The French have always supplied a variety of Black Metal styles from MUTIILATION, to VLAD TEPES to VERMETH and so on. And RITUALIZATION carry on the tradition with blackened Death Metal in a chaotic style reminiscent of everything we love about the genre. The chugging rhythms and putrid, filthy vocals create an atmosphere not unlike being […]
MORAST are a German Death / Doom four piece formed in 2005, who previously to this full-length debut have released a demo, as well as a BATHORY tribute split 7” together with fellow countrymen ULTHA. Quite a while ago I stumbled across their demo and really enjoyed what I heard, so I was very eager […]
Viciously, the newest Bavarian Black / Death Metal outfit GOATH debuts with a full-length album not long after their self-entitled demo. If you’re still unaware of them, the trio plays an in-your-face form of Black Metal that is constantly fast within its rather simple riffs, delivered in utter intense manner from its offset. Along in […]
What we have here is a collection of stuff by legendary Canuck Thrashers SLAUGHTER: the "Nocturnal Hell" EP from 1986 and the "Surrender Or Die" demo from the year before – in reverse chronological order here, which is more than a bit weird… to put it mildly. Anyway, "Nocturnal Hell" is the least re-issued (read: […]
“None Shall Defy”, the debut full-length from 1987, is not just an album, it’s an outstanding monument. It’s a masterpiece, the band’s opus magnum and, in my humble opinion, one of the best Death / Thrash Metal albums ever. Although INFERNÄL MÄJESTY never got the attention they deserved this masterpiece has to be mentioned the […]
Almost exactly 15 years after LORDS OF CHAOS and tons of dead trees smeared with ink about the subject of Black Metal, BLACK METAL: EVOLUTION OF THE CULT was released on Feral House – pretty much the only other serious book about the topic. The author, Dayal Patterson, published a complimentary zine and two more […]
NECROWRETCH might be the most South American sounding Death Metal band of the moment. I mean, for all of you into the first recordings of ANAL VOMIT and the volcanic guitars of Peruvian MORTEM, this new output called “Satanic Slavery” might be a perfect match. Being the first album the band releases via Season Of […]
Formed way back in 2003 in Mexico City by Lugubrem, this album finally sees the light (or darkness) of day after being recorded quite a few years ago. But things do happen for a reason. This debut album simply titled “XIII” is the culmination of hard work for this band, that plays Black Metal in […]
Anybody knows that the 1980s were the most creative and progressive decade of Heavy Metal. The genre developed from the old days of the NWOBHM to a gigantic scene with lots of sub genres and sub scenes. The US of A had a leading role in the whole evolution of Metal, since Speed, Thrash and […]
An international band where their members I think have never rehearsed in the same room, but that share the same passion for extreme Metal and that breaks barriers using wisely the technology available to create this album. The members, that are from Mexico, Greece, Brazil and the United States, and that already released a demo […]