Just some days ago, I had the pleasure to review the latest offering of KILLBITE, right now one of my favourite Crust bands. Their partners on that fantastic split LP are ÓDIO SOCIAL from the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo. And ÓDIO SOCIAL is of course not a band that comes from out of nowhere, […]
GATES OF ISHTAR came into existence in a realm of heavy-hitters during a very busy time in the Swedish scene. Swedish Death Metal held groups like DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED and ENTOMBED in its ranks; a formidable trio that set the pace during the 90s boom in Sweden. Mix in AT THE GATES’ foray into a heavily […]
It’s not a big secret that Finland is a pretty strange country… Sauna rituals, home made hard alcohol with the quality of furniture polish or tons of odd people that don’t talk too much – so much for some of the hackneyed clichés about the land of the thousand lakes. Thus it’s not a big […]
In the early history of Metal, bands from the UK were the driving force. Nearly all great Metal from the early 1980s was from the British Isles, the whole development of Metal would not have taken place without the originators of the scene. But since the mid of the decade, Metal from the UK fell […]
California’s Death Metal destructive duo RUIN have surfaced with their debut album titled "Drown In Blood". The band remains a bit of a mystery as not much is known about them other than they had a demo released in 1991 and then disappeared into obscurity only to rise again in 2015 with their "Spread Plague […]
This is the debut album of this Polish Doom / Death Metal band. There is an obvious indication of what you are about to listen to in the cover art, title and name of the band. This is a return to the good old times of Doom / Death Metal with a strong reference to […]
Wow, just wow… “Thronosis” simply blew me away. That’s what I call dark and malicious. This is Death Metal at its best. I’m always rather skeptical when it comes to bands which are going to release something new after years of hibernation or nonexistence. So I was when I heard about a new EXCOMMUNION recording. […]
What seems to be pretty ordinary Death Metal, turns out to be a delightful disgusting piece of ordinary Death Metal. Nothing new, but everything well done. Filthy, stinky with a sour taste of black chaos and an arrogant rotten sound. IN OBSCURITY REVEALED mixing Swedish Death with tremolo picking and old school mid tempo sections. […]
Through the past 30 years the Chilean Metal scene has unleashed some real great stuff upon our tormented souls in different styles (mainly Death and Thrash Metal), in no big quantities from such classic names as PENTAGRAM, ATOMIC AGGRESSOR, DEATH YELL, TOTTEN KORPS, DOMINUS (XUL), UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN et cetera. This is also the case with […]
Morphosis means modification or development (in an organism). A well chosen title, since it could describe the evolution of this band in their relative short existence. Or it could refer to Death Metal in the present year (2017). An album like "II: Morphosis" contributes to the genre to move forward instead of sticking to the […]