been marching towards that goal since 2018 and with “Adventure Two”, I feel like they’ve planted the flag. This is the sound of a […]
This formation, which emerged from the legendary Berlin based NECROS CHRISTOS, had already been highly praised for their “Angel Of The Eastern Gate” EP as well as for their furious debut “Sumerian Promises”, which was a little more oriented towards old MORBID ANGEL. So for album number two, “Helljjin Combat”, we are now dragging in […]
“Tyrants Of Wrath” is the second album released by the Mexican band PHANTOM. This project comes from Guadalajara and plays a pretty good form of old school blackened Speed / Thrash Metal. These latinos are clearly influenced by the pioneering names of the genre, mostly the early incarnations of German bands such as very early […]
HERSIR are a Black Metal band operating out of Sweden, with “Hateful Draugar From The Underground” serving as the band’s debut album. “Hateful Draugar From The Underground” is compromised of ten tracks, clocking it at nearly fifty minutes. Written and performed as a duo of Grim Vindkall and Haugbui, the pair manages to produce something […]
Upon taking on this release, I must say I was immediately drawn to the logo of the band and the cover art. Both are very well done and, for me, highly indicative of the music contained within. It’s like a book or comic of those Dungeons & Dragons days of yore. You may find the […]
I’ll be honest here, technical Death Metal has never been one of those comfort zones for me and I need to admit that I’m not even sure if enclosing SUPREME VOID as a technical Death Metal band is fair enough as their sound doesn’t match just like “technical” and that’s it. I mean, from what […]
“Total Maniac” is the sixth full-length album by the German band WARHAMMER. If you’re not familiar with this name, this combo comes from the Ruhr area and strangely doesn’t play the typical teutonic Thrash Metal that has made this area famous, but it’s a pretty competent HELLHAMMER and early CELTIC FROST clone. The sound, the […]
If the band photo shows more candles than long-haired musicians dressed in black, then it is likely that this is a darker version of Heavy Metal. “In Penitence And Ruin”, the second full-length by Canada based TRIBUNAL, features Gothic or Doom Metal in a very traditional way. By that I mean the band abstains from […]
In the Metal world, there are the originals and the many that follow. We can all name what bands they pay homage to and base their approach on (sometimes too much so), primarily those originators. One of those big names is BOLT THROWER, and all those bands that continue that particular sound, WAR MASTER, FROZEN […]